Crab Measures
Submitted by Big Gaz on Mon, 2010-01-18 22:31
G'day All,
New to the forum and was just wondering what people think of this crab gauge I knocked up for my dad who wanted one with a wide edge for ease of measuring.
Instead of trying to keep a small thin piece of plastic on the carapice it gives you plenty of scope to measure easier.
Happy fishing
Big Gaz of Golden Bay
SaintAsh
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Well done
Very nice mate, good idea too, looks like you got another one laying in the background, you make them as a hobbie ? you could unload some on here if you could get personalised stickers with boat names ect..
again, well done :)
Big Gaz
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Yeah
Hey Saintash thanks mate I do it as a hobby I have a couple of CNC machines and can put anything people might want on a guage.
They do work really well as it is a pain with the normal type measure to keep one side on as you try to measure.
Marvin
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Beauty Big Gaz
Looks pretty cool to me Big Gaz. Should make the job a lot easier.
wopjrb
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patent it
could be worth a bit
Faulkner Family
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looks great , but you got to
looks great , but you got to make sure that they are accurate otherwise you could come unstuck.
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Big Gaz
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They are accurate
as my machines are accurate to .001 mm this is actually 127.41 by my vernier gauge so I made a point of being slightly over.
cheers
wadetolley
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great
Great idea. I find it a pain in the arse trying to use the current measuring devices. Put a patent on it...tell us how much they are, and we can put an order in.
Big Gaz
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Patent
where does a bloke begin down that road, guess i'll use the net
wadetolley
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Im
Im sure with all the members on here, someone will know mate. Most of them will be still sleeping.
Adam Gallash
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expensive
I think patents are pretty expensive, could prob do with fishwrecked on the other side of them to fancy em up a bit. :)
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sarcasm0
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I would be keen for a set of new gauges
My uncle broke two of my plastic ones trying to use it to pry a crab claw open, you would have thought he would learn after the first time:D
I would like to get hold of a cray, marron, abalone and crayfish gauge made from aluminium.
Bryan
Rosco
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great
They look great mate! Love the CNC work. Maybe a little scraping on the edges and some wet and dry finished off with a light buff for that proffesional look. You could easilly sell them mate.
I make Aluminium ones with my students and they are always a big hit.
Well done.
Rosco
Big Gaz
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Legaly
would they have to have 127mm on them, a guy at work thought this might be neccesary. I might email the fisheries dept and seek some advice, don't want to get anyone in trouble .
Rosco they are made out of perspex so wouldn't want to scrath it up too much but made out of ali would also be a good Idea just weld the flat side bit on.
Big Gaz
joe amato
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hey sarcasmo
sarcasmo ,i have one of those crab,crayfish,and marron aluminium gages.mako make them