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Goldhedge

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Here is something to ponder. When checking on a slaughterhouse for my beef. I asked them, what do you do with the hides? They said, toss them in the trash and charge the customer $100.oo disposal fee. I was shocked to say the least. There isn't anyone close who tans them. They said and I couldn't find anyone. Such a waist.

My plan is to TRY to tan them myself. Even told Blondy that when we butcher Ribeye, she would have his nice heavy skin to keep warm under. That didn't go over to well. She's still hasn't forgiven me for saying that.
GROK: how do you tan cow hide
Answer
Tanning cow hide involves a series of steps to preserve the leather and make it usable for various applications. Here's a basic overview of how to tan cow hide using traditional methods:
Materials Needed:
  • Cow hide
  • Salt (non-iodized)
  • Water
  • Tanning agent (like bark from oak, hemlock, or willow, or commercial tanning chemicals like chromium sulfate for chrome tanning)
  • Lime or slaked lime for hair removal (in vegetable tanning)
  • Sharp knife or fleshing tool
  • Large drum or vat for soaking
  • Wooden boards or stretchers
Steps:
1. Preparation and Curing
  • Fleshing: Remove all flesh, fat, and membrane from the hide using a sharp knife or fleshing tool. This helps in preventing rot during the tanning process.
  • Salting: Lay the hide flat, flesh side up, and cover it with a heavy layer of salt. This helps in pulling out moisture, preserving the hide, and preventing bacterial growth. Let it sit for about 24 hours, then shake off the salt and reapply fresh salt for another 24 hours.
2. Soaking
  • Rinse off the salt and soak the hide in fresh water for several days, changing the water daily to remove all salt and blood. This rehydrates the hide if it has dried.
3. Dehairing (for Vegetable Tanning)
  • Liming: Soak the hide in a lime solution (1 gallon of water to 1 pound of lime) for about 7 to 10 days. This process helps in loosening the hair for removal. After this, wash the hide thoroughly to remove lime or it will affect the tanning process.
  • Hair Removal: Scrape off the hair and epidermis with a fleshing knife.
4. Tanning
  • Vegetable Tanning:
    • Prepare a tanning solution using ground bark or commercial tanning extracts. Soak the hide in this solution for several weeks, depending on the thickness of the hide and the strength of the solution. The hide will gradually turn from pink to a tan color as the tannins penetrate.
  • Chrome Tanning (faster but requires chemicals):
    • Use chrome tanning salts mixed in water. Soak the hide in this solution, which will tan the hide much faster, often in hours rather than weeks.
5. Neutralizing and Oiling
  • After tanning, remove the hide from the solution, wash it to remove excess tanning agents, then neutralize if necessary (especially in chrome tanning).
  • Apply fats or oils to the leather to make it supple.
6. Drying and Stretching
  • Stretch the hide on a frame or over a board to dry flat and evenly. Regularly adjust the tension to avoid wrinkles.
7. Finishing
  • Once dry, you can further treat the leather with conditioners, dyes, or finishes based on the intended use.
Notes:
  • Safety: Tanning chemicals can be hazardous; use gloves, goggles, and work in well-ventilated areas.
  • Environment: Tanning can be environmentally taxing due to the chemicals used, so consider the impact and disposal methods.
This is a simplified guide; professional tanning often involves more nuanced techniques and controls. If you're new to tanning, consider starting with smaller hides to practice before tackling a large cow hide.
 

cola

Well-known member
Good Morning All (OF's):

Up earlier than I had planned due to an upset stomach, cramps, that likely may be from airline food.
Not an overly pleasant experience awakening doubled up wondering what'n the hell's going on now.
So it goes. Have a boatload of work to do. Somehow my stomach needs to settle for coffee & food.

Wishing each and every one of you, a pleasant morning, wonderful day, and outstanding evening.
I am currently pretty tied up with projects and work, so wanted to start with a daily check in hello.
Today is duly considered a "hump day". So, I hope and trust all of us will get over any big humps!

See you all tomorrow (again)! (y):)
 

Gray Wolf

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Goooode Weedsday mawning chawming and irreverent brothers and sisters of the sacred herb!
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Cloudy here today starting at 36F and predicted to soar to 47F.

BP and pulse rate continue to be in the normal stay alive range, with no more A-fib. Still no call back from the cardiac specialist for an appointment nor the pain specialist who prescribed two medications that could potentially have killed me. Sad what the medical profession has come to?

Waiting for electrical bids to replace the rental fuse box with a breaker panel but got the first bid back at under $5K, which is also less than we budgeted.

The housekeepers are due again this morning so me and Miss Layla will be hanging out at Fernhill dawg park with the big dawgs, laughing, scratching, and whiffing butts.
 

dogzter

Drapetomaniac
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Mapleleaf indicas x ak
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11 weeks and possibly the fastest plant I have ever grown.
Greencrack\haze X g-unit.
Has a weird smell I can't place and doesn't really seem to get me that stoned.........daytime weed!
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Culled,fuckin culled that bitch and all her weak assed sisters.
😤
 

OleReynard

Well-known member
I tore my bicep muscle off my shoulder four years ago. That was at the beginning of Covid and they told me I had to wait four months to have the surgery. I had to wrap my bicep up with the ace bend so it sat on top of my arm and not underneath it. When I woke up from surgery, my bicep muscle was a size of an apple and I looked up my arm and saw scar on the inside. I asked the doctor why he reattached it there and told me that my meniscus was torn and I broke a bone so I needed to put it elsewhere. it still works but it Looks quite awkward. Be careful where the doctor Rusos it because you don’t want it like I have it now…
Luckily mines not totally off the bone and still attached.
I've seen where others have had a slump after surgery on a reattachment
 

OleReynard

Well-known member
I have a Remington 870 I inherited from my grandfather. It’s got a cracked stock and 45 years of lackluster cleaning. I really don’t care to shoot much 12 gauge anymore. My shoulder is ruined from a motorcycle crash and 12 gauge just hurts. They do make a gas strut stock that absorbs an advertised 60% of felt recoil.
Thought about doing that and a tactical forestock, ext mag tube and maybe a flashlight mounted. Probably live in the safe with the rest of them.
I have a couple here that will be switched to tac.
 

Gypsy Nirvana

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GROK: how do you tan cow hide
Answer
Tanning cow hide involves a series of steps to preserve the leather and make it usable for various applications. Here's a basic overview of how to tan cow hide using traditional methods:
Materials Needed:
  • Cow hide
  • Salt (non-iodized)
  • Water
  • Tanning agent (like bark from oak, hemlock, or willow, or commercial tanning chemicals like chromium sulfate for chrome tanning)
  • Lime or slaked lime for hair removal (in vegetable tanning)
  • Sharp knife or fleshing tool
  • Large drum or vat for soaking
  • Wooden boards or stretchers
Steps:
1. Preparation and Curing
  • Fleshing: Remove all flesh, fat, and membrane from the hide using a sharp knife or fleshing tool. This helps in preventing rot during the tanning process.
  • Salting: Lay the hide flat, flesh side up, and cover it with a heavy layer of salt. This helps in pulling out moisture, preserving the hide, and preventing bacterial growth. Let it sit for about 24 hours, then shake off the salt and reapply fresh salt for another 24 hours.
2. Soaking
  • Rinse off the salt and soak the hide in fresh water for several days, changing the water daily to remove all salt and blood. This rehydrates the hide if it has dried.
3. Dehairing (for Vegetable Tanning)
  • Liming: Soak the hide in a lime solution (1 gallon of water to 1 pound of lime) for about 7 to 10 days. This process helps in loosening the hair for removal. After this, wash the hide thoroughly to remove lime or it will affect the tanning process.
  • Hair Removal: Scrape off the hair and epidermis with a fleshing knife.
4. Tanning
  • Vegetable Tanning:
    • Prepare a tanning solution using ground bark or commercial tanning extracts. Soak the hide in this solution for several weeks, depending on the thickness of the hide and the strength of the solution. The hide will gradually turn from pink to a tan color as the tannins penetrate.
  • Chrome Tanning (faster but requires chemicals):
    • Use chrome tanning salts mixed in water. Soak the hide in this solution, which will tan the hide much faster, often in hours rather than weeks.
5. Neutralizing and Oiling
  • After tanning, remove the hide from the solution, wash it to remove excess tanning agents, then neutralize if necessary (especially in chrome tanning).
  • Apply fats or oils to the leather to make it supple.
6. Drying and Stretching
  • Stretch the hide on a frame or over a board to dry flat and evenly. Regularly adjust the tension to avoid wrinkles.
7. Finishing
  • Once dry, you can further treat the leather with conditioners, dyes, or finishes based on the intended use.
Notes:
  • Safety: Tanning chemicals can be hazardous; use gloves, goggles, and work in well-ventilated areas.
  • Environment: Tanning can be environmentally taxing due to the chemicals used, so consider the impact and disposal methods.
This is a simplified guide; professional tanning often involves more nuanced techniques and controls. If you're new to tanning, consider starting with smaller hides to practice before tackling a large cow hide.
<tries to think of some sorta witty reparte>

Eh - I did some tanning recently - next to the sea 🌊 - in Thailand - came out a nice shade - once over the pinky red stage -
Ba-Dum-Tis!

<expects skin cancer warnings from concerned citizens >
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Gray Wolf

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I'm officially a grandpa. Vincent was born last night. 7 lb. 7oz. @7:00pm

Poor boy is going to need to be tough because his initials well be V. D. I'll do my best to toughen him up.

more coffee first

edit to correct birth weight and time
Congratulations brother! Grand kids are fun to spoil!

Maybe nickname him Sue to toughen him up even faster.
 

BrassNwood

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GROK: how do you tan cow hide
Answer
Tanning cow hide involves a series of steps to preserve the leather and make it usable for various applications. Here's a basic overview of how to tan cow hide using traditional methods:
Materials Needed:
  • Cow hide
  • Salt (non-iodized)
  • Water
  • Tanning agent (like bark from oak, hemlock, or willow, or commercial tanning chemicals like chromium sulfate for chrome tanning)
  • Lime or slaked lime for hair removal (in vegetable tanning)
  • Sharp knife or fleshing tool
  • Large drum or vat for soaking
  • Wooden boards or stretchers
Steps:
1. Preparation and Curing
  • Fleshing: Remove all flesh, fat, and membrane from the hide using a sharp knife or fleshing tool. This helps in preventing rot during the tanning process.
  • Salting: Lay the hide flat, flesh side up, and cover it with a heavy layer of salt. This helps in pulling out moisture, preserving the hide, and preventing bacterial growth. Let it sit for about 24 hours, then shake off the salt and reapply fresh salt for another 24 hours.
2. Soaking
  • Rinse off the salt and soak the hide in fresh water for several days, changing the water daily to remove all salt and blood. This rehydrates the hide if it has dried.
3. Dehairing (for Vegetable Tanning)
  • Liming: Soak the hide in a lime solution (1 gallon of water to 1 pound of lime) for about 7 to 10 days. This process helps in loosening the hair for removal. After this, wash the hide thoroughly to remove lime or it will affect the tanning process.
  • Hair Removal: Scrape off the hair and epidermis with a fleshing knife.
4. Tanning
  • Vegetable Tanning:
    • Prepare a tanning solution using ground bark or commercial tanning extracts. Soak the hide in this solution for several weeks, depending on the thickness of the hide and the strength of the solution. The hide will gradually turn from pink to a tan color as the tannins penetrate.
  • Chrome Tanning (faster but requires chemicals):
    • Use chrome tanning salts mixed in water. Soak the hide in this solution, which will tan the hide much faster, often in hours rather than weeks.
5. Neutralizing and Oiling
  • After tanning, remove the hide from the solution, wash it to remove excess tanning agents, then neutralize if necessary (especially in chrome tanning).
  • Apply fats or oils to the leather to make it supple.
6. Drying and Stretching
  • Stretch the hide on a frame or over a board to dry flat and evenly. Regularly adjust the tension to avoid wrinkles.
7. Finishing
  • Once dry, you can further treat the leather with conditioners, dyes, or finishes based on the intended use.
Notes:
  • Safety: Tanning chemicals can be hazardous; use gloves, goggles, and work in well-ventilated areas.
  • Environment: Tanning can be environmentally taxing due to the chemicals used, so consider the impact and disposal methods.
This is a simplified guide; professional tanning often involves more nuanced techniques and controls. If you're new to tanning, consider starting with smaller hides to practice before tackling a large cow hide.
After I retired from twisting wires for a living, I did a couple of years selling auto parts at a friend's store and occasionally would pinch hit and drive into downtown Los Angeles for the daily parts run at the big distributers.

Bandini fertilizers towering mountain of Cow shit on one side of the street and Farmer John's slaughterhouse on the other. Every few minutes a semi towing a flatbed stacked high with fresh bloody hides would be coming out the gate and getting trapped in traffic behind one with 6 billion flies swarming the hides was truly a sight and smell that borders on the indescribable.
 

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