making more boards

[ub1243]

these pics are from last year, but i still do it the same.
i had a bunch of wood fall off a truck, so i made boards.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h149/ub1243/SUC50011-2.jpg
i ran the edges down a jointer.
then took a finished board to show me were to place the dowel pins.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h149/ub1243/SUC50013-3.jpg
made a jig for finding centers. three holes, equal space.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h149/ub1243/SUC50014-1.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h149/ub1243/SUC50016.jpg
glue the edges and pins.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h149/ub1243/SUC50017-2.jpg
clamp the hell out of everything
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h149/ub1243/SUC50018-1.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h149/ub1243/SUC50019-2.jpg
now ready for the planner
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h149/ub1243/SUC50012-1.jpg
i take them to 1/2" thick. then lay a finished board on top and trace. band saw, sand, then a router.
drill a 1/4 hole at the bottom and center. this lets you hang the boards nose down. coon will drip for a month.

i made 40 boards last year. ran out of coon boards last season, need more. coon and coyote take a while to dry at times. need a few more of them. i leave the pelts on till i sell.

[mudmarlin70]

I forgot how thick you had said you took them down to. 1/2"?

I havent done any yet. still have the traced outlines I did from yours in March. I'm fallin' behind. Between the chicks the kids brought home and the storm damage, I got set way behind.

Looks good.

[ub1243]

all my coon and k9 are 1/2" thick. the rats are 3/8 and the mink are 1/4".
my buyer wanted the coon 7"-7 1/2", my boards are around 7 1/4" and 1/2" thick. you can gain a little length going thinner and narrow, length pays, not width, on coon. coon are you money maker.
coon for the money, coyotes for the show.

[stiks]

Hey UB do you poly your boards, I haven't in the past but making some new boards buyer specific:thup: and was thinking of polying them

[ub1243]

sorry stiks, work computer died for a few days.

i hit them with a rub down of johnson's paste wax.
i would think the hard poly would make it harder to push the pins. polycrilic (sp?) may be a little softer, and it's water base.

but for coon hang them nose down and put cardboard under them. they sweat forever.