I have a strange urge to make a net!
Anyone got any links or info on this?
Thinking of turning it into a scout activity
Anyone got any links or info on this?
Thinking of turning it into a scout activity
Net making
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Hey Pignut!
Try this link to Barster's Netmaking Thread
Hope this helps - I found it very interesting
Neil
Try this link to Barster's Netmaking Thread
Hope this helps - I found it very interesting
Neil
I'd suggest you start with something small and simple like a 1m X 1m purse net...... just remember you will need far much more thread material than you first think ... Have fun with it.... any questions about net making just post or pm me
Ed
Ed
Woo! I'm another net maker - maybe we should have a party?
edit: Here's a site I find useful: http://www.lafishmag.com/nets.html
Also, if anyone lives near York and needs netting supplies (or a chat with an expert and freindly netter), pop into Woodall's in Malton - he's a wonderful old gent, a real craftsman and all-round good egg. Not only netting, but all manner of outdoorsy sort of things (every size of opinel! ).
And, if you go to Malton on the right saturday, you can buy live chooks too.
edit: Here's a site I find useful: http://www.lafishmag.com/nets.html
Also, if anyone lives near York and needs netting supplies (or a chat with an expert and freindly netter), pop into Woodall's in Malton - he's a wonderful old gent, a real craftsman and all-round good egg.
Not only netting, but all manner of outdoorsy sort of things (every size of opinel! ).And, if you go to Malton on the right saturday, you can buy live chooks too.
VIRULENT SALAMANDER
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jim_w said:Woo! I'm another net maker - maybe we should have a party?
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Can I come too? I've been practising my Neolithic knotless net using willow bast string. It's such a good thing, you can undo it and not have *lost* the string if you need it again.
Lake District in September?
Cheers,
Toddy
Can you give me some idea on length/type of line required so I can gather some materialsEd said:I'd suggest you start with something small and simple like a 1m X 1m purse net...... just remember you will need far much more thread material than you first think ... Have fun with it.... any questions about net making just post or pm me
Ed
You want a nice big spool of hemp/flax twine. If you go to a decent shop just ask for purse net twine
I can take a picture of a peice of the twine I use with some scale if you want...
Basic needs:
2 x stainless key-ring style rings per net
one (small) reel of green plasticy garden twine
one big spool of hemp twine as above
one credit-card sized object as a mesh stick
one netting needle (from the shop that had the twine)
something heavy to attach the loose end to.
Purse nets are easy - with a little practice
I can take a picture of a peice of the twine I use with some scale if you want...
Basic needs:
2 x stainless key-ring style rings per net
one (small) reel of green plasticy garden twine
one big spool of hemp twine as above
one credit-card sized object as a mesh stick
one netting needle (from the shop that had the twine)
something heavy to attach the loose end to.
Purse nets are easy - with a little practice
Hi,
I had a go at making one as described in a really good book I've got (but I can't remember the name). My only observation is it was easier than you would think but took a lot more cord than you would imagine.
AJB
I had a go at making one as described in a really good book I've got (but I can't remember the name). My only observation is it was easier than you would think but took a lot more cord than you would imagine.
AJB
Pignut said:
here's another of my old links i turned up complete with pics
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ferreter/nets.htm
and a supplier of materials
http://www.field-sports.co.uk/netmaking.asp
Ah, those photos look good. In fact, that was the first site that I learned to net from - it's pretty clear, apart from the casting off bit, which I still can't figure out. I just worked out my own way, which seems to work fine.
Are those photos good enough, pignut, or would you like me to take some of my setup? I though my camera was busted, but I've just managed to ressurect it!
Are those photos good enough, pignut, or would you like me to take some of my setup? I though my camera was busted, but I've just managed to ressurect it!
Bardster & Jim_w
Those pics and links are brilliant!! (Dont think I will need any other pics)
All that is left now is for me to give it a go!
Those pics and links are brilliant!! (Dont think I will need any other pics)
All that is left now is for me to give it a go!
I have written basic net making instructions which can be found at: http://wedcraft.com/netting.html
under "Other Documents" Tony
under "Other Documents" Tony
asemery said:
Thanks for that.
I've tried a bit of netting, when restoring a baby's crib my wife bought in a very sorry state a few years ago.
I followed the illustrations in a facsimile of Diderot's encyclopedia.
I especially liked the photo gallery, though.
Having recently taken up fishing, I'd like to have a go at making my own landing and keep nets.
That Fyke net looks interesting. Maybe with a bag of bait at the bnarrow end, it could be an eel trap. Or in strong twine, a crab or lobster trap.
Hammocks look like a good project, too.
Keith.
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