My ice shack plans

[jacob64]

Ok first off I got this concept from these 5$ plans I purchased a while ago and I didn't wanted it a little bigger. These are just my first draft of incomplete plans so I will add my final plans when I am finished and then my progress of building the shack. The sandy looking parts is plywood and the orange dashed lines are hidden lines just for reference. Btw I just got Autocad 2010 and have never used autocad before so sorry if the plans look "noobish".

If you have any suggestions on making it a better structured shack let me know and the walls will be 3/8" thick not 1/2" like the plans say but the floor will be 1/2" thick (pressure treated for walls and floor).

[jacob64]

Fyi the one with no name is the floor.

Oh and should I do 3/8 or 1/2 for the front and back walls? I really don't know... how much cheaper is 3/8 from 1/2?

[ice_hunter]

a long time ago my ex BIL and i made one of these......we used the 3/8 for the end walls and half inch for the floor.........if i had to do it all over again, id make the walls with half inch.   reason being is that the 3/8 seemed kinda flimsy when setting up and in use.......even with 4 wall supports in it, it buckled a lot with just a moderate breeze.

another this i would suggest doing is putting the floor supports at 16" o.c..........2 foot centers is just a bit too much for 1/2 plywood........if ya went to 3/4 for the floor, then ya could get away with 2' o.c. without any sagging when its under a load ( i.e.  a couple of guys in there fishing, and all their equipment too)

[PauliePiker]

as far as the autocad goes,I think you dod just fine!!

[chicknwsl]

Cad looks good make sure you have Object Snap turned on @ the bottom "square with an * on the corner" and you will get cleaner Dimension... (will avoid getting 2' 6 1/16")

[vermonner]

Looks good. here's mine:
http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=117286.60
Middle of page 4, blue tarped ontario.  I had a heavier green/black tarp which made it easier to heat and the black on the outside gave good passive solar.  If you look closely, I put 2x4's down the length, but mine was set up more as a permanent.  One 2x4 was a ridge pole and one down either side as a 'back rail'.  The only thing I would do differently to your setup is lower that window so if you run tipups, you can see them as soon as they go up, whilst sitting.  Happy building