My fleshing beam

[Norman89]

Few guys seemed interested so in going to do a writeup on how I am building my fleahing beam. First thing a scored a piece of 10" sch40 PVC from work

[Norman89]

Now I plan for this beam to be for fleshing beaver mainly so I went with a 8 inch wide beam. I used one of my muskrat boards as a stencil and traced the radius onto cardboard so I could then trace it to my pvc

[bear hunter]

  thanks for sharing 

[Norman89]

Once traced out I used a jig saw with a metal blade to cut it out. Worked very nicely and gave me the shape I wanted. I also add a center notch in the bottom to lock it in place to the stand I will build. I should mention if they look long there us a reason. I have hears many a trapper say that fleahing is a back breaking labor so I built my beams at 54" keep it sitting high. The tip should hit me about mid chest to save on,leaning over while working the hide

[Norman89]

And since I had more of the pipe I also made a 5" one for smaller critters. I will probably make a 3 inch as well later

[Norman89]

And here are the two after a run down with a palm sander with 80 then 180 grit to smooth and radius all edges to a smooth finish. Now to make the stand where the beams will lock in to be used

[Norman89]

A quick stand made of 2x6 3' boards as the feet and board that connects the two feet and a 3'6" board on the angle with 2' board as a brace

[Norman89]

And the lock block the beam slides around to keep it in place

[Norman89]

How the beam sits in place

[Norman89]

And the block that hold the beam once it's in place

[Norman89]

And the Finish beam and stand ready to be put to use I think the whole project may have taken me two hours

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[JakeLand]

Looks good!! 

[Norman89]

Thanks guys now I just need a fleshing knife so I can try it out with all these beaver!

[JakeLand]

This POST fleshing knife is the best I've ever used it's worth the $100 which included shipping . It's so dam sharp and comfortable to use