Been tinkering with some #3s for my son, this is just a prototype, hope this helps some of you if you want to go dogless. P.S. there is a method to the dogless madness, if interested give me a shout! It's even nightlatched!

Cool.

Sweet!

Good Thinkin' Looks like an awesome trap

Yukon John,

Very crafty. What material in the pan made of and what's thickness? The shot of that spring reminds me of the old Blake & Lamb springs. REALLY strong and long lasting.

Great job!

Muskrat Love

The pan looks to be made from a 4 square electrical box cover. What is intended use of the trap? Lot of.people going with big pans. I prefer a smaller pan so the animal is in the center of trap when it fires. Preference I guess.

Yep, JB cover...probably use for bobcat. I can cut it down if needed, was just working on trying to get it to work, then I can fine tune. These old vics have floppy pans, and this baby is rock solid! This one is my young son's he has trouble manipulating the pan and dog with one hand, just trying to make it easier for him.

Bandsaw to cut out a rough shape? How did you attach the bolt set up?

Cutoff wheel on a grinder. I welded little ears on the frame and the dog stand. This particular one was alot of eyeballing, I'd like to make a pattern, and do a couple more to make it a little more systematic.

Finally got it done! Not that it was hard, just hadn't made time. Left the pan big, but bobbed the corners, finished welding, fit it up, and dipped. Fingers crossed!

That looks incredible can you do this to mine

Lol, I could, but my lead time is VERY slow, at best!

Great work. Keep thread going and show us a catch his fall. Nice dye job too