Richard Isaacs
Senior Member & Supporter
I’m always looking at ways to make things better and my current line of cages are turning out really really nice at the moment. The only thing I can think of that would make them better would be to make the cage even stronger.
at the moment the cage is galv coated mild steel and once it’s double coated and set in the lead it’s very durable but can easily be deformed if you want to. Good thing is you can easily straighten it if it does deform.
today I changed the cage for a full stainless cage to try out. As far as I know others don’t use it probably because of the extra cost. Anyway it’s done what I expected. They are twice the strength as before now and if the coating does get damaged they are obviously a lot better corrosion resistant too so going forward I’ll be getting more of this stuff and offer stainless cages as a bit of a premium heavy duty range to those that would pay a little more for a stronger feeder. Not for everyone but if you ain’t losing them on every trip it’s worth spending a bit more on something even more durable.
some pics of the first prototypes in full stainless steel construction
at the moment the cage is galv coated mild steel and once it’s double coated and set in the lead it’s very durable but can easily be deformed if you want to. Good thing is you can easily straighten it if it does deform.
today I changed the cage for a full stainless cage to try out. As far as I know others don’t use it probably because of the extra cost. Anyway it’s done what I expected. They are twice the strength as before now and if the coating does get damaged they are obviously a lot better corrosion resistant too so going forward I’ll be getting more of this stuff and offer stainless cages as a bit of a premium heavy duty range to those that would pay a little more for a stronger feeder. Not for everyone but if you ain’t losing them on every trip it’s worth spending a bit more on something even more durable.
some pics of the first prototypes in full stainless steel construction