Fenn Clapper Trap

[Guest friedrice]

can't figure out the release.

 

I think it's just a split peg arrangement - bit like a Larsen. May be hinged at the ends

no split peg john,and fenn had three sizes of the clapper out at the time

[john b 38]

Well after some very frantic (and amazingly clever) searching on the net I discovered a detailed piccy of the one I was looking for. It is an old Goshawk trap, still used abroad. Quite clever mechanics but not too difficult to reproduce I hope.

 

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Link please

[TOMO 29,202]

So is it for birds, or rabbits, what?

[Guest friedrice]

So is it for birds, or rabbits, what?

the fenn clapper was for ground vermin tomo

[dogs-n-natives 1,182]

can't figure out the release.

 

I think it's just a split peg arrangement - bit like a Larsen. May be hinged at the ends

I could get a pic, but it may be a wee while, as i dont have a computer at home, I use my friends now and then.

 

The trigger is the perch that the bird lands on, which releases the arms that clap together. It works in the same prinsible as a Fenn, tunnel trap catch. The diameter of the catching arms(which, when set, form a circle) is about a meter. The spring runs lengthways in line with the pivot point of the two arms, and it is fairly strong

Underneath is a compartment in which you could put a birds kill, or a live pigeon etc..

( just for people who are not aware, these traps are now illegal, and all birds of prey are now protected.)

Edited July 17, 2008 by dogs-n-natives

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

That " Auction " will mysteriously end, before the highest bid takes it. As per usual.

 

 

I just remembered that one and checked the page?

 

 

" The seller ended this listing early because of an error in the listing. "

 

 

What did I f*cking tell ye!!! C*** never even got a bid on it! And he sure as hell never got anything Approaching what I offered him for it that time ~ not off the guy who'll have made him an offer by e mail!