Tip up spools

[croplan91]

Hi all
Just wondering if anybody knew of a good place to buy tip up spools.  Would like to make 15-20 tipups for the boys and everywhere I look it says they are sold out for the year already.
Thanks
Crop

[beeverfishing]

Doubt if they would be sold out for this year.. Just not stocked yet.. Still early for most retailers to be thinking about icefishing...You should be able to find them in a few months.. Yeah, I know..But not everyone thinks about ice the same way we do !!   

 

[lake snake]

Hi all
Just wondering if anybody knew of a good place to buy tip up spools.  Would like to make 15-20 tipups for the boys and everywhere I look it says they are sold out for the year already.
Thanks
Crop

 
www.icefish.com

[dkfry]

You can get tipup spools from HT but I would stay away from the plastic spools as they break really easily. Fragile tipup spools don't do well around kids, traveling and basically the ice fishing enviroment. I had a few break (one in shipping even) so I made some of my own out of aluminum.

[FISHFORPIKE]

You can get tipup spools from HT but I would stay away from the plastic spools as they break really easily. Fragile tipup spools don't do well around kids, traveling and basically the ice fishing enviroment. I had a few break (one in shipping even) so I made some of my own out of aluminum.
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Nice job on the spools man.  How much for 10 of them? 

[beeverfishing]

so I made some of my own out of aluminum.

Those are nice..   I'm sure you could sell a ton of them...

[lake snake]

Nice job on the spools man.  How much for 10 of them? 

 
  I concur. 

[mr.clean]

Give Jacks Traps or Heritage Laker a try ,since they manufacture tip ups they may have spools in stock.
  Steve

[dkfry]

I machined those spools out of a solid chunk of 6061 and threaded them for the tipup shaft. Making them is time consuming and not cheap.

Sometime I may look into investment casting some however they would have to be made here in the USA so they won't be the cheapest either. I won't go overseas to source anything.

[FISHFORPIKE]

I machined those spools out of a solid chunk of 6061 and threaded them for the tipup shaft. Making them is time consuming and not cheap.

Sometime I may look into investment casting some however they would have to be made here in the USA so they won't be the cheapest either. I won't go overseas to source anything.

I probably wouldn't want to part with the $$$  ---  It's always nice to have something self-made and what no one else has.  Great work on the spools.  I'm just envious.