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Post by FWS on Feb 21, 2008 16:27:35 GMT -6
Need to make a few dozen gray fox stretchers, no source for basswood here.
Anybody make em' out of pine or Western red cedar, both of which I can get plenty of.
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Post by bobwendt on Feb 21, 2008 16:32:09 GMT -6
pine will get hard as a rock on you in time, very difficult use push pins or nails. I`d go with the basswood or redwood. cedar gets hard too.
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Post by gcs on Feb 21, 2008 16:48:46 GMT -6
I'd use what you can get, they can't get any harder then plywood ones I've seen. "Cheap is best..but free is better",lol
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Post by FWS on Feb 21, 2008 17:08:50 GMT -6
Got plenty of that available but I was concerned about the tannins leaching out and into a pelt. That can't be a good thing.
Exactly ;D
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Post by thebeav2 on Feb 21, 2008 17:16:31 GMT -6
I really don't think your going to get much leaching from a dry board. Use what you have I really don't think It makes much difference. You guys are still using push pins wow I still remember those sore fingers. Staples all the way If your doing much fur.
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Post by sawdust on Feb 21, 2008 19:17:00 GMT -6
like beav said, staples are the way to go.
i have some basswood and some poplar stretchers that i made. both work well.
cedar is pretty soft and should work great.
pine, depending on the variety may be relatively hard (southern yellow) or relatively light weight and soft (white).
as long as you're not working with white oak, hickory, or osage orange you should be fine.
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Post by bobwendt on Feb 21, 2008 19:39:04 GMT -6
I think he needs some osage orange boards. lol. I `ve seen sparks fly out of it when sawing, serious.
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Post by coonhangman1 on Feb 21, 2008 19:48:57 GMT -6
lol, I'm guessing a large percentage of osage orange today, has 5 strands of barbed wire in the middle of it now, all twisted up. Rot-Resistant tough stuff!!!
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Post by bubcat on Feb 21, 2008 20:01:36 GMT -6
John, that red cedar is fine.
A dead fox can't tell the difference tween that and basswood. ;D
I got a bunch of cedar stretchers...
Good as basswood far as I'm concerned.
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Post by bubcat on Feb 21, 2008 20:09:21 GMT -6
Cedar ... Bass wood... reminded me of a joke...
Two trees, a birch and a beech were looking down through the canopy at a sapling, and arguing from who's seed it came.
A woodpecker flew by, and asked the bich and beech what all the ruckus was about, and agreed to fly down and check if they'd both shut up..
The woodpecker flew down and pecked on the wood to confirm, and flew back up to the tree tops with his report.
"I'm sorry to tell you both" he said, "that's neither the son of a birch or the son of beech, but it's the nicest piece of ash I've ever had my pecker into."
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Post by coloradocat on Feb 21, 2008 20:09:22 GMT -6
Go to the Western National. I will be there with grey fox boards,lol.
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Post by humptulips on Feb 22, 2008 2:00:35 GMT -6
I have mostly western red cedar boards. They are the best but wouldn't be much different then redwood. Mine are all handsplit old growth. Second growth cedar is a lot harder when dry. I made a few out of handsplit old growth Sitka spruce and it is pretty close to the cedar boards. Steer clear of the pine if you can help it. Too hard.
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Post by humptulips on Feb 22, 2008 2:02:23 GMT -6
I should add. Western red cedar never gets hard if it's old growth.
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Post by motrapperjohn on Feb 22, 2008 19:32:04 GMT -6
Got some new adjustable basswood stretchers That I made just for the greys have worked great for me. I will have some at Nehpi in June. Thinking about 8.00 ea. they are about 3/8" thick or less, havn't put a tape on them yet.
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Post by frenchman on Feb 25, 2008 9:10:35 GMT -6
staples???
I need to hear more about that one.
Staple gun? How to you get the staples out??
My fingers are sore rightnow, so maybe time for me to learn a new trick?
Please tell me more!
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Post by trappnman on Feb 25, 2008 9:16:27 GMT -6
can't say I like staples better- pain in the butt on long hairs....
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Post by HappyPlumber on Feb 25, 2008 9:27:48 GMT -6
Question? On those grey fox stretchers, what would the width at the shoulder be an an average size put up fur. Also what would the length be at the bottom of the skirt and also the width. I can make those, no problem. Just need the correct dimentions. HP
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Post by thebeav2 on Feb 25, 2008 11:20:20 GMT -6
I use to think the same way but when you do any amount of fur staples are the way to go. Use 9 /16ths staples and set your gun so they only go In about half way. If you have problems finding them on long haired critters just pop them loose and pull them out from the hide side easy to see then. I still haven't changed to staples on beaver just to many to pull. I did staple some up and It's fast putting them In but what a pain to pull them. Now If I could come up with a very powerful magnet that would just pull the staples as you pass the board under It I would have It made. Clean up would be a breeze also.
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Post by trappnman on Feb 25, 2008 11:42:42 GMT -6
do you staple mink beav?
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Post by thebeav2 on Feb 25, 2008 12:25:17 GMT -6
Nope It only takes a couple of push pins to pin up a mink. But you could. It's not so much the amount of push pins you have to use On each hide It's the amount of hides you have to deal with. If you have 30 coon ready to board you will have a sore thumb and fore finger at the end of the day. And It will be worse by the end of the week. Now If your only dealing with a hide or two like you are then a staple gun wouldn't be of any use to you but for the professional It's the way to go LOL
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