[TheForge] OT - Hides in ones Blacksmith shop

[Wes Marquart]

You could have my dilemma...

I've got two buffalo hides sitting in a barrel of lye-water (actually
lye-ICE) taking up space in my shop...

A neighbor brought them over in early November so he could 'teach' me
tanning... he'd originally said that we'd only need to soak them for 2-3
days in wood-ash/water to get the hair to slip off... so we checked them
every couple of days - for a month & a half - no slippage... so we drained
them and then went to a lye and water solution... still no slippage...
finally it got cold enuf for things to freeze into a solid block... so I
have a 55 gal. poly drum sitting in the middle of the floor... 

I've even tried running a torpedo heater on it to try and thaw things out
far enough so I can drain the liquid... 

Looks like I'll have two hides as residents till later this spring...

Fun!

.... OH YEAH!  Forgot the blacksmithing content...  :)

part of the hides are destined to become part of a new double chamber
bellows...

-Wes

-----Original Message-----
From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jerry Smith
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 2:01 PM
To: Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Pelt Stretching Frame

Wes,

I was think of doing that, I need the space and the
barn is the right size to work on such things.  

Thanks,

Jerry
--- Wes Marquart <marquart at arlinn-tower.com> wrote:

> You could always hang it from a beam... lower it
> down with ropes when you
> want to work on it & then haul it back up to free up
> floor space.
> 
> -Wes
> 

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