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Post by rk660 on Apr 11, 2007 20:00:09 GMT -6
K-9, Roger never GIVES anything away, probibly thought he had some secret he could sell. He never let on to me like it was a secret, so I just tell people about like I did you. I stopped by there today, and he had a pile of junk laying around, repo's from no pays at storage units. Crap like a bent up metal desk, metal shelving with bent legs, couple metal 5 gal cans, there was an old ringer washer sitting there, looked like it had ben through WWII, thought if I offered to haul it all off he'd give me the ring washer. He wanted to SELL it all to me. I said "na, you can go ahead and pay $20 bucks to haul to the dump yourself". He' try to sell rice to a chinaman.
One thing I dont know if ya did or not was put some paddles in your tumbler, that would move them around better so all sides hides would make contact with the grit the entire time.
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Post by k9 on Apr 11, 2007 21:33:18 GMT -6
I used a clothes dryer that has paddles in it. I may build a drum this year. I just don't have the room for one is the problem. He let on to me like he wanted me to keep it to myself, and since he is your guy, I did not want to violate that trust. He still got a lot of that grit for sale?
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Post by Zagman on Apr 11, 2007 22:24:28 GMT -6
I knew when I posted it someone would notice that......dang.
That is from about three years ago and I had trapped those three coyotes a couple days before the sale.....
So, in an effort to super speed things up, I put them up leather side out for a day and then flipped them. Using Borax, too.
Honest injun, I go 100% fur side out on adjustables with a mink board up inside and never turn a hide. No air.....
Honest.....
Zagman
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Post by k9 on Apr 12, 2007 7:23:40 GMT -6
Nice fur Z
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Post by rk660 on Apr 12, 2007 19:29:59 GMT -6
I think so K-9, I'll ask next time I see him.
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Post by scott kimball on Apr 13, 2007 12:59:51 GMT -6
I just finished building my own tumbler that will be used by my so and myself he is a taxidermist and i will use it for my coyotes ect...here is a photo I have been reading this post and you guys offer a world of info so i have a few questions. 1.rk660- what type of grit is best to use? 2. rk660-does the use of paddles in the tumbler have a better affect on the finished product?" 3.what is a rough tumbling time one should use for coyotes and foxes? 4.are your animals fleshed first or after tumbling? 5.rk660-when using the grit borax mix does one rub borax on the leather after tumbling? 6.Mr.Wendt-what is this sparkly you speak of? 7. use wire on all my coyotes should boards be used for this method? I know i will have more questions to follow but cant come up with them at present. GREAT POST.
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Post by bobwendt on Apr 13, 2007 15:15:22 GMT -6
sparkly, called "brightner "in the trade. I think it is a grease cutter alcohol base, but can`t give you a brand name. tannerys use it too. so I bet any taxidermy supply house would sell it. I`ll answer 2 more, flesh FIRST. and my opinion is anything is better on wood.
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Post by k9 on Apr 13, 2007 19:38:51 GMT -6
The finest grit you can get is what you want. I will have to look at mine, but it is about like grains of sand. Might be called 20 or something like that. They have numbers for the screening the grit has been through. Thats for drying the leather for fur out stretching. I assume if you are drumming fur out to clean up hides you would want a bigger sized grit.
Someone posted about using hose on wire stretchers, and that it gives the appearance of wood. What is interesting to me about that, is the fact that most of the leather owuld be exposed to air, as opposed to a board where it is against the wood.
I do not remember who posted that, but if you are reading this, have you done a lot of coyotes that way? or just a few?
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