does anyone make there own equipment

[Joey]

i have seen lots of pics on this site. Most off them have there birds with closed anklets on the ones you by from fairs. i love making my own gear. i even tried making a glove and even a hood my mentor showed my how. i knock up lots off gear for the lads by me. so does anyone make there own stuff and give me some ideas to make gear please i get bored throught the moult lol


cheers joe:razz:

[FlameHairedFalconer]

I make everything except for bells and swivels (as a girl I was never allowed to do metal working!!) Personally I think that at the very least everyone who owns a bird of prey should be able to make a set of anklets and jesses for their charge. Buying them is the height of lazyness.

What sort of ideas do you want?

FHF

[Joey]

i make all of my gear except glove and bells a friend makes me bells i have made a few perches. ive had a go at gloves but i always cock them up lol.
i make falconry bags out of canvas a friend provides me with lots of canvas hes go his own bussiness making bouncy castles.


anything please ave u got any pics

thanks joe

[FlameHairedFalconer]

There you go M8 a whole thread on glove making!!

http://www.falconryforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=11617

FHF

[Joey]

thanks for that



cheers joe

[Jackson]

i do some of the leather work for the centre and id do my own for my bop if i ever get one!! its part of the sport - i wouldnt consider my self in falconry if i didnt make equipment!!

[Joey]

true amazon i love doing it i make around 10 pairs of anklets for the season a couple of pairs of squirrel chaps if the lads ask tons of jesses an leashes braided one like arab style ones. i change her anklets and jesses every 6 weeks in the season. in the moult around for sets of anklets and jesses

[Jackson]

true amazon i love doing it i make around 10 pairs of anklets for the season a couple of pairs of squirrel chaps if the lads ask tons of jesses an leashes braided one like arab style ones. i change her anklets and jesses every 6 weeks in the season. in the moult around for sets of anklets and jesses

wow!!! i love the fact that you can see how your improving in your skills as well!!!
i love making the hoods at the moment!! theres so many styles etc i love it!!
gonna buy loads of equipment gear at the fair!!!! its amazing!!
i spent the whole of study leave making equipment lol!!! no wonder i failed lol

[ColdZero]

so far i have only made jesses and anklets but i am buying some leather at the fair to make my own glove i hope, might give hood making a try this year too but i need a lot of help.

[Jackson]

so far i have only made jesses and anklets but i am buying some leather at the fair to make my own glove i hope, might give hood making a try this year too but i need a lot of help.


hood makings fab!! the emma jones book has a great anglo-indian hood pattern! real easy to follow too!!!

[ColdZero]

I have seen some being made and it looks quite fiddly doing the stitching, but you have to start somewhere.

[Jackson]

I have seen some being made and it looks quite fiddly doing the stitching, but you have to start somewhere.

at first its fidly and annoying!!
you should see my first hood its soooo ****!!! now im geting better but would like to use the blocks as im only doing it freehand at the moment!! the hardest part to get was the plume i found!!!
you can really go to town with the hoods to go all decrative and stuf!!

[Ben C]

I have just spent the afternoon 'dapping' out a new set of bells....it is a real bitch.......:heart: :heart:

[Shannor]

Would it be worthwhile learning to make your own equipment before being ready to have your own bird? I'm interested in trying to make some equipment based on patterns I'm able to find, in the hopes that having experience working with the tools and materials will help when I do have my own bird.

[Renton]

Would it be worthwhile learning to make your own equipment before being ready to have your own bird? I'm interested in trying to make some equipment based on patterns I'm able to find, in the hopes that having experience working with the tools and materials will help when I do have my own bird.

Depends what you are intending to make; anklets and jesses are pretty straightforward. Only the truly dedicated would want to get into hood and glove making: too much like hard work!!!

[Ben C]

Good fun though Renton I am sure you'd agree...............

[ColdZero]

I have just spent the afternoon 'dapping' out a new set of bells....it is a real bitch.......:heart: :heart:

do you have any pics? I saw bell making kits on ebay and ignored them, it would be interesting to know if its worth the effort though.

[Ben C]

CZ: I will gladly show you some pictures......but only when the finished product does not look like a mauled walnut!!!!!!!!!!!

It is a delicate and tricky method, but it is not too complex........................................... .so far..........:supz: :supz: It's the tone that matters and getting that is not so straight forward.

[Renton]

Good fun though Renton I am sure you'd agree...............

Indeed, although I don't have the time, patience and dexterity to make hoods or gloves. :roll:

[Ben C]

Same here........well not yet anyway.:supz: :supz:

[BlackShaheen1]

i think lifes to short to make hoods ngloves ileave it to the experts .as my atempts many yearsago looked like screwed up crisp packets.but i have seen worse on ebay lol.

[Jester]

just make anklets and jesses :-)

but then there is no need for a hood or bells on an owl :lol:







wonder what a hood for an owl would be like :rolleyes:

[Yarak1]

Had a bloke ring us for an OWL HOOD once, told him nobody made them...........he kept pestering us so I said I would see what I could do for him...

I got a kellogs cornflake box, cut an opening in it, put some braces on it and posted it to him.............

A few days later he came on the phone asking what the hell it was..... I said it was the best we could come up with and that he shouldn't moan as kellogs is a good make!!!!

[Jackson]

Had a bloke ring us for an OWL HOOD once, told him nobody made them...........he kept pestering us so I said I would see what I could do for him...

I got a kellogs cornflake box, cut an opening in it, put some braces on it and posted it to him.............

A few days later he came on the phone asking what the hell it was..... I said it was the best we could come up with and that he shouldn't moan as kellogs is a good make!!!!

PMSL

[Renton]

wonder what a hood for an owl would be like :rolleyes:

A tea cosy???

[Joey]

just give him a bag to put on his head and tell the kids were hes goin to the porn exebition lol

[Yarak1]

PMSL

what is PMSL ?

[Ben C]

PMSL = P i ss myself laughing
RAOTFPMSL = Rolling around on the floor.........****ing myself laughing

[Claire]

I make jesses, anklets and I'm attempting to make a glove for my daughter, I bought my glove but it doesn't seem sensible to buy her a glove when she will probably outgrow it soon. I was going to attempt a hood for my kes but since griff sells excellent glued hoods for £20 i decided that was a better option lol, I was very impressed with the quality considering the price, think I will leave bells and swivels to the proffesionals too

[Gordon]

hi just a killer, would you be interested in making your own bows and post then also? its not hard provided you have the right set up, you dont need a over the top expensive welder either, on the market now you;ve got what is called an inverter, its an arc welder of types but its so simple to use with a weeks practice you'll be building bridges, tell once i could'nt even spell engineer but now i is one, no seriuosly 250 notes would get you this inverter and some welding rods and your away, you can also change the torch so you can weld stainless and alloy, ill let you know how to make a perfect bow also, thats the hard bit but there are ways, have to go for a bit, regards gordon

[Gordon]

I have just spent the afternoon 'dapping' out a new set of bells....it is a real bitch.......:heart: :heart:that is a craft mate, stick at it , id love to be able to do that, id engrave name and telephone numer also, theres an idea

[Tim Laycock]

Stick welder from B&Q will handle up to a 3.2 mm electrode, Stainless or mild steel
(A 2.5mm is ample if not overkill for welding bowperches)

It will set you back £59 plus some welding electrodes.

If you cant learn yourself to weld with it just throw it in the bin, Its cheap enough!

[Gordon]

just make anklets and jesses :-)

but then there is no need for a hood or bells on an owl :lol: can't rememer what website but there are some on the market, bit like a baseball cap, madness







wonder what a hood for an owl would be like :rolleyes:it should be here

[Gordon]

Stick welder from B&Q will handle up to a 3.2 mm electrode, Stainless or mild steel
(A 2.5mm is ample if not overkill for welding bowperches)

It will set you back £59 plus some welding electrodes.

If you cant learn yourself to weld with it just throw it in the bin, Its cheap enough!yes true mate but thats the beauty of the inverter, you dont have to strike the arc so requires less skill, most use ac current that smooths the ampage, very lite to carry around, small and compact, arc welder are thing of the past, going back to the ark so to speak

[Gordon]

PMSL = P i ss myself laughing
RAOTFPMSL = Rolling around on the floor.........****ing myself laughing


ben that last one is over the top, never use that word, shitman im mad but never on a website


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I hope its not too disjointed now.

[Turumti]

Over the yeasr I have made my own hoods, gloves, bells, jesses, leashes, hawking bags, blocks, perches, tail guards, raptor restraints, strait jackets, do-gaza nets, flight nets, clap nets, perch traps, padams, noose harnesses, and a myriad of other falconry and trapping equipment. The only thing I did not dabble in was swivels. Something are better left to the specialists.

[Tim Laycock]

yes true mate but thats the beauty of the inverter, you dont have to strike the arc so requires less skill

Exellent point, I never realy looked at it like that.
Striking up a stick is second nature to me, Its easy to forget how hard stick welding was in the beginning :yawinkle: :lol:

[Bernard]

I make all my equipment including swivels i personalise my hoods by putting a picture of the actual bird on each side of hood i have done a few for freinds with there bird on them they love em if you are going to have ago at making eqipment why not have ago at everything if it doesnt work out you havent lost anything but at least youve had ago good luck

[Joey]

hi just a killer, would you be interested in making your own bows and post then also? its not hard provided you have the right set up, you dont need a over the top expensive welder either, on the market now you;ve got what is called an inverter, its an arc welder of types but its so simple to use with a weeks practice you'll be building bridges, tell once i could'nt even spell engineer but now i is one, no seriuosly 250 notes would get you this inverter and some welding rods and your away, you can also change the torch so you can weld stainless and alloy, ill let you know how to make a perfect bow also, thats the hard bit but there are ways, have to go for a bit, regards gordonmy mate make loads of bows but he only charges me that lol i will ask but he only makes them when hes got time
cheers gordon would love to know how mate i could robb his buisness lol


joey

[Ellis]

hi just a killer, would you be interested in making your own bows and post then also? its not hard provided you have the right set up, you dont need a over the top expensive welder either, on the market now you;ve got what is called an inverter, its an arc welder of types but its so simple to use with a weeks practice you'll be building bridges, tell once i could'nt even spell engineer but now i is one, no seriuosly 250 notes would get you this inverter and some welding rods and your away, you can also change the torch so you can weld stainless and alloy, ill let you know how to make a perfect bow also, thats the hard bit but there are ways, have to go for a bit, regards gordon

Gordon any chance of doing a thread, with step by step pics and instructions from raw materials to finished bow perch useing the inverter ? Know im being cheeky but think it would be very interesting