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Offline smitty0312

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My New Homemade Tip-Up
« on: Oct 04, 2009, 10:26 AM »
Here's the tip-up I've been working on the past couple of days. Wood is 3/4 red oak, reel is homemade, danish oil and 2 coats of spar exterior polyurethane finish, flag is actually red reflective tape(looks yellow in picture due to camera flash), spring steel is from an old windshield wiper. Now I hope I can land some northerns/muskies/walleyes this season(at least try), and now I have the satisfaction of knowing I made it myself and it actually works! Now I need to make a hole cover to go with it. Smitty
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Re: My New Homemade Tip-Up
« Reply #1 on: Oct 04, 2009, 05:10 PM »
very nice work, i hope you land many large fish with them
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Re: My New Homemade Tip-Up
« Reply #2 on: Oct 04, 2009, 06:10 PM »
They came out very nice smitty, thanks for sharing.

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Re: My New Homemade Tip-Up
« Reply #3 on: Oct 04, 2009, 06:19 PM »
very nice!!!!!!
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Re: My New Homemade Tip-Up
« Reply #4 on: Oct 04, 2009, 06:52 PM »
Always a good feeling to catch a fish on sumthing ya made! Looks good! Return and post up a pic of the first fish ya catch with it.
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Re: My New Homemade Tip-Up
« Reply #5 on: Oct 09, 2009, 10:31 AM »
Can you be a little more specific as far as the hardware and where you purchased the parts from. PM me if you would like.
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Offline holehawg

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Re: My New Homemade Tip-Up
« Reply #6 on: Oct 09, 2009, 10:55 AM »
very nice indeed ...good luck with it... :thumbsup:
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Re: My New Homemade Tip-Up
« Reply #7 on: Oct 09, 2009, 12:31 PM »
 Nice work you will like it 100% when you catch your first fish on it!
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Re: My New Homemade Tip-Up
« Reply #8 on: Oct 24, 2009, 07:51 AM »
nice work, hope you do great with it, good luck :tipup:
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Offline northernnyice

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Re: My New Homemade Tip-Up
« Reply #9 on: Nov 11, 2009, 01:35 PM »
thats a really nice tip up man
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Re: My New Homemade Tip-Up
« Reply #10 on: Nov 11, 2009, 01:54 PM »
You can`t catch fish with that trap!!!!
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until you put it through the ice!  ;D

I have a piece of sun worn Mahogany (old boat seat) that I want to salvage a few sticks of, with my table saw and make something like your`s. Hope it`s the trap that brings home the keeper of a lifetime for you.  8)
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Offline perchpunk22

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Re: My New Homemade Tip-Up
« Reply #11 on: Nov 11, 2009, 01:59 PM »
that thing looks awesome! let us know how it works when you get to try it out!
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Re: My New Homemade Tip-Up
« Reply #12 on: Nov 11, 2009, 02:07 PM »
Looks very nice! There will be a lot more satisfaction using them...


What did you use for the reel?
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Re: My New Homemade Tip-Up
« Reply #13 on: Nov 11, 2009, 02:09 PM »
Those look great. How long did it take you to make them?
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Re: My New Homemade Tip-Up
« Reply #14 on: Nov 11, 2009, 02:14 PM »
That tip up looks great.  I made a bunch of tipdowns last fall....to me it is much more satisfying catching fish on something you crafted yourself. 
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Re: My New Homemade Tip-Up
« Reply #15 on: Nov 11, 2009, 02:41 PM »
Hey flyman, do you have any pics of those tip-downs? i really want to make some this year but  my last attempts have failed.
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Re: My New Homemade Tip-Up
« Reply #16 on: Nov 11, 2009, 02:49 PM »
Quote from: perchpunk22 on Nov 11, 2009, 02:41 PM
Hey flyman, do you have any pics of those tip-downs? i really want to make some this year but  my last attempts have failed.

Perchpunk
If you do a search there has been alot of threads and pictures of everyones different tip-down designs on here.  I will try and and dig up a picture and PM you.
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Re: My New Homemade Tip-Up
« Reply #17 on: Nov 11, 2009, 02:54 PM »
Nice job on the tip-ups.
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Re: My New Homemade Tip-Up
« Reply #18 on: Nov 11, 2009, 03:27 PM »
Quote from: smitty0312 on Oct 04, 2009, 10:26 AM
Here's the tip-up I've been working on the past couple of days. Wood is 3/4 red oak, reel is homemade, danish oil and 2 coats of spar exterior polyurethane finish, flag is actually red reflective tape(looks yellow in picture due to camera flash), spring steel is from an old windshield wiper. Now I hope I can land some northerns/muskies/walleyes this season(at least try), and now I have the satisfaction of knowing I made it myself and it actually works! Now I need to make a hole cover to go with it. Smitty
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Nice job on the tip-ups....you may want to put your wingnut on the top so it does not sit on the ice and the tip-up will sit flat on the ice
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