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Wear or what to put your beaver on. #8314502
01/16/25 10:15 PM
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I’m stretching my beaver on plywood right now and was wondering how people are either hanging them somehow, or propping them on a wall, or have made a little contraption to hold them.

So I guess what I am asking is where do you put the beaver boards after you tack them on the board.


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Re: Wear or what to put your beaver on. [Re: That.darn.coon] #8314508
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Stack them on a flat surface. Fur to fur, skin to skin

Re: Wear or what to put your beaver on. [Re: That.darn.coon] #8314522
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Drill a 3/4 inch hole near the top and bottom in the midline,
Put a skin on each side of the board to dry and hang the boards on a nail from the rafters in your basement or shed.
Once they are dry you can stack them like Kre said.If they curl lay them on a beaver board and put another beaver board on top as you add to the stack

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Re: Wear or what to put your beaver on. [Re: That.darn.coon] #8314546
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I have patterns for beaver sketched across the inside and outside walls of my fur shed, I nail them straight to the walls and both sides of the door.

Re: Wear or what to put your beaver on. [Re: That.darn.coon] #8314562
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I wouldnt want to replace walls when the beaver boards wear out,lol.
Mine are ready to cut into marten boxes in 4 or 5 years.


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Re: Wear or what to put your beaver on. [Re: Boco] #8314564
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Originally Posted by Boco
I wouldnt want to replace walls when the beaver boards wear out,lol.
Mine are ready to cut into marten boxes in 4 or 5 years.

I built it with 3/4" plywood and siding (I had both laying around) so it isn't really hurting anything, I might replace the siding in 6 or 7 years if I trap enough beaver and I get offered to haul away more building materials when people order the wrong stuff, if not oh well.

Re: Wear or what to put your beaver on. [Re: That.darn.coon] #8314575
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I scored a bunch of 3/4 inch plywood last fall.
40 full sized sheets.It was used as forming for a bridge job there must have been a hundred sheets or more and a huge pile of 2x4s and 2x6s.I asked the guy at the bridge I they were scrapping it all and he said yes.I asked if I could salvage some,he said go ahead but there were already people hauling it off.I filled the truck bed and a trailer with plywood,no room for very much 2x4s but I did get some.
I got enough 3/4 inch plywood now for beaver boards for the rest of my life and then some,lol.
Only had to pull a few nails around the edges.


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Re: Wear or what to put your beaver on. [Re: Boco] #8314579
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Originally Posted by Boco
I scored a bunch of 3/4 inch plywood last fall.
40 full sized sheets.It was used as forming for a bridge job there must have been a hundred sheets or more and a huge pile of 2x4s and 2x6s.I asked the guy at the bridge I they were scrapping it all and he said yes.I asked if I could salvage some,he said go ahead but there were already people hauling it off.I filled the truck bed and a trailer with plywood,no room for very much 2x4s but I did get some.
I got enough 3/4 inch plywood now for beaver boards for the rest of my life and then some,lol.
Only had to pull a few nails around the edges.

A good friend of mine works for a residential construction outfit down in Anchorage, so when they order the wrong stuff, or get too much he calls me and I hitch up a trailer and go get everything I can fit. I have about enough to start building my own Dr. Seuss house lol

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Gotta love free plywood with the price of it nowadays.
I was burnt out after loading those 40 sheets.I went back next day and it was all gone every stick and sheet and even the pieces,lol


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Re: Wear or what to put your beaver on. [Re: That.darn.coon] #8314581
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Dang! Would have loved to get in on a deal like that. Good for you Boco. Probably would have been frowned upon to ask if they deliver?

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Re: Wear or what to put your beaver on. [Re: Boco] #8314587
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Originally Posted by Boco
Gotta love free plywood with the price of it nowadays.
I was burnt out after loading those 40 sheets.I went back next day and it was all gone every stick and sheet and even the pieces,lol

I get plywood, siding, metal roofing, all sorts of 2x materials, and plenty of 4x and 6x beams and posts. Plus more nails and screws than I could ever possibly use. He really is a handy friend to have around. All he asks in return is when they get behind schedule clearing new lots I come run an excavator for a few days at a time to pick up the slack. He's tried to hire me a few times, but I can't reasonably commute that everyday and I wholeheartedly refuse to live in Anchorage.

Re: Wear or what to put your beaver on. [Re: Boco] #8314728
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Originally Posted by Boco
Gotta love free plywood with the price of it nowadays.
I was burnt out after loading those 40 sheets.I went back next day and it was all gone every stick and sheet and even the pieces,lol

Holy smokes! 40 sheets of 3/4?!? You could’ve redone your teeth like Lamar if you sold em….lol
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