Tried to buy something big enough, can't find anything.
Anyone local got a kerosene tin or similar they use for the job that I could borrow for a couple of days please?
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Tried to buy something big enough, can't find anything.
Anyone local got a kerosene tin or similar they use for the job that I could borrow for a couple of days please?
I got mine from briscoes'
@GWH
The clearance shed had some pretty big stainless pots
Cheers
Pete
I've been to both those places today, nothing big enough
Also been to the red shed and also tried all the 2nd hand OP shops too.
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I have an un used 44 gallon drum,but I stuck a bullet hole in the arse of it so sorry can't help.
We also have a copper on farm might be suitable
Most mechanics will have the odd empty 60l drum kicking around, slightly scaled down 204l. ATF/DX3 usually comes in that for smaller shops
try the bottle shops for a old buggered keg and cut the top off , if I had one you would be more then welcome to use it.
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Originally Posted by GWH
I can get you a 60l oil drum. In palmy tho
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Haha, its nothing that flash at all, but best i have shot in my short hunting career. Just a young red 8, but i thought id take the head and use it for practice for the big boy thats coming......one day ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nickoli
Thanks man, ive just phoned my local garage and will swing around there in the morning and see if they have one for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by rambo rem700
You'll never buy better ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahr
@GWH
If you get stuck I'm sure there will be a steel 20l lacquer drum available at work
Will just need a bit of a clean out.
Cheers
Pete
I use an old stainless steel kitchen sink. Perfect length and width. Easy to set up on some fire bricks and slip a gas burner underneath.
Classic, i just linked him a pic of that exact thing :DQuote:
Originally Posted by akaroa1
Did you find something? I got a big stainless bucket from mitre10 and it works ok over a gas burner. I'm in Napier, let me know if you want to borrow it
Try Gasworks in Hastings. They have heaps of expired LPG cylinders. Gas axe or grinder would make a good size pot. Sure they'd sell one for the scrap value.
Obviuosly get the valve screwed out and flushed before you cut
I got mine from The Clearance Shed in Hastings when it was still where Bunnings is now. I borrow a gas ring though.
You could potentially borrow the pot but you'd have to collect it and drop it back off, Havelock North.
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Thanks for all the help with suggestions guys and gals, I grabbed a 60L oil drum from the local garage this morning, quick clean out, hit it with the angle grinder and we have a dual purpose stag head and cray boiler 😉
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@GWH
Once you boiled your head a water blaster will quickly strip the skull as clean as a clean thing in minutes
Cheers
Pete
Throw a bit of dishwashing liquid and baking soda in there to help break down the fats and whiten the skull.
Either squeeze the drum into an oval shape at the top, or cut some notches out of the sides so the coronets sit just above the water. This will save you losing some colour and getting a 'tide line' appearance on the antlers. Also cut it down to the depth of the skull so you have less water to boil
Good advice. And if you still have the lid, you can cut notches out of it so it will sit on 'around' the antlers. This will save time and gas. Don't boil the head either, just simmer it. If you rolling boil it for too long the bone will go brittleQuote:
Originally Posted by Pointer
Another technique you can use without boiling the skull.
How to Preserve a Skull: 9 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow