Anyone know the specs on water fleshing a deer cape. what angle to hold nozzle, how close to get? email me if you do, thanks
Scott H.
Monroe, LA
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search the archives it's probably in there scott
search the archives it's probably in there scott
search the archives it's probably in there scott
I just purchased a Karcher 3100 psi pressure washer with a turbo nozzle. If the Cummings tool sales truck comes close to you you can buy this unit for $499.00. They are reconditioned and have a Subaru OHV engine. A turbo nozzle will have to be purchased separately. This is one bad momma when it comes to fleshing. I did a lifesize black bear this morning in less than 30 minutes. I routinely do deer capes in 10-15 minutes, bobcat in 5-10. Make you something to stretch hides over about the size and shape of an ironing board. have it sloping downward to the ground, with the upper, pointed end about 3 feet high. Start high and away from the hide. Maybe at a 30 degree angle to your work. I just let one edge of the spiraling water cone barely touch the hide, and it cuts like a lazer. If you want to get on I-20 and drive east to MS mile marker 121, I will show you how to use a pressure washer for fleshing!
It's Explained in Breakthrough
This response submitted by Kathy Blomquist on 07/29/2003. ( It's in the magazine ) 67.35.127.44
Back in 1995, Archie Phillips called Larry Blomquist and said, "Larry, I saw the darndest thing this week. A taxidermist named Gerald Hammock, down in Panama City, Florida, was fleshing deer capes at the rate of one every ten minutes -- with a pressure washer!" Larry scheduled a trip to Florida to see for himself and wrote the article, "The Gerald Hammock Water Fleshing Technique," which can be found in Breakthrough Issue 46 (Winter 1996), pp10-14. We still have this issue for sale, so call 1-800-783-7266 to order, or go to www.Breakthroughmagazine.com.
paul e
What do you hold the cape on the board with ?
that come from Sears or any tool supplier. Actually, on a cape, the best thing I have seen is a peice of heavy plastic, 1/4" in thickness, cut to fit a cape over, and then clamp this to the board I described earlier. you can un-clamp it and turn it over quickly to do the opposite side.