Having a good day.

pitw · February 26, 2010, 11:29:35 PM

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.

Teak drums for the tanning process.

Inside

Rawhide.

Fleshing machine.

Tubs for solutions to dehair or whatever.

Drum

Fleshing or Dehairing barrel

Tools

Tool user.

Neat rig for fleshing.

What the rawhide was for.

Then stopped by home where we tried out the new sausage stuffer they let me across the border with.

Then off on a drive to pick up another "new" truck.

FinsnFur · February 26, 2010, 11:44:28 PM

Quote from: pitw on February 26, 2010, 11:29:35 PM

Neat rig for fleshing.

Awesome pictures

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.

But boy do they work NNNnice.

alscalls · February 27, 2010, 04:15:41 AM

Way Cool!

HuntnCarve · February 27, 2010, 06:33:56 AM

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.

Todd Rahm · February 27, 2010, 06:48:55 AM

So hows that shaving wheel work Jim?

pitw · February 27, 2010, 08:13:57 AM

Dave you are so right

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iahntr · February 27, 2010, 08:26:09 AM

Cool pics Barry.
That'd be an interesting field trip.
Thanks for takin us with.

pitw · April 01, 2011, 12:19:39 PM

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.

WldWldWest · April 01, 2011, 12:32:08 PM

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

Carolina Coyote · April 01, 2011, 03:15:25 PM

I thought the first picture was a thingomajig.

Glad Dave knew what it was. Interesting stuff there. cc

Dave · April 01, 2011, 04:10:53 PM

Quote from: pitw on April 01, 2011, 12:19:39 PM
These little units are sure handy.

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 ....

FinsnFur · April 01, 2011, 05:00:56 PM

Leather toggle clamps

I just threw out around 50 them yesterday. Cleaning out my shop.

pitw · April 01, 2011, 05:27:31 PM

Jims ignoring Todd ^^^^

FinsnFur · April 01, 2011, 10:34:50 PM

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..

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