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Post by GaTrapper on Jun 18, 2010 12:08:34 GMT -6
Anyone ever try just the soft mesh screen that is used on windows? I would think that would lay better and one would not have the pan bubble.
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Post by trappnman on Jun 18, 2010 12:17:03 GMT -6
and a BAND SAW does the same work-
they both do the same thing- ones noisy, ones quiet
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Post by trappincoyotes39 on Jun 18, 2010 12:24:10 GMT -6
Ga trapper the soft mesh would then just be a pan cover more/less and still more of a hassle than coffee filters.
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Post by Bristleback on Jun 18, 2010 14:14:40 GMT -6
The blades on the saws are considerably different. The blades on the band saws I've used I'd consider too aggressive for the "wire" in screen, I'd think it would make a mess. A chop saw is a fiber blade/solid, no ~"teeth". I know of several using steel screen and they use a chop saw. I fully understand to each their own.
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Post by GaTrapper on Jun 18, 2010 14:27:19 GMT -6
I would just be worried about the coffee filters absorbing odors easier than a mesh screen.
Am I over thinking this whole thing?
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Post by thebeav2 on Jun 18, 2010 14:26:54 GMT -6
Right on BB a band saw Is not the way to go when cutting screen, you will for sure have a tattered mess. The chop saw will give you nice clean cuts. I had the boys down to the shop lazer cut some for me, now that's the way to go. But since I use the smaller traps I just quite using them since they caused more problems then cared I for. Now on the bigger traps I see the advatage.
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Post by thebeav2 on Jun 18, 2010 14:50:04 GMT -6
What odors are they going to be picking up at the set? I do like them better then wax paper since if It rains the filters sort of hold the dirt from washing away while the wax paper tends to let your covering wash away a bit easier. But both work. They also are quieter and they take on the color of the dirt you place over them.
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Post by mickm on Jun 18, 2010 15:03:04 GMT -6
I would just be worried about the coffee filters absorbing odors easier than a mesh screen. Am I over thinking this whole thing? Yep!
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Post by trappnman on Jun 18, 2010 15:28:34 GMT -6
band saw is the machine, where you lay item to be cut, lower saw, and then walk away correct?
chicken wire rolls held on each side, cut well in that- I would have thought screen would cut even better as it would be more tightly rolled with a much finer mesh- but maybe its that mesh that unrolls- thanks for correcting me on that.
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Post by thebeav2 on Jun 18, 2010 15:48:49 GMT -6
Well there are two types of band saws those that run horizontal and the vertical ones. I could see If the horizontal one was set so It didn't drop to fast It might work. But then you would still have to cut them to size after the Initial cut through the roll. And that would be very hard to do with the horizontal type band saw Or even with the vertical saw. The teeth are just to aggressive and tend to tear Instead of cutting. They do make a wire cutting nibbler that would work to perfection.
The chop saw Is the way to go.
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Post by trappincoyotes39 on Jun 18, 2010 16:00:44 GMT -6
GA trapper absorbing what odors? ? The coffee filters is what I am referencing. You add a new filter each catch, there very cheap and bio degrade over time.
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Post by GaTrapper on Jun 18, 2010 16:37:31 GMT -6
Sorry for not clarifying.
1) Do coffee filters you can buy at the store have any odor to them?
2) Also what would be the proper way to store the other filters you aren't using? In a ziploc? Add any pine needles in there?
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Post by thebeav2 on Jun 18, 2010 16:50:52 GMT -6
The filters I buy are sealed when you buy them so they are going to be about as scent free as you can get. Once you open the package just keep them In zip lock bag. I don't add any odors to my trapping gear keep It as neutral smelling as you can. Try and keep the animals focus on the bait/lure not on the trap bed.
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Post by mickm on Jun 18, 2010 16:55:34 GMT -6
Sorry for not clarifying. 1) Do coffee filters you can buy at the store have any odor to them? 2) Also what would be the proper way to store the other filters you aren't using? In a ziploc? Add any pine needles in there? Yeah I put them in a zip lock bag, same as I do my wax paper cut in thirds. (learned that on a dvd ) I think I might invest in a tupperware container this year. I wouldn't put anything in it. Filters especially would absorb the smell and critters might pay more attention to it. Something to keep in mind is that the coyote knows you have been there, no way to prevent that.
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Post by GaTrapper on Jun 18, 2010 17:02:02 GMT -6
I understand that a coyote will know I was there. I have caught a good bit of coyotes in my time. Just was looking for something to use when I get down in these big sandy fields along river bottoms. Can't keep the sand from getting all up in your trap.
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Post by mickm on Jun 18, 2010 17:15:58 GMT -6
OK, good luck! I knew ya had to be pretty old to remember when Oakland was good!
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Post by GaTrapper on Jun 18, 2010 17:23:28 GMT -6
Just rub it in lol.
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Post by trappnman on Jun 18, 2010 17:55:10 GMT -6
beav yes, it was a horizontal one that a friend of mine has- was thinking of using it to cut screen-
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Post by trappincoyotes39 on Jun 18, 2010 18:03:36 GMT -6
Never had a problem with filters collecting odors, sealed in a zip lock and I do add sage to my trap buckets as it is all over here so they bother not with the smell beneath their feet.
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Post by thebeav2 on Jun 18, 2010 18:14:52 GMT -6
I bet a cutting torch would be a better bet. But give It a try nothing ventured nothing gained.
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