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Base plate #8598936 04/14/26 08:51 PM 04/14/26 08:51 PM
Joined: Jan 2026 Ar M Missedagain32 OP trapper
Missedagain32 OP trapper M Joined: Jan 2026 Ar	Do you guys have a pic of what you use to bend you baseplates ? The old man I use to trap with made a cpl plate we put in a press but I can’t find them. Thank for the help

Re: Base plate [Re: Missedagain32] #8599021 04/14/26 11:14 PM 04/14/26 11:14 PM
Joined: Jun 2010 Iowa ~ADC~ The Count
~ADC~ The Count Joined: Jun 2010 Iowa	Best I can do. Hope that helps you some. www.iowatrappertalk.com

Re: Base plate [Re: ~ADC~] #8599032 04/15/26 12:19 AM 04/15/26 12:19 AM
Joined: Jan 2026 Ar M Missedagain32 OP trapper
Missedagain32 OP trapper M Joined: Jan 2026 Ar	Thank you ADC. I seen that one. Got the ideal. Was hoping someone would post some ideal They had

Re: Base plate [Re: Missedagain32] #8599170 04/15/26 11:00 AM 04/15/26 11:00 AM
Joined: Oct 2011 Idaho B bearcat2 trapper
bearcat2 trapper B Joined: Oct 2011 Idaho	I use a Harbor Freight metal bender. Fast and easy. Made a dozen yesterday in about five minutes. After spending five minutes on the first one over bending it and pounding it back. Lol

Re: Base plate [Re: Missedagain32] #8599172 04/15/26 11:04 AM 04/15/26 11:04 AM
Joined: May 2011 Oakland, MS yotetrapper30 trapper
yotetrapper30 trapper Joined: May 2011 Oakland, MS	I just buy em from JC. But I'm lazy lol. Gotta find a way, a better way, I'd better wait Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not after you

Re: Base plate [Re: Missedagain32] #8599246 04/15/26 04:21 PM 04/15/26 04:21 PM
Joined: Dec 2009 The Hill Country of Texas Leftlane "HOSS"
Leftlane "HOSS" Joined: Dec 2009 The Hill Country of Texas	I 2nd the kits from JC Conner- everything he puts out is basically perfect and using his stuff sooils me. What"s good for me may not be good for the weak minded. Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers

Re: Base plate [Re: Missedagain32] #8599255 04/15/26 04:40 PM 04/15/26 04:40 PM
Joined: May 2011 Oakland, MS yotetrapper30 trapper
yotetrapper30 trapper Joined: May 2011 Oakland, MS	Or here's another option I just stumbled across. https://trapperman.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/8598806/lamination-kits-and-baseplates-d-rings-fs Gotta find a way, a better way, I'd better wait Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not after you

Re: Base plate [Re: yotetrapper30] #8599398 04/15/26 09:21 PM 04/15/26 09:21 PM
Joined: Jan 2026 Ar M Missedagain32 OP trapper
Missedagain32 OP trapper M Joined: Jan 2026 Ar	Ya I seen those and not a bad deal. I thought about it. But Iam cheap and wanted to try to make them like I did with the old man years ago 1/4 rod is $4 for 20 foot . $11 for 3/4 x 3/16 flat 20’. Makes a lot of plates. Not perfect but they will work for me. Haha Last edited by Missedagain32; 04/15/26 09:55 PM.

Re: Base plate [Re: Missedagain32] #8599443 04/15/26 10:36 PM 04/15/26 10:36 PM
Joined: Mar 2011 Churchville, NY B Bob Samuelson trapper
Bob Samuelson trapper B Joined: Mar 2011 Churchville, NY	I made this. Patterned after the bigger one Harbor Freight sells: made up a handful of baseplates. Worked well! It fits on my 6 ton bench press. The harbor freight one fits the 20 ton press they sell and is to big for my 6 ton press.

Re: Base plate [Re: Bob Samuelson] #8599462 04/15/26 11:13 PM 04/15/26 11:13 PM
Joined: Jan 2026 Ar M Missedagain32 OP trapper
Missedagain32 OP trapper M Joined: Jan 2026 Ar	I like that Mr Samuelson. I made two plates but I need some guides like that on the end to keep them even and inline.

Re: Base plate [Re: Missedagain32] #8599499 04/16/26 07:23 AM 04/16/26 07:23 AM
Joined: Jun 2022 Manitoba Shakeyjake trapper
Shakeyjake trapper Joined: Jun 2022 Manitoba	Originally Posted by Missedagain32 Ya I seen those and not a bad deal. I thought about it. But Iam cheap and wanted to try to make them like I did with the old man years ago 1/4 rod is $4 for 20 foot . $11 for 3/4 x 3/16 flat 20’. Makes a lot of plates. Not perfect but they will work for me. Haha Might be a dumb question, but what’s the rods for? Wind Blew, crap flew, out came the line crew

Re: Base plate [Re: Missedagain32] #8599515 04/16/26 07:57 AM 04/16/26 07:57 AM
Joined: Oct 2009 east central WI k snow trapper
k snow trapper Joined: Oct 2009 east central WI	I've used rod baseplates on 1 1/2's. More as a way to center swivel them, but it's enough to beef up the base a bit on a coon trap. "in the midst of a savage wilderness to depend entirely upon their unassisted strength and hardihood"

Re: Base plate [Re: Missedagain32] #8599571 04/16/26 10:25 AM 04/16/26 10:25 AM
Joined: Oct 2011 Idaho B bearcat2 trapper
bearcat2 trapper B Joined: Oct 2011 Idaho	I put rod baseplates on some #3 double longs years ago. They were about 3/8" rod and were made as trailer tie downs. I seen them in a shop that sells parts to make trailers and they looked just like the ones he posted and were about six inches long, and if I remember correctly about fifty cents. like k snow, they were mainly a way to center swivel them, but they worked well. Not as comfortable to set over your knee though.

Re: Base plate [Re: Shakeyjake] #8599611 04/16/26 01:18 PM 04/16/26 01:18 PM
Joined: Jan 2026 Ar M Missedagain32 OP trapper
Missedagain32 OP trapper M Joined: Jan 2026 Ar	The ones in the pic are for some #2 Double long spring but like some of the guys said I use them on 1 1/2 coil spring also. Here’s one that was baseplate with rod Last edited by Missedagain32; 04/16/26 01:19 PM.

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