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I needed a new clam rake so I decided to throw this together from some stuff I had hanging around. All 3/8" 316 Stainless round bar TIG'd together. This one is for steamers, the next one I am making is a Quahog scratcher. Attached ImagesDisclaimer; "I am just an a$$hole welder, don't take it personally ."
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Reply:Originally Posted by TozziWeldingI needed a new clam rake so I decided to throw this together from some stuff I had hanging around. All 3/8" 316 Stainless round bar TIG'd together. This one is for steamers, the next one I am making is a Quahog scratcher.
Reply:Originally Posted by rabidchimpThat little bugger looks dangerous.  I'd hate to be the soil in your yard.-Aaron
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Reply:You will get tossed in jail if you use a shovel or "edged tool" to dig clams here, tined tools only. We have nice razor clams here too.Disclaimer; "I am just an a$$hole welder, don't take it personally ."
Reply:Nice rake, here on Long Island, as a recreational clammer, we jump overboard and use our feet. Stomp up and down in the mud until you feel the shell, reach down and grab it. Of course this only works in the water. Would look pretty funny doing it on an exposed sandbar..
Reply:Forgive my ignorance on thisBut wouldn't a longer handle be better ...more rake like rather than having to crawl around on your kneesBacked my CATMA over your CARMA oops clusmy me  What would SATAN do ?? Miller Trailblazer 302 AirPakMiller Digital Elite  Optrel Welding HatArcair K4000Suitcase 12RC / 12 VSHypertherm PM-45Rage 3 sawRusty old Truck
Reply:Originally Posted by killdozerd11Forgive my ignorance on thisBut wouldn't a longer handle be better ...more rake like rather than having to crawl around on your knees
Reply:Originally Posted by TozziWeldingI needed a new clam rake so I decided to throw this together from some stuff I had hanging around. All 3/8" 316 Stainless round bar TIG'd together. This one is for steamers, the next one I am making is a Quahog scratcher.
Reply:Cool rake! This actually sounds like fun. How often can you do it? Is it a consistant score or do you have bad days like fishing? I LOVE clams!"Where's Stick man????????" - 7A749"SHHHHHH!! I sent him over to snag that MIC-4 while tbone wasn't looking!" - duaneb55"I have bought a few of Tbone's things unlike Stick-Man who helps himself" - TozziWelding"Stick-man"
Reply:Growing up in cape cod we would go to north Chatham for the big softball size hard shell clams. Four feet of water at low tide we would use our feet to locate them but the horseshoe crabs love clams so you had to be careful of them. Grampa had som long tined rakes with a basket to capture the clam. We used them for crab cakes, chowda and fishing bait ( flounda) damn I miss those days. Zap any thoughts, you are up that necko the woods yes?Miller diversion 165Miller mig 211Hypertherm pm 30Milwaukee 6230 14 inch chop sawMd 45 mag drill (RIP; fell on its head)New MD 45! Thanks to the esposa!Finally got an O/A setup
Reply:Originally Posted by [email protected] We used them for crab cakes, chowda and fishing bait ( flounda) damn I miss those days.
Reply:Living in the middle of the country, I don't know a danged thing about digging for clams, but your tool sure looks nicely done!  Dig it, baby...(Retired) Professional firefighter, amateur everything else I try to do...Oh yeah:  Go Big Red!   (You know: one of the 12 members of the Big 10 cuz we left the 10 members of the Big 12...)
Reply:We dug for clams up in Oregon on vacation. Barefoot walkin' and feelin' for clams, then PINCH!!!  CRAB!!!!! I prolly got three or four clams per crab attack. Once was enough for me, thanks. Little pinche crabs....City of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDanny
Reply:I go for steamers all the time.  Not quite sure how your tool will work.  Are you just gonna slam he tines into the sand and force the handle upward?A standard pitchfork work for me. Great job.TA Arcmaster 300CM3XMT 304S22P12 suitcase feederX-Treme 12VSOptima pulserTA161SMaxstar 150STLHypertherm PM45OP setupStihl 020AVP, 039, 066 Magnum
Reply:Originally Posted by strube1369Living in the middle of the country, I don't know a danged thing about digging for clams, but your tool sure looks nicely done!  Dig it, baby...
Reply:This one is for Quahogs, skinny tines on a long handle you rake quahogs in the water. I don't like basket rakes, that's why I made a " Chatham scratcher". This is a prototype mode, there will be refinements on future rakes Still debating if I want to permantly attach it to the handle. Attached ImagesDisclaimer; "I am just an a$$hole welder, don't take it personally ."
Reply:Drf255, that is what we have been using on the cape to dig softshell clams with for the last hundred years, it is almost a direct copy of the rusty old one my Grandfather gave me.http://www.goclamming.com/index.php?...&product_id=55Disclaimer; "I am just an a$$hole welder, don't take it personally ."
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Reply:We have some sort of black clams at the lake out back...Don't need no rake....zap!I am not completely insane..Some parts are missing Professional Driver on a closed course....Do not attempt.Just because I'm a  dumbass don't mean that you can be too.So DON'T try any of this **** l do at home.
Reply:Pictures of the clam bake to follow...............truck is loaded, heading out in the AM.Disclaimer; "I am just an a$$hole welder, don't take it personally ."
Reply:Rake for Quahogs, Bathroom plunger for steamers, trust me I know, rake always seems to bust up the steamers on me. I go up to Charlestown RI, haven't gotten out this year though."Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum"Lincoln Idealarc 250 AC/DCMillermatic 251   Syncrowave 300   30A spoolgunLincoln MP210Hypertherm 45(2) LN 25(2) Lincoln Weldanpower 225 CV(4) SA200   1 short hood    SA250    SAM 400
Reply:looks like fun, no clams in west texas but plenty of stinkin mussels - add a nice rock or hammer and instant trot line voodoo bait.When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, "This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know," the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives.