KING ARTHUR`S MERLIN TOOL SET

[eduardo cruz]

Hey from Portugal to All 

I am thinking about buying such a machine to help me with difficult tasks 

For Skinning rabbits, foxes, boars' heads and small mammals !!!!!!

I wanted to ask the professionals for a beginner like me is a good investment, or if it is very difficult to work with a machine like this.
I would appreciate the special favor to get your comments.

My thanks to all, with sympathy and admiration

From Portugal,

Eduardo Cruz

[eduardo cruz]

 

[Steve Rotramel (Witchbane)]

http://www.mhcrafters.com/servlet/the-1740/Merlin-Taxidermy-Tool-Set-dsh-/Detail

Hey Eduardo, greetings.

That looks like a pretty handy tool set, especially if you are doing a lot of your own fabricating of forms and bases etc.

I haven't seen a lot of references to it in any of our publications or here on the web, but it does look like it will do what the mini-flesher does for shaving skins.

If I had the slightest need for it I would buy one just on general principles - you can't have too many tools - right?

[southern hog taxidermy]

dont waste your money

[Mark D]

Can you explain why Southern?

[southern hog taxidermy]

mini flesher works better for fleshing and you can buy the chainsaw attachment for a four inch grinder that will work better on hog sheilds and wood cutting or carving and have a third of the money in the tools and do same jobs

[eduardo cruz]

 

Is a good for a beginner ,or NOT

 

[southern hog taxidermy]

you spen ypour money way you want i wouldnt buy it .

[upatree]

you said you wanted one for skinning, this is a tool for fleshing mostly, and for small animals just use a beam and a scapel. you do only a small number of big game heads its usefull, if you plan on doing a lot of big game  dont wast your money get a full blown fleshing machine.

[Milo]

hey eduardo last year i wanted to buy this tool also, i searched and read everything about it on forum... i gived up
a better alternative might be MIniFlesher ...there are 2 versions .. foredom and on air compressor ...look what people said about it too

i ended up buying a Dakota 4 flesher. not cheap for me, my business and the prices for taxidermy in my country...but i think it worths every $
still needs practice 

don't choose in hurry!!!

[elkhunter1313]

eduardo...do you guys have the same electrical outlets we do here in the states?

reason I ask is in England and Australia and other parts of the world that use the metric system, the outlets are different for electrical tools

[Milo]

we have different outlets in continental Europe, but you can fin all kind of adapters to make the tool work properly on our electricity

[a7d1]

I bought the tool you asked about and in my opinion is not worth the money spent.  I use the flesher attachment and found that I can do a better and faster job just using a skife knife and or scalpel.  The other attachment are good for form modifications but then again so are files, rasps and saws.  I 'm a bit of a tool enthusiast and like it for some things but looking back I would not buy it again.