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Posted By: AKAjust

poweri flesher - 04/10/24 08:56 PM

Any one have or use one
Posted By: Boco

Re: poweri flesher - 04/10/24 09:20 PM

never heard of that.
Posted By: slowpoke

Re: poweri flesher - 04/10/24 09:31 PM

Do you mean a fleshing machine , used to thin hides and capes as in taxidermy?
Posted By: Boco

Re: poweri flesher - 04/10/24 09:34 PM

Originally Posted by slowpoke
Do you mean a fleshing machine , used to thin hides and capes as in taxidermy?

Your talking about a round knife.
Posted By: Lugnut

Re: poweri flesher - 04/10/24 11:04 PM

John Epler had one similar to this:

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Posted By: Drifter

Re: poweri flesher - 04/11/24 01:06 AM

Furbuyer in Wes tpoint Iowa had one. His wife ran it sometimes but set idle most times as slung coon grease all over.
Posted By: eric space

Re: poweri flesher - 04/11/24 02:38 AM

Originally Posted by Lugnut
John Epler had one similar to this:

[Linked Image]



Thats a Mills Fleshing machine made by Lester Mills's company in Minn or Wisconsin. Fleshes with a hi speed hard rubber impeller. Pipe sticking out the left side is for a suction unit to pull fat into a barrel. Older models used a vibrating metal blade to flesh.
Posted By: MJM

Re: poweri flesher - 04/11/24 03:13 AM

I used a vibrating knife model on coon and it did a good job, but was very slow. I used it a couple days while working for Pacific Hide and Fur in Gt Falls MT. I decided it was too slow and moved it out of the skinning room.
Posted By: M.Magis

Re: poweri flesher - 04/11/24 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by Boco
Originally Posted by slowpoke
Do you mean a fleshing machine , used to thin hides and capes as in taxidermy?

Your talking about a round knife.

Also called a fleshing machine.
Posted By: AKAjust

Re: poweri flesher - 04/11/24 01:34 PM

Yes a fleshing machine.
One is a table model the other is hand operated.
Uses a round spinning sharp blade.
the table model is $1+++. the hand job is $3++.
I've known about the table model but not the hand operated one.
Saw it on utube.
You can use them for fleshing and hide thinning.
just
Posted By: OhioBoy

Re: poweri flesher - 04/11/24 02:53 PM

Looks like if you could come up with a traffic cone looking thing and get it chucked up in a lathe you'd have one.
Posted By: AKAjust

Re: poweri flesher - 04/11/24 04:01 PM

Google "The fleshall mini flesher"
Don't remember the site but I watched a video on utube.
just
Posted By: MJM

Re: poweri flesher - 04/11/24 04:25 PM

Originally Posted by AKAjust
Google "The fleshall mini flesher"
Don't remember the site but I watched a video on utube.
just

I think those are more for shaving leather then fleshing green fur. I have seen them run and don't think that a person could keep up with someone with a good two hand fleshing knife. If you are wanting something for working rehydrated hides to tan, they are the way to go. That is what they are made for.
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