Re: night latching with a dremmel..
[Re: j lord]
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07/03/08 07:46 PM
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Good Q j lord I was thinkin the same thing.
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Re: night latching with a dremmel..
[Re: j lord]
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07/03/08 07:51 PM
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Sullivan K
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You're not going to be able to control a Dremel as well as you can control a file.
My name ain't Keith
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Re: night latching with a dremmel..
[Re: Sullivan K]
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07/03/08 07:57 PM
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nelacres
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Lordy, I use a dremmel to night latch with...
And Kevin I am no mechnic but I can control the blasted thing quite well.
I am not sure which tip I use, or what it is called.. It looks like a wheel of abrasive grit... If you go to an auto parts store that sells dremmel parts they will have a great selection to choose from.
It will take 5 or 6 of these to get through that many traps but it is much faster than a file.
Oh and hang onto the trap and don't go touching after you finish grinding as thye metal gets hot. LOL
Sincerily ole blistered thumb. LOL
Nelly
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Re: night latching with a dremmel..
[Re: nelacres]
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07/03/08 08:05 PM
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I use little abrasive cut off wheels. They work really nicely. But as far as contorl; you have, at least in my opinion, much better control with a file. Plus, it doesn't take much to make a latch, no need to get a Dremmel out.
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Re: night latching with a dremmel..
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nelacres
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yeah but Lordy your fingers will cramp up...... hey thats it thats why the pickles are in one spot on the Sonic Burgers, cramped fingers.... LMAO
Nelly
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Re: night latching with a dremmel..
[Re: nelacres]
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J lord I use a thick file that that I removed all of the teeth on one of the flat sides making it smooth, then it acts as a quide riding on the bottom of the notch of the pan. Being that it is smooth it does remove any metal except where you want it. By thick I mean wider or thicker than the original pan notch automatically making the step of the nightlatch with very few passes of the file. By keeping the top flat of the file parallel with the top of the pan your nightlatch notch will come out square and even. Try it you might like it and save time.
PS the edge teeth do the cutting
Last edited by Cletis Richards; 07/03/08 09:24 PM.
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Re: night latching with a dremmel..
[Re: Cletis Richards]
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07/03/08 09:33 PM
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that sounds good cletis I am gonna give that a whirl.
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Re: night latching with a dremmel..
[Re: Cletis Richards]
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I need to see a video of somebody doing a night latch. I'm a little confused. ( i'm just learnin to read ) None of my traps have night latches cause I'm not sure how to do it correctly
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Re: night latching with a dremmel..
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07/03/08 10:18 PM
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ifin yall would try cutting the latch on the dog and not the pan ya would see a big diff. lol way yonder faster and easier
John 3/16
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Re: night latching with a dremmel..
[Re: cotton]
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07/03/08 10:34 PM
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ifin yall would try cutting the latch on the dog and not the pan ya would see a big diff. lol way yonder faster and easier Ok, this sounds like a great idea, anyone else doing it this way. Not doubting you at all cotton, just like to make sure there is not a downside to this Seems like it would be much easier removing the wax this way.
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Re: night latching with a dremmel..
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cletis thats almost exactly how i've done about 100 or so traps with the file. thought maybe a dremmel would be faster lol. i submitted a trap tuning and minor mods to the tman book, with nightlatching in there, just about how you described. here's a link to night latching.. http://malcolmhess.home.mindspring.com/triggers.htmlol shannon, i'll just hire you to come out here and do 'em all.
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