Made A Quickset Longnet

[daniel123 21]

My first attempt at a quickset longnet, what do you guys think. atb Dan

 

 

[Tiercel 6,986]

I see you made it with a hand made net, nice job, bit of a waste of a hand made net though, ( just a netters joke) A couple of observations about the way the net is set that may help you. Try and get as much tension in the top line as you can even if it means addiing guy ropes to the the end poles That will allow you to drop the height of the net on the poles without the net sagging to much between the poles, the less height you have the deeper the belly of the net will be, the deeper the belly the more bag this will create = more rabbits caught.

 

Well done on knitting the net, you would be surprised how many give up.

 

TC

Edited August 14, 2013 by tiercel

[smithie 2,443]

i soooo wish that was my garden...

[Mr Wilkes 2,986]

If it was youd be doing me outa a job ... ..lovely looking net by the way...but it would look a lot nicer hanked up on pins

[The one 8,477]

As said the top line could be tighter but apart from that its looks a nice net

[bobcullen79 1,495]

Nice mate. Looks just like one of mine. How long? Where did you get your pegs from with the ball on top?

[daniel123 21]

Thanks to you all for the replies cheers tc on your observations all taken on board smithie i so wish it was my garden it next doors got the fibreglass poles of ebay and the rubber stake balls from garden center I managed 60 yard then bottled it thanks again Dan

[Tiercel 6,986]

Just looking at the photos again I noticed that the bottom selvedge seems a little large. Did you do that on purpose? If so what was the reasoning behind it?

 

TC

[vermin catcher 219]

Nice job mate, ive been making my first 25 yard longnet for a few weeks now and its almost done, its been a true labour of love.I thought it was never going to end then all of a sudden im about 30 rows off completion. ill put up my own photo when complete although mine might not be as pretty as yours well done

[daniel123 21]

Hello tc this is my first attempt and i thought selvedge was meant to be same top and bottom i am just gonna have to see how i get on with it any advice would be good what do you do for selvedge on bottom cheers Dan

[Tiercel 6,986]

Hello tc this is my first attempt and i thought selvedge was meant to be same top and bottom i am just gonna have to see how i get on with it any advice would be good what do you do for selvedge on bottom cheers Dan

Dan,

 

The selvedges are normally the same top and bottom that is why I asked why you had made one a lot larger than the other. Did you use the same mesh board to make both the selvedges?

 

TC

[daniel123 21]

Hello again Tc idid use the same mesh board for the whole net now dont laugh i will tell you what i did. I hung the net up and threaded a pole through the mesh then hung some of those lead teardrop fishing weights on and left it for a while to pull the mesh in the right direction then added the selvedge right or wrong idont know but adding the selvedge was pretty easy thanks again Dan I Tc i have had a look at picture and i see what you mean it looks like i have missed a mesh on close up i will have to check it out

Edited August 22, 2013 by daniel123