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Post by paskinner on Jul 14, 2010 10:50:10 GMT -5
Since the forum is dead, I thought I'd share some of the oddball stuff I'm doing. I found out that if you store salted goat hides for a long time (years) they slip nicely without having to resort to lime. At least this one did, after just one night in the water soak and now it's pickled, ready to go in the barktan solution. For tough buck necks, a really narrow beam sure makes for less frustration. It's still work, but doable. This beam it just quaking aspen, instead of a hard wood, but still works. A chunk off the neck of a elk hide that I'm doing into rawhide. I don't even want to think about brain tanning this one. I needed rawhide anyway. I did have to use lime on this one. To be continued...
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Post by Buckskin Billy on Jul 14, 2010 21:31:48 GMT -5
great post. its been kind of quiet around. i have recently moved and the house we are living in now has been vacant for a long time. so that means alot of work. on top of my regular work, and still trying to keep up with my hide work as well. thanks for breathing a breath of life on the forum. some great tips, can't wait to see more
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Post by joanne2 on Jul 15, 2010 8:03:11 GMT -5
Now I see what happened to the batteries.. old hide work again! You just figuring this stuff out Loren?? LOL.. J/k.. Love your posts. Nice to know there are folks skinning and tanning all the time and putting out some beautiful work. It is addicting isn't it?
Billy.. yep.. all your fault it's been so quiet here lately.. we have all missed you and well gee, sounds like you've had your hands full on top of your regular work! and hide work.. not enough time in a day is there??
Good thing things are looking a bit rainy here in our neck of the woods today (or our house would never get cleaned and the laundry would never get washed).
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Post by paskinner on Jul 24, 2010 13:14:08 GMT -5
I'm being a little bit lazy today. Too hot to work really hard. Anyway, this video I took awhile ago shows how I cable a hide, and how my thin cable is set up. I'm kind of using a pattern, doing all the center, then the edges, then checking to see if there is anyplace that needs some extra work.
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Post by Cody ( The Patriot ) on Jul 24, 2010 20:08:12 GMT -5
PA I cant tell is that sort of hanging off the ceiling
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Post by paskinner on Jul 25, 2010 15:35:13 GMT -5
PA I cant tell is that sort of hanging off the ceiling Naw, the bottom is hooked into the floor with a eyelet. and the top is hooked into the corner with fence staples
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Post by paskinner on Apr 8, 2011 21:42:57 GMT -5
The old smokehouse was about shot. So I turned it on it's end, added some framework and put tin on the back where the stove pipe enters. The truck cap was added just to add to it's redneckedness. ;D Actually, it was a easier than building a roof. Never claimed to be a carpenter, but it works!
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Post by phoenix1967 on Apr 10, 2011 19:45:36 GMT -5
That aint the first, nor likely the last time I've seen one of those used as a roof. Common sense to put it to use if you are not gonna have it on a truck. My neighbor has a bunch of LARGE boat hulls sittin around... I've considered usin 'em for shed roofs.
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Post by phoenix1967 on Apr 10, 2011 19:53:33 GMT -5
You recon it might be the decomposition that makes that happen? if ya could manage to bank a good number of hides in this fasion, you could increase productivity considerably (less active time per hide) Excellent discovery Loren!
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