The Bear Trap

This is TRAP! by idea_beans is one of my favorite prints on Thingiverse. I love all things mechanical and this one is so well done. It prints great, goes together with just a bit of fitting, and works and looks awesome.  I printed this in silver PLA with black and red accents.

STL files for the Trap are available at Thingiverse and can be found HERE and my jaw fix HERE.

The only problem was that one of the jaws didn’t lay flat when set. While this didn’t affect the overall performance of the trap it just didn’t look right so I came up with a simple fix. I couldn’t edit the STL so I had to remake the jaws completely from scratch so they are a bit different from the originals but the main difference is I put a simple notch and hook on the ends so the right jaw locks open off of the left jaw keeping it flat when set.

The jaws mesh together perfectly when closed.

The trap works by means of a simple lever.

With the jaws set the lever goes over the top of the jaw and locks into the trigger waiting to be set off.

The trap in action. I forgot to round the ends of the teeth so sticking my finger in it wouldn’t be fun.

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