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Re: Homemade wire stretchers?
[Re: Gone Trappin.]
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07/17/20 10:39 AM
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Here are a couple I made in 1947 or 1948. They still work. A muskrat and coon stretcher. ![[Linked Image]](https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2020/07/full-8541-55481-homemade_stretchers.jpg) Garry-
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Re: Homemade wire stretchers?
[Re: The Beav]
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07/17/20 12:52 PM
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Most dimensional lumber you buy In the lumber yard Is going to be too thick. So you going to have to have It milled down to the right thickness. For cats and coyotes you don't need to plane them down, round the edges and a little sanding works fine. That is with fence pickets, when you sort through them they are all different thicknesses. For any other boards you will have to plane them to make them work, and not worth the effort. I would imagine that if you look around there will be a lot of boards for sale cheap this year.
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Re: Homemade wire stretchers?
[Re: Gone Trappin.]
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07/17/20 11:51 PM
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He told me her is 15...
Garry-
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Re: Homemade wire stretchers?
[Re: Gone Trappin.]
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07/17/20 11:51 PM
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He told me he is 15...
Garry-
Last edited by Actor; 07/17/20 11:52 PM.
“Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.”
Have been trapping 77 years…
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Re: Homemade wire stretchers?
[Re: Actor]
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07/18/20 12:34 AM
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Here are a couple I made in 1947 or 1948. They still work. A muskrat and coon stretcher. Garry- Everything about that is awesome! Love it.
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Re: Homemade wire stretchers?
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07/18/20 05:54 PM
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Made them years ago there not hard if you can find some surplus power line wire, the stuff I used was some that was replaced along a section and given away for the asking, then it was just a matter of shaping and cutting to size
All of them got remade into wood and wire hybrid stretchers years ago I used the same to make a bunch of them, some of the larger wire has a springiness to it that helps keep the pelt tensoned. I had a store bought on and drew a pattern on a piece of plywood I place nails around the outline of the pattern and used these to shape the stretchers I was making
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Re: Homemade wire stretchers?
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07/18/20 05:55 PM
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One thing that make it work right is... if you look close the the holes the wire runs through are on a slight angle. If you drill them straight through the wood as the pelt dries, it will pull the wood up the wires. I know this to be true, because when I made the first one it happened. Being 6 or 7 years old at the time it took me a while to figure this out. The rat stretcher wire was no. 9 wire and it was a bit soft but worked okay. If I was going to use a comparable wire today I would use Political Sign wire. It is about the same diameter wire, but much stiffer than regular no. 9. You should be able to get a bunch of it this year. I have made all sort of things from this wire and it holds up well.
Good luck
Garry-
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Re: Homemade wire stretchers?
[Re: Actor]
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07/18/20 05:59 PM
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Just make sure to get the ones that have an old sleepy looking guy on them One thing that make it work right is... if you look close the the holes the wire runs through are on a slight angle. If you drill them straight through the wood as the pelt dries, it will pull the wood up the wires. I know this to be true, because when I made the first one it happened. Being 6 or 7 years old at the time it took me a while to figure this out. The rat stretcher wire was no. 9 wire and it was a bit soft but worked okay. If I was going to use a comparable wire today I would use Political Sign wire. It is about the same diameter wire, but much stiffer than regular no. 9. You should be able to get a bunch of it this year. I have made all sort of things from this wire and it holds up well.
Good luck
Garry-
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