How to Build a Possum Cage

You will need

1. Chicken wire

2. Metal Pipe

3. Hinges X2  

4. Large fish hook X3

5. Grinder

6. Welder

7. Plyers

8. Blow Torch

9. Rod

1. Gather all of your tools together

2. Use the grinder to cut 4 pieces of 80 cm pipe and 13 pieces of 35 cm pipe. Then make a rectangular box and weld it all together. Half way through on the top of the cage put a piece of 35 cm pipe and weld it on.

3. Get the chicken wire and wrap it around the cage except for the front then spot weld the wire to the cage

4. For the door Weld 4 pieces of Metal Pipe to make a 2d square, then put a piece of 40 cm piece of rod at the top and heat up the end with the blow torch. Then use the plyers to bend it so it looks like a loop.

5. Where you put the 35cm pipe in the middle of the cage get some rod and wind it around the pipe. Then put a little piece that sticks out on the top of the cage. Then make the other end of the rod go down into the cage and weld the hook to the end of the rod to put your bait on.   

6. Next you are going to do the thing that holds the door shut. Cut a 35 cm piece of pipe and weld it to the front of the cage. then put a 37cm piece of rod and put it through the 35cm pipe. Then weld two hooks to the ends of the rod so that the cage should look like this when it ts set.