Steellord
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| 24 Nov 2010 04:18 PM |
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Well it's getting close to the
hardwater season and I thought maybe I should get the to-do list for
my ice gear started. I have a Clam 2000 I bought last year and I like
everything about the Clam except for the ribbed plastic floor. So I
bought some 1/4" luaun plywood and I am making inserts to cover
the ridges. I got one of the inserts fitted in today, and will be
doing the other one this weekend. Here are a couple different angles
showing the difference with and without the plywood. No more dropping
jigs and spikes, or minnows into ridges and no more wobbly chair or
heater. The project isn't completed yet, these are just some preview
pics of the mod. For this season I am going to use the pieces of
carpet that came with the shanty and put them in place over the
plywood using the original plastic lugs that held it in. I would have
coated it with Thompson's but it's too cold to do that now. Next year
I plan on coating it with a non-skid coating or doing the Thompson's
with some fine sand sprinkled into it. After I get the second piece
of plywood fitted, I'll post pics of the finished floor. I've also got some things to do to my
homebuilt icesled. Come on ice!!
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slipperybob
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| 24 Nov 2010 05:19 PM |
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Looking good. |
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Steellord
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| 26 Nov 2010 03:46 PM |
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OK folks, I did some more work on the shanty flooring this afternoon. I got the one side completely finished and got most of the hand fitting done on the remaining floor insert. As you can see in the picture the piece of carpet that came with the shanty covers 90% of the floor. I think it will be good enough to get through this ice season. I just have to do the final fitting around the trap door opening then drill the holes for the plugs and the flooring project will be complete.   |
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Steellord
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| 30 Nov 2010 04:13 PM |
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Well I finished the shanty floor on Sunday. I think it came out quite well. Here's a pic of the finished job.  And a pic with some of my gear in it to see how it looked. I'm not sure if I'm going to use the folding camp chair. It took up a lot of room. I'd like to find a folding metal chair to use. I think it would be a little smaller.  I can't wait to get out on the ice to try it out. |
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Windburned
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| 30 Nov 2010 07:08 PM |
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Looking good! |
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WalleyeWayne
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| 01 Dec 2010 06:26 AM |
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Nice job Steellord! I would caution against a metal chair in the winter - could be cold on the butt! Other than that, it looks quite comfortable. We were set to go ice fishing this coming weekend but rain yesterday has probably pushed that back another weekend to the December 11-12 weekend. I don't have a clam, I have a 3-man pop-up Eskimo that fits the bill for us. Bring on the ice!!!! |
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mr bill
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| 01 Dec 2010 08:27 AM |
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nice work........how much weight did this project add to the shanty? and how do ya take it out on the ice? |
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Steellord
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| 01 Dec 2010 12:01 PM |
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Posted By mr bill on 01 Dec 2010 09:27 AM
nice work........how much weight did this project add to the shanty? and how do ya take it out on the ice?
My best guesstimate is about 5 or 6 lbs, maybe a little more. I have a home-built sled I use to pull it out on the ice. Here is a pic of it out on Lake St. Clair last year.
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rseltz
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| 01 Dec 2010 04:21 PM |
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Man thats looks like a nice home when we going??? LOL, I did about the same thing with mine, yours looks better I hated those dam ribs, anyway good job but I am digging the sled that looks like it pulls like a dream and would go through fairly deep snow uninhibited, sorry if I miss spelled, to lazy to check, but there is nothing in the world I like more than walking out too the fishing spot on a nice crisp day (away from the taxies)....for us poor fools with no big boy toys....awesome
Great job and thanks for sharing. |
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Steellord
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| 01 Dec 2010 06:43 PM |
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Posted By rseltz on 01 Dec 2010 05:21 PM
Man thats looks like a nice home when we going??? LOL, I did about the same thing with mine, yours looks better I hated those dam ribs, anyway good job but I am digging the sled that looks like it pulls like a dream and would go through fairly deep snow uninhibited, sorry if I miss spelled, to lazy to check, but there is nothing in the world I like more than walking out too the fishing spot on a nice crisp day (away from the taxies)....for us poor fools with no big boy toys....awesome
Great job and thanks for sharing.
Thanks man, I can't wait to try it out. The sled worked great on bare ice. But I found out quite quickly that if there was any snow on the ice it would load up the milkcrates with snow. I made some modifications to fix that this year.
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rseltz
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| 01 Dec 2010 07:19 PM |
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I was thinking when the snow is bad make it so the crates can be moved to the top of the shanty, but your idea looks like it will work, just a litt more drag area, from the other pic i thought the runners were a thin steel or aluminum, looks like a nice caddy, do you walk to your destination? you might want to take some sheet aluminum and wrap it around the front of the scates to keep the snow from building up on the top side of the wood, Hell I would have it go all the way up, shoot for that matter you might want to take the wood off and do the whole thing in the aluminum, you know the sheet metal you use to wrap windows and trim when you side a house, would be somewhat lighter and be inpervious to the elements.
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WalleyeWayne
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| 02 Dec 2010 05:59 AM |
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Ya gotta love homemade ingenuity! Nice job! |
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mr bill
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| 02 Dec 2010 09:41 AM |
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and we thought americian enginering was died.........nice work on the sled, it's nice looking and keep working on them ideas |
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