Want to build one. Anybody have the dimensions?

Thanks

anyone?

why would you want to do it sitting? besides the obvious that it is easy to sit down.
remember that this is the part of the game that involves elbow grease. i would think it would be hard to flesh sitting down. unless that is you are in a wheel chair?

I don't know my dad wanted to know, But it sounds easier don't ya think

i would think not.. i would think you want to stand so you can put your weight into it. to me it is one of those things you have to just get up and work hard for a few min and get it over with. guys have tried all kinds of ways to make this hard job easy and it seems like the only way to do it is to put some muscle into it.

there are a few guys on here that sit and pull when fleshing they seem to like it and it works very well for them. check the archives as I think there is a thread in there that was going last fall/winter if you do not get a response from one of the sitters on this post you could get a screen name from the archive post and p.m. them.
ty

Fleshing anything is not "easy." Sitting down is not in that formula of evidence from my experience. Standing up is all that I am aware of in that caper. In terms of ergonomics, it all depends, no matter age, the decision to push or pull on the beam to maximize one's comfort zone.

If age and arthritis may interfere with standing at a vertical or horizontal beam, skin your pelts and let the fur buyer finish that chore. The loss of the few extra dollars going that route, if available, solves the puzzle if discomfort crawls over old bones that do not work as well as they use to.

The path for options in that regard spells and leaves its footprint on purpose.

Just a thought from an old fart who is not far away from entertaining that alternative himself. It might be in the schedule this fall for me.

Jonathan

here is a link to the archive page with a pic and discription of a sit down flesher. there are other posts on fleshing beams in the archives but i think some peoples photobucket accounts got to full and the pics are not there anymore

sitting
ty

Happy fleshing

Thanks for the links!

Here is a sit down type that I made and 2 stand up types. The sit down I use for more detail type work If I'm doing life size taxidermy pelts.

This method works really well for me.

Sometimes you have to stand up and work on the gristle around the back of the neck, but once it's "started" you can sit back down and finish her that way.

Here is an ultimate sitting fleshing beam fashioned after a woodcarver's shaving beam. It was made by Ontariotrapper from Canada.

Jonathan

awesome