charles3279

Here is the link to the antique table for your interest: http://www.aussietraders.com.au/For-Sale/Cooper-shearing-table_Queensland_Dalby_57901.html And the Moffat table with the leg restraints I tried to describe: I think you have done an amazing job on yours - I would not like to ask the cost <grin>

Hi there, I have followed your progress on a Machining forum and the input from your friend in the US and others - fascinating - even if it did consume half a weekend reading the 47 pages of threads As a former sheep farmer for over 40 years I have always wondered if there was a better way. My Father in law had a shearing table that you pulled a sheep onto from a raised race. The back and front feet were restrained in a twin clamp system for each end such that you could rotate the sheep away from you and then roll it back to you. Worked well for a very simple system. I think I have seen an antique version of it manufactured many years ago by I think Moffat-Virtue. I will be very interested to follow your development further. I think there is a shearing table in New Zealand that uses ropes running through a poly pipe and then through a yachting style clamp but can't find the link right now. Regards Charles in Victoria, Australia