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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
raskusdrotti
27-06-2005, 10:12
Hey Pignut!
Try this link to Barster's Netmaking Thread (http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=6612)
Hope this helps - I found it very interesting :D
Neil
Thanks raskusdrotti
Brilliant link
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 :D
:)
Ed
Gonna give it a go at the W/E, may post some pics if it is not a complete disaster!
Thanks all
Woo! I'm another net maker - maybe we should have a party? ;) :p
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. :D 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. :cool:
VIRULENT SALAMANDER
28-06-2005, 16:54
Net's are good for so many thing's.Net shopping bag's pack small in to your kit!
[QUOTE=jim_w]Woo! I'm another net maker - maybe we should have a party? ;) :p.......
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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
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 :D
:)
Ed
Can you give me some idea on length/type of line required so I can gather some materials
You want a nice big spool of hemp/flax twine. If you go to a decent shop just ask for purse net twine :D
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 ;)
Thanks for that, a piccy would be good if possible!
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
Bardster
29-06-2005, 13:24
Thanks for that, a piccy would be good if possible!
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! :D
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!
You'll be an addict before you know it! :-)
:confused: or a very frustrated person who cant make nets :confused:
First one, then t'other. :) :D
I have written basic net making instructions which can be found at: http://wedcraft.com/netting.html
under "Other Documents" Tony
Keith_Beef
11-08-2005, 11:50
I have written basic net making instructions which can be found at: http://wedcraft.com/netting.html
under "Other Documents" Tony
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.
Beware netted keepnets! As far as I'm aware, conventional netting isn't considered humane for fish that are to be returned - the knots tear up their scales and such.
A netted keepnet may not be suitable for fish that are to be returned but IMHO they are more humane than gill stringers for keeping fish that are to be consumed. A keepnet is an ideal project for the novice netmaker. it involves tying the same knot (sheet bend ) over and over again. You can stop and restart the net until it is finished. For instructions see my posting dated 11-08-05. Tony
charlie.b.c.
20-09-2005, 08:08
hi fella a way i have made a net is by tying a length of cord say bed two sticks embedded in the ground at what ever size you want the net to be ,,,then you tie lengths/strands on your length of horizontal cord by using a prussik knot which doubles up and allows you to adjust where neccesary then tie over hand knots to form the net itself i hope this helps ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,charlie.b.c. :)
DOC-CANADA
22-09-2005, 06:09
I've done quite a bit of netting over the last few years and like a previous post stated, it's addictive.
A book that I can't rate too highly is, 'Net Making, Charles Holdgate, Emerson Books, 1972, SBN# 87523-180-2. This book was written as a how-to-teach manual for school teachers, etc. I believe it was written in England, but I'm not positive. It takes you from learning the basic netting knot, through more and more involved projects, each project teaching you a new technique or two. If you can understand the English language (even the way you guys speak it :) ) you can teach yourself netting from this book.
I have seen it lately in some of the used book sections of places like Amazon and it sells for about $10 US.
If you want to teach yourself netting, this is the book to buy.