Another Way to Mix Dubbing

[ducksterman]

Wasn't aware of this one...

http://hatchesmagazine.com/blogs/Hat...campaign=11-28

May give it a try but will use my electric air compressor ...not sure why it is better than a coffee grinder?...maybe some materials won't curd up as some do with the grinder.

[sagefisher]

Step #1: Cut dubbing material
Step #2: Insert into a plastic bag
Step #3: Make some small holes
Step #4: Blow in some compressed air
Step #5: Side seam of bag blows out
Step #6: Watch dubbing fly all over the room
Step #7: Go get vacuum cleaner
Step #8: Try to clean up mess


Actually it looks like it did a decent job.

Larry ---sagefisher---

[ducksterman]

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[Eric-WD]

Step #9 clean mixed dubbing out of vacuum.

Eric

[Uncle Jesse]

May give it a try but will use my electric air compressor ...not sure why it is better than a coffee grinder?...maybe some materials won't curd up as some do with the grinder.

Because it doesn't require a coffee grinder. Almost all of us have a spare plastic bag and most probably have some source of compressed air. I made a mixer our of a nut can and a metal clip using a machine screw for a shaft, powered by my rototool.

[John Rhoades]

My coffee grinder tends to burn certain types of synthetics if I'm not careful, so maybe the compressed air technique would be worth a try on them.

However, I think I'll stick to the coffee grinder for natual fur. I think it works very well for them, and at less cost than using cans of compressed air, and probably less potential for making a mess.

[ducksterman]

If I didn't have an air compressor I wouldn't want to spend the $$ for compressed air cans....pretty soon a coffee grinder would be paid for.
Good point about burning some...been there.

[TyroneFly]

Some people like to spend more time fussing around in preparation for tying. The fish could care less about the effort we put into mixing our dubbing. Just pinch and fold an until you have a decent mix.

[planettrout]

Wasn't aware of this one...

http://hatchesmagazine.com/blogs/Hat...campaign=11-28

May give it a try but will use my electric air compressor ...not sure why it is better than a coffee grinder?...maybe some materials won't curd up as some do with the grinder.

Actually that's Charlie Craven's method, which has been around for quite a while...

PT/TB

[Ron Eagle Elk]

PT/TB,

Yup, he mentioned that at the start of the video. Good thing I had the sound cranked up or I would have missed it.

REE