•••mink fleshing beam•••?
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02/26/21 11:17 AM
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Wanting to build a mink only flesh beam. Use a 2x4? or i have 2" and 3" and 4" pvc pipe. (My stretchers dont allow fleshing on the stretcher) Suggestions welcome thanks!
Last edited by the Blak Spot; 03/24/21 11:02 PM.
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Re: •••mink fleshing beam•••?
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02/26/21 12:57 PM
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I would suggest you just buy or make a female mink board and use it for fleshing.
Last edited by bctomcat; 02/26/21 01:02 PM.
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Re: •••mink fleshing beam•••?
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I do have an old mink stretcher, but it is only 1/4" thick and flimsy. Can i just use that as a pattern and make one from 3/4" board?
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Re: •••mink fleshing beam•••?
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02/27/21 12:55 PM
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Yea,a lot of the old timers used a wooden cone shaped bat to flesh mink and a bigger Otter bat for otter.
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Re: •••mink fleshing beam•••?
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02/27/21 01:16 PM
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Something that Is FLAT will get the job done a lot quicker than scraping on a round surface. Hey Boco do you cut the ears and noses off your mink? LOl
Last edited by The Beav; 02/27/21 01:17 PM.
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Re: •••mink fleshing beam•••?
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03/19/21 10:06 AM
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Mink need very little scrapping so I just lay It on my rat beam and hold It In place with one hand and use my rat scraper with the other hand.
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Re: •••mink fleshing beam•••?
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03/23/21 12:08 PM
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Are you removing the saddle? I've been told you don't need to do that.
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Re: •••mink fleshing beam•••?
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03/23/21 03:21 PM
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Are you removing the saddle? I've been told you don't need to do that. Depends how fat they are. We have had this discussion before.
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Re: •••mink fleshing beam•••?
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03/23/21 04:18 PM
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In the photo it appears to me he is removing the armpit area meat and fat, not the saddle.
Last edited by bctomcat; 03/23/21 06:46 PM.
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Re: •••mink fleshing beam•••?
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03/24/21 10:47 PM
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In the photo it appears to me he is removing the armpit area meat and fat, not the saddle. Yep hide is on sideways. I ended up making a beam from using mink board as a pattern.
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Re: •••mink fleshing beam•••?
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03/30/21 12:25 PM
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As long as you have a wood mink forming board I see absolutely no need for a seperate fleshing board or mink bat.
The only constant in trapping is change so keep learning.
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