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Offline petrgill

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Some new homemade gear
« on: Oct 12, 2010, 01:46 PM »
Chepiguy and I have been spending the past month or so planning, gathering and building(Chep did the labor, no kids. ;D).
Have a new sled for the Clam, which should save the back on those snow days.  Made that out of aluminum shelving that he got for free and a $10 pair of skis (sporting the Ice Shanty stickers and we'll have the small flag set up too).  Also made 6 new tip-ups. They are about 36 in.  Bought the reels and the spring dowels from Heritage and the flag keepers at R&Y on 44.  Chepi got the wood from work and finished it.  Used screen door springs for the flags.  Bent the metal for the trips and flags.  All in all we figure that we made each one for around $16.  We probably would have paid over $30 for that size and quality retail.

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Offline BaitWrangler

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Re: Some new homemade gear
« Reply #1 on: Oct 12, 2010, 02:43 PM »
+Rep x10 guys. Looks great!
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Offline Grumpyoldman

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Re: Some new homemade gear
« Reply #2 on: Oct 12, 2010, 03:46 PM »
Always like to see home built. 
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Offline BASSRI

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Re: Some new homemade gear
« Reply #3 on: Oct 12, 2010, 08:09 PM »
Fine job....
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Offline cobalt4

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Re: Some new homemade gear
« Reply #4 on: Oct 12, 2010, 10:18 PM »
Nice looking gear!
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Offline Byron/PA

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Re: Some new homemade gear
« Reply #5 on: Oct 13, 2010, 04:25 PM »
Looks real good ;D
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Re: Some new homemade gear
« Reply #6 on: Oct 16, 2010, 12:33 PM »
Hey Pete,

Was hanging with old man Rudy the other day and he said you guys stuff came out BIG.  Excited to see and can't wait to see them sign a your biggest fish to date on the other end.  Again good job.
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Offline lives2fish

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Re: Some new homemade gear
« Reply #7 on: Nov 08, 2010, 11:23 PM »
But do they work??? ;)
Just playing with you...Great job and will be a fine sense of pride to see them flags pop this year!! :tipup: :tipup:
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Re: Some new homemade gear
« Reply #8 on: Nov 09, 2010, 10:51 AM »
They better work.  We'll see, we always mark our tip ups with the size, species and date if the fish are big enough.  And for the hell of it we're going to number them and keep a log.  We always have the log on index cards in the Clam just to see times, conditions, etc.
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Re: Some new homemade gear
« Reply #9 on: Nov 09, 2010, 08:01 PM »
Is that the 2000 or the 5600 clam that you made the sled for?
Nick.
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Re: Some new homemade gear
« Reply #10 on: Nov 10, 2010, 10:28 AM »
5600. The aluminum is real light, can pick it up easily with one arm but it's nice and sturdy.
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Re: Some new homemade gear
« Reply #11 on: Nov 10, 2010, 10:08 PM »
Cool, I like it!
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Re: Some new homemade gear
« Reply #12 on: Nov 19, 2010, 06:15 PM »
Well done guys!  Nice job! :tipup:
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