fleshing with bench grinder

i am have good success with the tool the only problem is that the skin seems to be drying out when fleshing and its harder to flesh than the areas i start on when its freshly unthawed does anyone else have this problem if so what do you do to keep wet i though of using water but it seem like something would go wrong

thanks

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Get a machine that is made for that.

Hi,
If your fleshing a few capes only do them by hand but if your working with ten capes or more a year get the right tool. A twelve inch blade with a little experiance you could flesh and thin a dear cope in less than thirthy minutes. With exprience it could be less than 15 minutes.

Go to our web site: www.fleshing.ca you will see what our machines can do.

Gerry

I would

I do mine the same way and I have the same problem, just keep a squirt bottle handy and mist it every 5 minutes of so where you are working. I like the bench grinder to but thinking of adding a mini-flesher blade to the other side.

thanks jessica

if i wanted advice on a (REAL) fleshing machine i would have asked

jessica will a mini blade fit?

i use the bench grinder

on turning the lips and on faces - it is just too slow on the back of the hide - use water to keep hide from drying out - you will never be happy just using a bench grinder - too much time wasted

Todd

Get a Jim Hall felshing tool, it does fairly well you just need to go back over it with a knife. Nothing beats a fleshing machine though.