Homemade Tumbler and Bird Flesher

[huntingbuddy419]

Any body know where I can get plans or ideas on how to make a homemade bird flesher and a tumbler. I am just getting in to taxidermy and I dont want to spen alot of money since I will only be doing my own birds and maybe my close friends birds. Any other tools I might need as well. [/align]

[mounting man]

I have seen tumblers made from old dryers and bird fleshers from small bench grinders[just ad a wire wheel].
The dryer drum must spin,but you have to close off the areas where the air comes in and out.also make sure the heat is disconnected and fan also.

[nctaxi]

First off, don't use a bench grinder for a bird flesher, they have waaaaay too much torque. It will tear your bird up. Second, for a tumbler don't use a dryer, they spin too fast, ideally you want it to spin 12- 20 RPMS. I prefer 14 rpm. You can use an old plastic drum, build in your baffle and roll it. The flesher I would buy one made for it. Research Mannikins has plans for tumblers.