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Unless you really have a ton of time on your hand you would be better off buying them.....Once you buy all the supplies your right at the price of buying already to go ones.
Fish finder,How do those tip downs anchor to the ice. So you just pile shavings and snow around them?
I was not saying not to make them. I ment that if you think you were going to save money think again. I have made different thing to change the design to accomadate me better and I save money sometime and lose sometimes.
I made my own to copy the old tip-downs my parents have, they always seem to out perform any other type of tip-up other people with me were using. They're surprisingly similar to fish_finder's set up, the only difference being I added a short loop of rope to hook over an ice anchor to keep big pike from pulling them down the hole. I'll post a picture tonight. Here it is before sanding and painting.(Image removed from quote.)Another design I have seen starts with about 36" of a hockey stick shaft, cut at a 45 at the top. Then a door stopper spring (the kind you mount on your homes base boards) is attached on the angled face, and a 12" long piece of wood dowel is inserted into the spring. Mount a rattle reel back on the hockey stick, or even just a peg for a spool of fishing line, and use small eye bolts or staples to guide the line out to the tip of the dowel. Stick it in the pile of slush/ice chips beside the hole and you're all set. Sorry, no pictures of that model.