Roach Spreaders

Dakota Wica'hpi Ina · 09-17-2005, 05:58 PM

So what kind of roach spreader do you use? What is the best looking one in your opinion? I'm making a fully beaded one with horse hair tassles in cones for the end. It's as long as the roach and the cups for the feathers are beaded too.

**Joe's Dad** · 09-17-2005, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Dakota Wica'hpi Ina

So what kind of roach spreader do you use? What is the best looking one in your opinion? I'm making a fully beaded one with horse hair tassles in cones for the end. It's as long as the roach and the cups for the feathers are beaded too.

I want one!

**spottedeagle** · 09-18-2005, 11:50 AM

I finished beading the sockets for my spreader not long ago and now I'm working on doing a beaded strip to run the length of my roach.

Drippin With Beads · 09-18-2005, 11:37 PM

Got to go with a fully beaded spreader all the way to the end of the base. You can never have too much bead work!!
For the sockets, try 35mm film canisters. They are the right size, easy to bead and work perfectly.

**andre** · 09-19-2005, 09:38 AM

I know a lot of people who have the silver spreader (the cheap kind) that aren't decorated much. Sometimes they gourd stitch the sockets.

**spottedeagle** · 09-26-2005, 09:36 PM

Another idea for cups is shot gun shells. Knock the primers out and shorten then to the height you want.

Dakota Wica'hpi Ina · 09-27-2005, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by spottedeagle

Another idea for cups is shot gun shells. Knock the primers out and shorten then to the height you want.

Question-
Wouldn't the metal cut the quills if not ground down smooth?

sunbursthonor · 09-27-2005, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Dakota Wica'hpi Ina

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Wouldn't the metal cut the quills if not ground down smooth?

Shotgun Shells are not made of metal. They are made of plastic. Unless you are talking about the base where the primer would be. In that case, i don't think it would affect it at all.

**spottedeagle** · 09-27-2005, 07:57 PM

That's right only a small portion of a shot gun shell (the bottom 1/2" or so) is metal. The rest is a stiff heavy plastic. The nice thing is you can get different diameters, depending on which shell you use.

sunbursthonor · 09-27-2005, 08:21 PM

oh, and even if it would hit it, it is brass, a soft metal, i dont think it would hurt that much if at all

Dakota Wica'hpi Ina · 09-27-2005, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by sunbursthonor

Shotgun Shells are not made of metal. They are made of plastic. Unless you are talking about the base where the primer would be. In that case, i don't think it would affect it at all.

Sorry, most of my weapons are antiques- either black powder of my 50 cal Sharps "buffalo" gun, so the casings are metal. Didn't know that shotguns shells were plastic now. We're still reloading metal casings.

**spottedeagle** · 09-28-2005, 08:48 AM

Don't make things like they use to!!! Especially guns like that old Sharp's. Now days so many things are disposable. Not many people take the time to reload anymore unless they are a serious shooter. You can reload what they call low brass shot gun shells once maybe twice and they are worthless after that. Plastic just can't hold up like the old metal shells. Most people today have never even seen the old metal shotgun shells.

sookout sh'nob · 09-29-2005, 04:56 AM

Carved and dyed bone spreader with hollowed out deer antler for the single rocker (crown roach).

It doesn't so much spread as it just looks goooooood

09-17-2005, 05:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
Dakota Wica'hpi Ina Bear-y overprotective Join Date: May 2005 Location: Where ever my work takes me Posts: 839	Roach Spreaders So what kind of roach spreader do you use? What is the best looking one in your opinion? I'm making a fully beaded one with horse hair tassles in cones for the end. It's as long as the roach and the cups for the feathers are beaded too.

09-18-2005, 11:50 AM	#3 (permalink)
spottedeagle FANMAKR Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Soaring over you Posts: 4,516	I finished beading the sockets for my spreader not long ago and now I'm working on doing a beaded strip to run the length of my roach. __________________ The things you are doing today are the traditions of twenty-five years from now. -Daryl Baldwin: Miami

09-26-2005, 09:36 PM	#6 (permalink)
spottedeagle FANMAKR Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Soaring over you Posts: 4,516	Another idea for cups is shot gun shells. Knock the primers out and shorten then to the height you want. __________________ The things you are doing today are the traditions of twenty-five years from now. -Daryl Baldwin: Miami

09-27-2005, 07:57 PM	#9 (permalink)
spottedeagle FANMAKR Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Soaring over you Posts: 4,516	That's right only a small portion of a shot gun shell (the bottom 1/2" or so) is metal. The rest is a stiff heavy plastic. The nice thing is you can get different diameters, depending on which shell you use. __________________ The things you are doing today are the traditions of twenty-five years from now. -Daryl Baldwin: Miami

09-27-2005, 08:21 PM	#10 (permalink)
sunbursthonor Teen's Contemporary Trad. Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Probably somewhere in the www.powwows.com game room LOL no seriously, in GA Posts: 307	oh, and even if it would hit it, it is brass, a soft metal, i dont think it would hurt that much if at all __________________ Even YOU can change!

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Drippin With Beads Tiny Tot Dancer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Point Of No Return Posts: 71	Got to go with a fully beaded spreader all the way to the end of the base. You can never have too much bead work!! For the sockets, try 35mm film canisters. They are the right size, easy to bead and work perfectly.

09-19-2005, 09:38 AM	#5 (permalink)
andre Cratertot Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Fresh from the fryer Posts: 19,439	I know a lot of people who have the silver spreader (the cheap kind) that aren't decorated much. Sometimes they gourd stitch the sockets.

09-28-2005, 08:48 AM	#12 (permalink)
spottedeagle FANMAKR Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Soaring over you Posts: 4,516	Don't make things like they use to!!! Especially guns like that old Sharp's. Now days so many things are disposable. Not many people take the time to reload anymore unless they are a serious shooter. You can reload what they call low brass shot gun shells once maybe twice and they are worthless after that. Plastic just can't hold up like the old metal shells. Most people today have never even seen the old metal shotgun shells. __________________ The things you are doing today are the traditions of twenty-five years from now. -Daryl Baldwin: Miami

09-29-2005, 04:56 AM	#13 (permalink)
sookout sh'nob Boogie Monster Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 544	Carved and dyed bone spreader with hollowed out deer antler for the single rocker (crown roach). It doesn't so much spread as it just looks goooooood

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