What sort of tools are you after?I may be able to help you out. As for tools to make, it doesn't have to be "officially endorsed" Orvis to be effective(probably better homemade anyway as you can change stuff to suit yourself). You can use wire strippers very well to pack the hair(they look like pliers with a 'V' cut at the front of both jaws-do you know what I mean??). Get the crappy ones for less than pocket money). just file away the sharp edges that will otherwise cut the thread and hair.Problem solved.
R ______________________________________________ Reuven Segal B. Engineering (Aerospace)- Final Year B. Engineering (Manufacturing Systems and Management) RMIT University 5/11 Rockbrook Road, East St. Kilda, 3183 Melbourne, Victoria Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile: 0422 266798 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chuck Alexander Sent: Thursday, 30 November 2006 8:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] Spinning deer hair/handmade packing/stacking/spinning tools Mr. Eaux... I have a book that shows you fly tying tools you can make and it shows how to make the hair packers (stackers??) with old ink pen tubes and dowels with holes drilled in them.. Well, the "correct" pages I saw said this is a no no as it pushes the hair down instead of back.. Since you are a rebel stacker/packer/spinner, will these home made tools suffice??? Thanks, Chuck (The po boy who is too po to buy proper tools LOL) ----- Original Message ----- From: DonO To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 11:00 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Spinning deer hair Lane, One thing I might point out is that stacking your hair in a stacker to get the tips aligned is a different process from stacking the deer hair on the hook to get designs, like multi-colors on the top side of a sculpin head. This leads to a little confusion until you separate the processes. DonO ----- Original Message -----
