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Post by irnhdmike on Aug 24, 2010 5:43:02 GMT -6
Like Gibb said. Or stuck in the bottom of a cardboard box.
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Post by bobwendt on Aug 24, 2010 6:02:23 GMT -6
I rejmember building live cages years ago. I keep the water can outside the cage so they can`t rake water into the pee. it` a job as if the can is loose in it`s little outside cage the fox pulls it out, if it is super tight you can`t change cans when they get blown out from frezing , rust whatever. I`m struggling trying to get a can out to replace and buddy watching says just make the can holder bigger and then drill a little hole in the can lip and just wire it down, like a twisty. I thinks hmm, all these years I been fighting this and a guy with no cages, no animals, not even a trapper cures my problem in a nanno second. never underestimate the source of genious when you least expect it, or the blindness of your own mind on occasion.
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Post by Zagman on Aug 24, 2010 6:10:56 GMT -6
I did the styrofoam thingy for a while.....guess I just dont have the patience to do that!
Now, I pull them out of a fur board and just throw them in a coffee can vs. poking each one individually into styrofoam.......
Then, when I need to use them again, the magnet is simply dropped in the coffee can and 20-30 pulled out nice nice.
I am rough on pins....probably lose 15-20 percent each year that simply break......is this the case with all you guys?
I remember a few years ago Nittany Lion said that he sharpens his pins year to year.........did I mention I don't have much patience for this type of stuff?
MZ
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Post by bobwendt on Aug 24, 2010 6:30:25 GMT -6
same here zag. the pin comes out of the head ,or it breaks off 1/2 way. I used to try to fix them but determined my time was more valuable and now when ever I get one break I just pitch it and figure surely I can catch one more animal or something to save me the aggravation of frogging with the broken ones.
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Post by 17HMR on Aug 24, 2010 6:50:14 GMT -6
Same here on broken pins, if you pull to the side a little there seems to be less come apart though, but is harder on your board.
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Post by Steve Gappa on Aug 24, 2010 7:05:05 GMT -6
am rough on pins....probably lose 15-20 percent each year that simply break......is this the case with all you guys?
got a bunch of pins that were my dads, those babies never break. but on the new pins- agreeed, they break far more often than they should.
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Post by Gibb on Aug 24, 2010 10:08:05 GMT -6
The new boxes of push pins I was using in Marshfield looked like they had been outsourced to China. Everything from the container to the pins were of a lower grade then normal. I am betting there will be even more failures after a little use. Jim
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Beaver trapping
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Post by conibear1 on Aug 24, 2010 11:11:42 GMT -6
I use a stapler, but I run my fingers twice around the edge of the beaver pelt--1st one way,,,,then the other. I want to slice my finger than have anyone else get hurt.
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Post by jwr64 on Aug 24, 2010 15:36:21 GMT -6
- as is your trick of having a magnet for your knifes- I missed it, what is it? a mag hung on the wall.
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Post by lumberjack on Aug 24, 2010 16:10:06 GMT -6
That, boys, is dedication, sharpening push pins. I must have got a bunch of the chinese ones, they dont last long then break. Little buggers aint cheap either.
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Post by wheelie on Aug 25, 2010 6:07:09 GMT -6
In a pinch I go to smallmart and buy the 99 cent pin packs. They break also, but when boarding coon and others are not dry and your almost out of the normal ones what should you do? this may not work on heavy hide MN coon, but on semi-heavy they do okay. I tried the staple gun and I liked it. Very easy to board a coon. But, the O'le lady hated it (taking out the staples) and told me if I every use a staple gun again that she won't be taking coon off the boards. So it was back to push pins...lol
Zag, great idea on the mag.
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Post by trappnman on Aug 25, 2010 6:28:03 GMT -6
jwr- yes, a a magnet on the side of the work bench, or wherever handy- that way, when you are done with a knife, its always right there
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Post by makete on Aug 25, 2010 8:26:21 GMT -6
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Post by Zagman on Aug 25, 2010 8:40:03 GMT -6
Duluth Trading makes a fold up magnetic tray. Lays flat or you can fold up the sides to hold nuts and bolts and stuff.... May be an application for push pins (as a tray) or knives (flat). I have mine on my skinning machine bench, which is all steel, so in binds to the table and anything I lay on it that is metal sticks to it. Tail strippers, etc. Steve is referring to a metallic strip I also have mounted on my skinner similiar to the one Makete shows..... I think you can see it in this pic.......this was several years ago when I did a new fur shop in the barn.....not that neat looking now! Zagman
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Post by Maineman on Aug 25, 2010 10:12:49 GMT -6
Ahhhhhhh...something new...Magnets ...I was doing what Steve said and just pouring them out 12 or so at a time...I like the magnet idea...
It even works on my "office pins" that zags bust-on me about...One of these days I'll buy "real" push pins, but for now the office pins are free...(I LIKE FREE)...
Dave Z
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Post by humptulips on Aug 25, 2010 12:12:49 GMT -6
A little different twist on the magnet for guys like me that are cheapskates. I noticed my sharpening steel was magnetized after years of use. Now I just stick the steel into the can of pins and it pulls out a half dozen or so.
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Post by Rally Hess on Aug 25, 2010 13:54:10 GMT -6
Maybe use a magnet out of a used speaker. Junk yards are full of them.
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Post by jbconnected on Aug 25, 2010 14:29:30 GMT -6
Why didn't I ever think of a magnet???
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Post by Zagman on Aug 25, 2010 14:49:11 GMT -6
Man, I may be missing out on a huge opportunity here....
I should start selling magnets......laminated magnets.
FOR SALE: HEAVY DUTY Laminated Magnets....no Zagnets.....
Man, my mind is reeling!
Zagman
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Post by furman on Aug 25, 2010 14:53:11 GMT -6
Zagnets.....it's all about the sales pitch and i think you got there
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