Saw - Reverse Bear Trap

[Sorenzo]

Hey, i'm a recent new member to this wonderful forum. Loving it so far.
Just thought i'd post a few pics of this piece i constructed this time last year.
Sadly the trap pictured was stolen before i got a chance to finalise the paint job ( was really ****ing angry about that by the way!!! )

Been contemplating having another stab at it, but i though i'd get some feedback first. Have seen a few replicas in various places, but for me, none seemed to have an accurate mechanism. I come from an engineering background, so for me the mechanism was the most important part.

I think i did a fairly good job, but would appreciate some feedback, positive or negative.

 

[thegreatgalling]

Welcome to the forum! Thanks for the great contribution.

I think the paint job is nice and I think most of the trap stands up to scrutiny.

Maybe to be a pest, I know from a few people who have worked on these that the vice is one of the pains of the project. I might have added an actual bolt in there with threads, and perhaps worked on finding an actual key for the wind up. Did you sculpt that piece?

 

[Sorenzo]

Welcome to the forum! Thanks for the great contribution.

I think the paint job is nice and I think most of the trap stands up to scrutiny.

Maybe to be a pest, I know from a few people who have worked on these that the vice is one of the pains of the project. I might have added an actual bolt in there with threads, and perhaps worked on finding an actual key for the wind up. Did you sculpt that piece?

Thanks for the comments, much appreciated.
What do you mean by 'vice' ??? the small clamps on the left side?? The key would have been a nice touch. I had plans to improve upon what is photographed, but as i said, iut was knicked.

 

[thegreatgalling]

Yep, I meant that small clamp.

 

[Sorenzo]

Yep, I meant that small clamp.

Thats what i thought. ye, they were a bit of a rushed job! (had a deadline for its completion)
They were carved out of foam, coated in filler for texture. They did the trick, but were definatley first on the list for improvement. Didn't have a treaded bar the right size that day either.

 

[thegreatgalling]

The nice thing about most SAW props is that sculpted material can easily resemble hammered metal/steel under the right conditions.

The clamp issue is a minor thing and nothing you can't improve on this or another one if you wanted to. Again, great job!

 

[Sorenzo]

The nice thing about most SAW props is that sculpted material can easily resemble hammered metal/steel under the right conditions.

The clamp issue is a minor thing and nothing you can't improve on this or another one if you wanted to. Again, great job!

Too right, it was nice to not have to worry about exccessive use of the hot glue gun, ha ha.

Thanks again for the comments.

 

[thegreatgalling]

Woa, totally blew passed the sentence explaining it had been stolen. Sheesh, how terrible! Now you HAVE to make another one, even better than the first!

 

[Raffles]

Yeah It looked great, pity you never got it finished. It would have weathered really well.