Started out the day by going to Unity where a tannery is located. Dropped of a moose and deer hide. Then wandered around looking at this stuff.
Coolest machine in the world.
(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh145/pitw75/Trapping/007.jpg)
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Teak drums for the tanning process.
(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh145/pitw75/Trapping/012.jpg)
Inside
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Rawhide.
(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh145/pitw75/Trapping/013.jpg)
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Fleshing machine.
(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh145/pitw75/Trapping/016.jpg)
Tubs for solutions to dehair or whatever.
(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh145/pitw75/Trapping/020.jpg)
Drum
(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh145/pitw75/Trapping/021.jpg)
Fleshing or Dehairing barrel
(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh145/pitw75/Trapping/022.jpg)
Tools
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Tool user.
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Neat rig for fleshing.
(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh145/pitw75/Trapping/023.jpg)
What the rawhide was for.
(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh145/pitw75/Trapping/018.jpg)
Then stopped by home where we tried out the new sausage stuffer they let me across the border with.
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Then off on a drive to pick up another "new" truck.
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Quote from: pitw on February 26, 2010, 11:29:35 PM
Neat rig for fleshing.
(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh145/pitw75/Trapping/023.jpg)
Awesome pictures :yoyo: Boy does that bring back memories.
Used to have a shaving wheel just like that, but about 2 inches smaller in diameter. Those puppies aint, I say them puppies aint cheap. :nono:
But boy do they work NNNnice.
:yoyo: :yoyo: :yoyo: Way Cool!
Barry, pretty cool! Correct me if I am wrong? But your first photo is of a machine that measures and determines the square footage of the hides as they pass through it. I've never seen one in person. Saw a similar one in operation on a television program one time.
So hows that shaving wheel work Jim?
Dave you are so right :confused:.
Cool pics Barry.
That'd be an interesting field trip.
Thanks for takin us with.
Stopped by Hals to drop off an elk hide for him to turn into whatever he wants. He was just taking a batch of hides out to put on the drying table to make rawhide.
These little units are sure handy.
(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh145/pitw75/Trapping/IMG_4960.jpg)
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Cool pics Barry!
We use to service the equipment at one of the tannerys that made the skins for Wilson sporting goods for baseballs and footballs. Man, You talk about corrosive stuff!! That chemical they use would destroy anything metal! Didnt smell very well either!
WWW
I thought the first picture was a thingomajig. :hahaha: Glad Dave knew what it was. Interesting stuff there. cc
Quote from: pitw on April 01, 2011, 12:19:39 PM
These little units are sure handy.
(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh145/pitw75/Trapping/IMG_4962.jpg)
Looks like he's ready to spread some sauce on that, throw on some mazzerella and bake for 20 minutes.
Interesting stuff there, for sure. Neccessity is the ....
Leather toggle clamps :eyebrow: I just threw out around 50 them yesterday. Cleaning out my shop. :yoyo:
Jims ignoring Todd ^^^^ :nofgr: :alscalls: :alscalls: :alscalls:
I didnt even see that one LOL...
I sold the fleshing wheel to Rick223, Todd. Actually he sold it to me...and then when I closed my doors in 2008 I sold it back to him.
How does it work. Slicker then owl snot to be honest.
They are sharpened with an edge almost as precision as a razor blade. But you could slap your hand on the edge of the blade while it's running and not cut yourself. The edge is actually rolled to one side during manufacturing.
Therefore the fleshing takes place by pulling the hide across the blades edge, left to right. The guards on each side keep the hide from getting pulled in, cause it will pull.
The further back you set the guards, the thicker of a layer it shaves.
On a wheel that size your actually shaving a strip about 3 to 4 inches wide at a time.
Those things are the cats.. :innocentwhistle:..