BOWMAN SUPERMATCH SPORTING DOUBLE Manuale utente
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SUPERMATCH SPORTING
DOUBLE
INSTRUCTIONS
WJ Bowman
High Street East Markham
Nottinghamshire NG220RE
01777 870243
www.bowmantraps.co.uk
@bowmantraps
Thank you for your purchase, please call if you need any help or advice. Your support online would be
much appreciated. Kind Regards Andrew Davidson Managing Director of WJ Bowman (1884) LTD.
Check Contents
Having moved the protective card from around the clay pigeon trap, check its contents to ensure they are
all present. You should have included:
• 1 x Trap fixed to a pallet
• 1 x Safety Ring
• 1 x Coil of 50m cable and button unit / or wireless radio remote (if purchased)
• Bowman barrow (if purchased with the trap)
Positioning and fixing clay pigeon trap
Your clay pigeon trap can be fixed onto and operated from a pallet however, we could recommend a more
permanent bolted position or a Bowman barrow. If you have purchased a barrow position the trap onto the
barrow and line up the 3 bolt holes. Use the 12mm bolts provided to secure your trap to the barrow. A
washer should be placed on either side, a spring washer goes on before the nut to secure.
Key Points:
• Check your contents
• Read thoroughly before
attempting to assemble or
operate.
• Do not attempt to fit the battery
until all three assembly tasks
have been completed!
Think! Safety First!
These machines can cause serious injury, please read
instructions prior to assembly and use.
If you are missing any contents, are unsure or concerned
about the use of your clay pigeon trap don’t hesitate to call
Bowman’s directly on 01777 870243.
Tools Required: 1 x 17mm spanner, 2 x 19mm spanners &
wire cutters / scissors.
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1. First task: fit your safety ring
2. Second task: fit the main spring
Screw the 10mm studding into
the front of the casting and
lock off with the 10mm nut.
Remove the ‘R’ clips from the
sockets underneath the clay
plate at the rear of the trap and
insert the safety ring ends.
Align the holes and secure by
pushing the ‘R’ clips through the
socket and safety ring. Finally
lock the two 10mm nuts up to the
steel tube at the front of the
safety ring.
For safety reasons your clay pi-
geon trap is supplied with the main
spring detached. Remove the ca-
ble ties to access the spring; place
the spacer, 12mm thrust washer,
tension handle and wing nut to the
side in the order you removed
them from the spring studding.
To re-attach the main spring,
rotate the throwing arm through
the casting until it points straight
ahead. In this position there is no
tension on the main spring,
allowing you to fit the M12
studding through the rod bearing
at the rear.
Once through the bearing, add the
spacer (the narrow end slots into
the rod bearing), thrust washer,
tension handle (to a desired
tension) and lock securely with the
12mm wing nut.
Order to fit the spacer, thrust
washer, tension handle & wing
nut onto the studding.
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3. Third task (if required): fit the carousel
Use of the clay pigeon trap
With all three tasks complete, the trap is now ready to operate. Fill the carousel with the required amount of
clays and adjust the trap to the required elevation and tilt. Move to a safe position at the rear of the trap and
make sure that NO-ONE is in front of the trap or inside the area marked out by the safety ring. Turn the carousel
by hand to drop 1 clay on the throwing plate.
Connect the 50m cable release plug or wireless radio receiver to the green socket on the trap, check that the
programme switch on the control box is in the off position and then connect the battery terminals. To arm the
trap, turn the program switch to on/run, the trap will power up and the motor will rotate the throwing arm into the
firing position. The carousel will not turn to drop a clay on the throwing plate when the 3 position switch is turned
to on/run, it only drops a clay when you press the fire button on the cable or radio. Fire the trap by pressing the
hand held button (notice that the trap re-arms itself ready to fire again).
Disarm and make safe
To load more clays or make adjustments disarm and make the trap safe. Flick the program switch to ‘nudge
fire’, notice the trap will fire, but does not re-arm leaving the throwing arm visible to the left. Remove the battery
terminals from the battery. When ready, re-attach the battery terminals (ensuring the program switch is set to
‘off’) and then switch the program to ‘on run’ in preparation to fire clays.
Note: When the trap is armed and ready to fire, turning the program switch to off will not make the trap safe, it
MUST be de-cocked using nudge fire and the power source removed before being completely safe.
Elevation and tilt
The carousel is indexed by a motor located on the main plate. A
mechanism underneath the carousel picks up the bolt heads
protruding from the carousel to index it around. If you need to
remove the carousel, use a 24mm open ended spanner or socket
and rotate the carousel anti-clockwise to undo the 16mm nut.
Underneath the nut there are washers, remove these and lift the
carousel off. (Be careful, there are washers under the carousel
which you don’t want to lose-these must remain under the
carousel. To re-fit the carousel place the carousel over the center
boss, add the washers and nut. You cannot tighten the carousel in
the same fashion it which it came off. You will need a 24mm
socket with an extension bar to access the nut through the hole in the top of the carousel. Tighten until you
feel moderate resistance when rotating the carousel by hand.
To make elevation adjustments, release the lever lock handle, lean
the trap backwards to the desired height and then re-tighten the
lever lock.
To tilt the trap left or right, release the lever lock handle.
Pull the plunger out of the tilt base and tilt the trap to the desired
angle. When the desired angle is achieved release the plunger so
that it can locate into a hole on the tilt base and re-tighten the tilt
lever lock handle.
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Adjusting clay knife separators
We set the knife height at the factory to accommodate most standard clays however, if you need to alter the height
please follow these instructions. The knife separators height can be adjusted by using 2 x 10mm spanners. The
stainless steel knife should clear the rim of the clay by 0.5mm to operate correctly. To raise the height, loosen the
locking nut, loosen the jacking bolt and then tighten the locking nut. To lower the height, loosen the locking nut,
tighten down the jacking screw and then tighten the locking nut. The width of the knives are set at the factory and
we don’t advise moving these however, if necessary they would ideally clear the driving band of the clay by 4mm
thus not damaging the clay as it passes through.
Electric Box
The motor is protected by a circuit breaker housed in the control box. If the circuit breaker is activated the Thermal
Overload reset button will pop up to cut the power. Before pressing the Thermal Overload reset button to
re-activate the trap you must turn the 3 position switch to OFF and disconnect the battery to investigate
the reason for the malfunction. Most commonly this is because of a flat battery or the throwing arm is jammed.
Please be aware the throwing arm may be parked in a dangerous position so be careful not to place
yourself in harms way while you investigate or when you re-activate the trap.
0.5mm
Jacking screw
BOLT HEAD
Locking nut
Pic 1
Jacking screws
4mm
Pic 2
Adjusting advance and retard limit switch
The Limit Switch is set to stop the throwing arm just before
it goes ‘over centre’ and fires. We set this at the factory
however if the arm stops too far from the clay or too close
to the centre causing ‘auto firing’, please follow these
instructions to re-set it. “Disarm and Make Safe
Procedure” should be followed. This includes removing
the battery leads so that, with the arm visible to the left, it
is safe to adjust the limit switch ring.
Unlock by using a 6mm allen key. Standing in front of the trap and viewing from the top, rotate the ring
clockwise in small increments to stop the arm further away from the clay and anti-clockwise to stop the arm
closer to the clay. Re-lock the ring and move to a safe position behind the trap. On/run the trap to test the arm
position and re-adjust if necessary using the same procedure.
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Servicing - Lubrication
The following moving parts of the Supermatch 6&8 need top be lubricated once a month, particularly if the trap is
left outside in all weather conditions. We use a chain oil lubricant CD90 for lubricating moving parts and GT85 as
a water displacement spray for clearing out clay dust from moving parts and to protect motors, wires and the main
spring from damp conditions. There are 3 grease nipples which need regular greasing they are located 1) on the
center boss of the carousel, 2) on the rod end bearing pictured below and 3) opposite the rod end bearing on the
other side of the casting. Use a grease gun to pump grease into the grease nipples.
This column of moving parts
powered by the motor and
gear box is important to keep
lubricated.
Lubricate the rod end bearing and
moving joints at the rear of the trap to
ensure they continue to move freely.
This is a picture of the underside of the motor
that indexes the carousel. Regular lubrication of
the limit switch roller and mechanism that runs
underneath the main plate will help in the smooth
rotation of the carousel. Underneath the carousel
is the mechanism linked to the these parts which
also requires regular grease and lubrication.
Lubricate the limit switch
roller regularly to avoid it
ceasing up.
Grease nipple locations 2 & 3.
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How to adjust the flight of a pair of targets
Tools required: 24mm SPANNER and 8mm ALLEN KEY
1. Loosen 16mm nut
2. Loosen 16mm bolt
3. Loosen 16mm long nut
4. Loosen 8mm cap screw
The 2 arms are now ready to move. Adjust the
arms in small increments. A 10mm adjustment at
the end of the arm will alter the flight of the clay by
feet. Once the arm has been moved, re-tighten the
arm in the reverse order.
The nut and bolt need tightening securely
however, the long nut and the 8mm cap screw
hold the two arms together and must be kept
extremely tight. If the flight of the clays is not
satisfactory, repeat the process.
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