This is my first build thread, so you’ll have to bear with me with any hiccups. I purchased one of AJ’s MDF kits a while back and I am finally getting around to building it. A friend of mine is an engineer and has been looking for a project. He’s going to help me figure out some kind of functionality for this trap. The interior of this guy is a bit smaller than my MMM kit. But, I think it should be enough room to play around with.
I have already assembled some of the trap using Titebond II and some clamps. I have been referencing Irricanian’s build.
I drilled a pretty decent size hole for electronics to be fed into the battery pack portion of the trap:
Assembled the battery pack tonight. I’ll let the glue dry overnight and do some sanding tomorrow. I still need to cut out the back plate towards the rear of the trap. The piece with the two tabs for the doors. I will also need to get some wood filler to touch up some of the gaps.
Does anyone have any recommendations on where I can track down some metal pieces? The side plates in particular. I usually buy my parts through MMM. He’s on hiatus for a little while.
I spent some time over the long weekend setting up a work bench area in my garage. That should make it a lot easier to make more consistent progress. After the battery pack section dried, I attached the handle.
Unfortunately the pilot hole wasn’t quite big enough, and the screw split the post a little bit. I used a lot extra glue and clamped the sides of the post. It seems to have helped solidify the whole thing.
I found some screws that will work well with the wheels I had leftover from MMM. I drilled some pilot holes and also used a little glue to keep the square section the wheels were screwed into.
I used some wood filler to smooth out the front of the trap. After sanding it looks much better. I also added some more to the bottom to make it look like one box rather than separate parts making a box.
Hopefully more progress to follow soon. I am still trying to track down some metal parts. I also need an electronics kit for the lights. Anyone have any recommendations?
Looks great!! I run a jupiter kit in mine and for the plating I used aluminum flashing. Notbthe accurate thickness but a good, buget friendly alternitive and easy to cut and work with.