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Step 2Assembly of box
The first thing I did was hot glue the mouse traps to the piece of steel. It is easier to tie the thread on while they are fixed but not in the box.
Take careful note of how the mouse traps are oriented.
You want the trips to be pulled inwards. You also want the trap parts of the mouse traps to be opposite to lift the false floor as evenly as possible. I tried to tie the thread loose enough that it would not affect the swing of the trap but tight enough that if only one trap was sprung, the string would pull the other one as the trip flew out of the way. Glue the plate of steel into the bottom of the box.
I would suggest doing it with the traps not set (this is so no one writes me later telling me they got hurt) The traps should not be armed until 5 minutes before you give the gift.
Drill a tiny hole in the box in the location shown and feed some thread through and tie it to the thread going between the trips. You can see I tied a loop so it would pull both sides evenly.
Take careful note of how the mouse traps are oriented.
You want the trips to be pulled inwards. You also want the trap parts of the mouse traps to be opposite to lift the false floor as evenly as possible. I tried to tie the thread loose enough that it would not affect the swing of the trap but tight enough that if only one trap was sprung, the string would pull the other one as the trip flew out of the way. Glue the plate of steel into the bottom of the box.
I would suggest doing it with the traps not set (this is so no one writes me later telling me they got hurt) The traps should not be armed until 5 minutes before you give the gift.
Drill a tiny hole in the box in the location shown and feed some thread through and tie it to the thread going between the trips. You can see I tied a loop so it would pull both sides evenly.
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