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Other Activities => Trapping => Topic started by: Norman89 on January 07, 2017, 12:49:16 PM
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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
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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
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:tup: thanks for sharing :tup:
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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
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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
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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
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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
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And the lock block the beam slides around to keep it in place
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How the beam sits in place
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And the block that hold the beam once it's in place
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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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:tup:
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Looks good!! :tup:
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Thanks guys now I just need a fleshing knife so I can try it out with all these beaver!
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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
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Sweet idea
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Nice tutorial and photos, thanks!!!
