pigeon controller Posted December 14, 2008 Report Share Posted December 14, 2008 After having some success with a dozen picture wire snares I made myself I decided to buy 500grams of brass wire and 100 brass eyelets from Euroguns Doncaster. The only trouble is that the wire is single stranded. Has any body got a link to show me how to twist up to make it multistrand. I made my first snares by cutting a 24inch length and fitting a 50pound fishing swivel as the eye and this has worked well. I would welcome any constructive advise. Pigeon Controller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlander Posted December 14, 2008 Report Share Posted December 14, 2008 sorry i cant help, but i would be vey interested in making some aswell, so if anyone could help it would be appreiciated. lowlander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarka Posted December 14, 2008 Report Share Posted December 14, 2008 cut 3 strands of DOUBLE the lenght you want the final snare wire to be, then twist the eyelet in the middle. Then put a picture hook in an elctric drill, place the snare eyelett in the hook. Place the drill onthe floor facing up, clamp the loose wire ends with some pliers and slowly turn the drill on unitl the ire twists tight enough Iv caught a good haul of rabbits in snares iv made this way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted December 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2008 Thanks Tarka, it seem's straightforward and logical I will have a go Monday. Thanks Pigeon Controller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seb Posted December 14, 2008 Report Share Posted December 14, 2008 anyone know the cheapest place to get snare wire and eyeletts from? I had a look at Euroguns, anyone know somewhere cheaper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 The way I was taught ,was to get a board. Put two nails in(whatever distance you require) from the back all the way through so they stick out a couple of inches .Tie your wire to one of them and wind your spool of wire onto the nails. You can then lift 4/6/8 strands up and get on with making your snare ,just means they are all the same size .. We always had a decent lead weight with a cuphook screwed into it for twisting. Same kind of thing for tealers as well. A few nails in another board ,so you could bend your thicker wire around them and end up with them all being the same size.Remember to make a loop in the wire at the back for your twine to the peg. My old headkeeper also showed me how to make swivels for fox snare out of two three inch nails,but I would need to show you a picture of that ! lolol trying to explain it would be difficult ,but a picture is easy to understand . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenn Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 I would welcome any constructive advise. Pigeon Controller Hi if you P.M me your address i've got an excellent dvd on making snares and setting them. You can have it for free as i've got 2 copies. FENN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 WOODGA for all you will ever need to know LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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