Making Do....without End Pins...

[B.P.R 2,798]

got a few yards of netting off a mate of mine....free of charge... ...

 

idea...was to make a short...stop net...for ferreting...to sit off the fence line for bolting rabbits...making way down the fence....

 

so measured the net....halved it for bagging and ran the cord through...

 

didnt have any end pins....

 

so i improvised

 

couple of hazel offcuts...roughly 8" long with a hole drilled through....

 

NOW...i KNOW ....these arent ideal....

 

and they will be hard to put into tough ground...

 

but they will do for now....

 

will get some decent endpins soon as....

 

but 'you do what you can...with what youve got'

 

Edited June 18, 2013 by Blue Pocket Rocket

[The one 8,503]

That looks a lot better than the longnet pics

[B.P.R 2,798]

That looks a lot better than the longnet pics

that net...its now a traditional....

 

and the poles are history ....

[Tiercel 6,986]

Nothing wrong with pegs for stop nets. Out of curiosity why have you threaded the poles though the net?

 

TC

[Mr Goodcat 69]

Nice one mate, looks like a fine bit of kit!

As has already been said they work fine, I make/made nets for a mate and with hedge/stop nets he always request these types of pins because they keep the cost of the completed net down.

A downside is the net can slip off the pin the wrong way but if a bit of extra care it's fine.

 

I think the putting the post up especially with the photo will make it a lot easier for people to have more net's without having to fork out for metal end pins.

 

Good post mate. Mr Goodcat.

[smithie 2,443]

i would not bother putting end pins on it now, it will fit the pockets much easier and the pins can fit on a bigger net when they eventualy turn up..

 

 

other than well done theres nothing else to say as its been said by others..

[B.P.R 2,798]

Nothing wrong with pegs for stop nets. Out of curiosity why have you threaded the poles though the net?

 

TC

is this not right on the end poles?

[Tiercel 6,986]

 

Nothing wrong with pegs for stop nets. Out of curiosity why have you threaded the poles though the net?

 

TC

is this not right on the end poles?

Theres nothing wrong with the end poles going through the end meshes, in fact it does a tidy job. But, using the stop net as a traditional net would mean that you have to thread them every time you set the net and that takes up a lot of time.

 

As I said,there is nothing that says you should not, and as I have preached on here often enough it's about finding your own way, if your happy doing it, thats all that matters.

 

TC

[The one 8,503]

You got a pm mate

[The one 8,503]

Double threaded 4z net you should catch plenty with that and theres enough bagging there

[jamesmc 582]

got a few yards of netting off a mate of mine....free of charge... ...

 

idea...was to make a short...stop net...for ferreting...to sit off the fence line for bolting rabbits...making way down the fence....

 

so measured the net....halved it for bagging and ran the cord through...

 

didnt have any end pins....

 

so i improvised

 

couple of hazel offcuts...roughly 8" long with a hole drilled through....

 

NOW...i KNOW ....these arent ideal....

 

and they will be hard to put into tough ground...

 

but they will do for now....

 

will get some decent endpins soon as....

 

but 'you do what you can...with what youve got'

 

looks a handy wee bit of kit mate....atb...

[B.P.R 2,798]

 

 

Nothing wrong with pegs for stop nets. Out of curiosity why have you threaded the poles though the net?

 

TC

is this not right on the end poles?

 

Theres nothing wrong with the end poles going through the end meshes, in fact it does a tidy job. But, using the stop net as a traditional net would mean that you have to thread them every time you set the net and that takes up a lot of time.

 

As I said,there is nothing that says you should not, and as I have preached on here often enough it's about finding your own way, if your happy doing it, thats all that matters.

 

TC

 

as far as i can gather....apart from being a way of 'staking and tensioning' the head/footline....

 

the only other purpose an endpin has....is a medium to collect the net in on....

 

and this works for this short net....

 

ALTHOUGH...

 

i do need something thinner that the hazel.... i could only get these into my lawn with a hammer

[The one 8,503]

Im going to say buy the magnum poles i showed you but you wont £££s you can use dowel as thick as your index finger does the job but doesn't look the part , But as your looking for using the net in the ferreting season i dont think you will have a problem pushing the poles into the ground

[The one 8,503]

Another thing to think about with a wee light net like that is you dont need poles ,end pins it would sit on nettle stalks etc and hold itself up the down side is it would just wrap up one rabbit at a time that way this way your going to get more rabbits in it and after killing them and extracting them the net will still be set .

[B.P.R 2,798]

Them poles there are 7/8mm thick... no problem with them...

 

Im talking about the hazel end pins...