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sheepman123
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Posted: Sun Apr 18th, 2010 07:12 am |
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| I recently purchased a premier shearer with a 13 tooth spirit shearing comb, with a spitfire shearing cutter. When trimming through clean wool it cuts fine, however when I encounter belly wool or wool around the rear end that is not as clean as the rest of the body it doesn't cut very well. I ok with positioning the sheep, the belly wool, and rear end where wool gets dirty is the part that is kind of a roadblock for me, I thought I would try posting here to perhaps get some insight as to maybe if I'm not using the right cutter or comb, or not using a powerful enough shearer? Thank you in advance for any insight.
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kfacres
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Posted: Thu Apr 22nd, 2010 01:19 am |
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you bought a wimpy pair of shears... premier's barely have enough power to shear through any kinds of "dirty" wool... mine are only used on clean, washed wool from now on...
take your money and buy a different pair- it will save you headache...
I wish people would realize they get what they buy.. buy wimpy made shears- get same results...
good luck
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Posted: Mon May 3rd, 2010 06:58 pm |
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| try a 9 tooth flare comb and make sure both comb and cutter are sharp.
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Posted: Tue May 4th, 2010 12:36 am |
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| That really isn't very good advice to give, especially to someone who's never used a 9 tooth flair... I shear many hundreds of sheep a year, and wouldn't suggest using that comb on anything, exept pro shears, or those cutting out dirty show sheep. 9 tooth can get pretty dangerous when going next to the skin!
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Posted: Wed May 12th, 2010 04:24 am |
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| Thank you very much for the helpful advice! I used the 9 tooth comb, it just cut through the wool like butter, particularly for heavy wool clips that Columbias produce. I just made sure the cutter was behind the bevel of the comb, and didn't apply too much pressure on the skin, cause that can really nick the sheep good if your not paying attention..I'm going to keep learning this sheep shearing I absolutely love this kind of work!
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