#4910101
I have two of these and over time (read: kids playing with them) both doors have stopped fully closing. Before I open it up and fuss with it wanted to see if anyone had other tips/tricks to close them?

EDIT: see below. I figured it out and added a pic
Last edited by GhostyMcGee on October 20th, 2018, 6:58 am, edited 1 time in total.
#4910112
Ok. I fussed with it before opening it and found a crazy simple trick.

Just secure the white gear with a small screwdriver or pen (with doors in open position) and then pull the door towards ‘closed’ position until it skips a gear tooth or two. Voila. Tightly closing trap.

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#4910183
GhostyMcGee wrote: October 20th, 2018, 12:55 pm Ok. I fussed with it before opening it and found a crazy simple trick.

Just secure the white gear with a small screwdriver or pen (with doors in open position) and then pull the door towards ‘closed’ position until it skips a gear tooth or two. Voila. Tightly closing trap.
Awesome idea -> that spiderwebbing trap-infill, i totally love it - looks just kinda like frozen smoke in the trap.

With the (though pretty useful) fix; i'd suggest not to go overboard with it too much, as this may accellerate the wear of these plastic gears.

Greetings 'n stuff.
#4910189
Theoderic wrote:
GhostyMcGee wrote: October 20th, 2018, 12:55 pm Ok. I fussed with it before opening it and found a crazy simple trick.

Just secure the white gear with a small screwdriver or pen (with doors in open position) and then pull the door towards ‘closed’ position until it skips a gear tooth or two. Voila. Tightly closing trap.
Awesome idea -> that spiderwebbing trap-infill, i totally love it - looks just kinda like frozen smoke in the trap.

With the (though pretty useful) fix; i'd suggest not to go overboard with it too much, as this may accellerate the wear of these plastic gears.

Greetings 'n stuff.
Thanks and I agree re: gears....but when the doors are stuck open or won’t fully close, short of testing the whole trap down I’m not sure there’s another option.
#4910191
Actually, if you just loosen the four screws on the SH trap enough to pull the trap slightly apart you can scoot the gear box to one side and the gears will separate enough that they will disengage a little more, reducing the potential damage done so the door can be adjusted. It's a bit harder to get it just right this way as it takes a little bit of trial and error, but at least you don't have to grind any gears to do it. Just one thing to be careful of: The wires tend to want to jump out between the opening of the trap slightly separating, so make sure they are all clear before pushing the trap back together, ESPECIALLY inside the trap under the doors.
#4910204
TragicManner wrote:Actually, if you just loosen the four screws on the SH trap enough to pull the trap slightly apart you can scoot the gear box to one side and the gears will separate enough that they will disengage a little more, reducing the potential damage done so the door can be adjusted. It's a bit harder to get it just right this way as it takes a little bit of trial and error, but at least you don't have to grind any gears to do it. Just one thing to be careful of: The wires tend to want to jump out between the opening of the trap slightly separating, so make sure they are all clear before pushing the trap back together, ESPECIALLY inside the trap under the doors.
Good to know thanks. I just pull the door up which lessens the stress on the gears and that helps it ‘skip’ a tooth or two without too much force.
#4910207
GhostyMcGee wrote: October 22nd, 2018, 7:26 pm
gbchef wrote:What is inside your trap??? That looks cool!
I put a long strip of led in there and then jammed a bunch of Halloween spider webbing. It looks pretty cool. Much better than an empty trap with two tiny green leds IMO.
That is too freaking sweet!!
#4910238
So, early on we learned that the doors won't open all the way with the range of movement that the gears have with the pen mechanism AND also close all the way. It's one or the other. You can adjust it to open up wide, but then it won't close completely, or you can adjust it to close tight but then it won't completely open (this is how it is out of the box, usually).

The only way to get both is to mod it.
#4910251
TragicManner wrote: October 24th, 2018, 10:04 pm So, early on we learned that the doors won't open all the way with the range of movement that the gears have with the pen mechanism AND also close all the way. It's one or the other. You can adjust it to open up wide, but then it won't close completely, or you can adjust it to close tight but then it won't completely open (this is how it is out of the box, usually).

The only way to get both is to mod it.
ughhh... Thanks for the heads up..

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