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Predator Hunting => Fur Handling => Topic started by: Brushwolf on September 07, 2012, 09:07:03 PM

Title: Fleshing board
Post by: Brushwolf on September 07, 2012, 09:07:03 PM

Want to make a fleshing board for coon and grey fox but I need to know what size to make it. I need to know a thickness, length and the width. Any help would be great.

Title: Re: Fleshing board
Post by: Hern on September 10, 2012, 08:02:27 AM

I use an eight inch beam.

Everyone has their own style.
check this link out...
http://jayme220.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=archive6&action=display&thread=185

Title: Re: Fleshing board
Post by: Leglifter on September 10, 2012, 03:13:19 PM

`cool link hern!!

Brushwolf, did you mean wooden stretchers?, not beams?

Title: Re: Fleshing board
Post by: Brushwolf on September 10, 2012, 07:39:01 PM

No. I meant fleshing beams. Herns reply gave me some good ideas. looks like there is no standard size at all. Thanks again.

Title: Re: Fleshing board
Post by: Hern on September 11, 2012, 08:17:45 AM

Bw...
I fleshed with different boards and push down or pull down...
Last year I mounted a new beam straight out and like this method because I don't have to bend my back.
It's posted below on the page, but here's the link...
http://www.ppha.us/smf/index.php?topic=6204.0

Title: Re: Fleshing board
Post by: jeremybrua on September 11, 2012, 07:04:51 PM

i paterned mine with  a #4 wire stretcher.  i just bent it in till the sides lined up with the edge of the 2x8.  i left it 1.5" thick and left a 1.5" flat on the tip.  i  rounded the top so it fit the knife.