An avid fisherman differs from an ordinary amateur in that he has a huge amount of fishing equipment in his arsenal. If he goes to winter fishing, then he will certainly need not only a tent, a fishing rod and an ice auger, but also fishing sled, which you can make yourself. Design features The model and its complexity will depend on the nature of the fishing and financial capabilities. However, such products still do not turn out to be expensive, because you can use materials that you can find in your barn.
How to move on crust and ice
If you want to go quite far, then it will not be possible to get there by vehicle, so it is important to think about the optimal means for delivery of fishing equipment. Navigating on the ice surface is not as easy as it might seem. This issue is easily resolved with the help of a sled. For some fishermen, they even become a place for overnight stay and rest, because in order to catch a trophy specimen, they sometimes have to stay far from home for several days.
Preparing tools and materials for making wooden sleds
If you want to make a fishing sled with your own hands, then you should prepare some tools and materials, among them the following should be highlighted:
- pine boards;
- sandpaper;
- drill;
- wood glue;
- electric jigsaw.
Step by step instructions
Two boards will act as runners, which need to be used in the first stage. The compass will allow you to draw semicircles that are cut using a jigsaw. To secure the transverse bars, holes are made on the runners. Their connection should be made using round probes using the gluing method.
The resulting structure should be strengthened at the back and front of the runners; for this, transverse strips are placed on the spikes. The design should look attractive, so after the glue has dried, the excess needs to be trimmed. A fishing sled must have a seat; a board can serve as it.
At the location where the equipment box is installed, grooves should be cut to connect to the runners. In order to achieve structural reinforcement, bars must be glued to the back of the skis. In places where the runners are rounded in the lower part, you need to strengthen an aluminum or steel strip with screws.
Before final assembly, the design should be reviewed to determine the accuracy of the connections. If there are elements that have been previously sanded, they should be coated with waterproof varnish. Fishing sleds must be tested for strength after completion of their production. To do this, all the equipment should be placed inside, because you wouldn’t want the product to fail at the most crucial moment.
Making sleds from aluminum
Fishing sleds should not only be functional, but also be light enough, because sometimes with their help a fisherman has to move on ice that can crack. For the manufacture of aluminum sleds, a sheet of appropriate material and profile should be used. The parameters must be selected based on the size of the equipment being transported and the parameters of the fishing box.
The design will have three main parts, namely:
- runners;
- bottom;
- two side walls.
Manufacturing will require compliance with certain rules. The work will require a bending device. You can get by with metal corners and a mallet. The side parts should be made identical and reinforced; the same principle applies back wall. The aluminum bottom is cut out last. It is important to make the edges of the product safe; for this they are folded.
When winter fishing sleds are made, runners should also be made. They can be made from aluminum profile. To make bending the runners easier, slits should be made in some places. On final stage it is necessary to assemble the sled; for this you need to use nuts, bolts, and self-tapping screws for metal connections.
Refinement of plastic sleds
As practice shows, plastic fishing sleds are convenient in everything; with their help you can move fishing luggage over crust, ice and snow. Such structures are made in the form of a trough, are lightweight, and can withstand the impact low temperatures and may have different sizes. However, such sleds have one drawback, which is the lack of rope attachments. The correction of this disadvantage rests on the shoulders of the fisherman himself.
Fishing sleds can be supplemented by equipping them with appropriate fastenings. To do this, the required number of holes are drilled around the perimeter into which a metal cable with appropriate fasteners can be inserted. This will allow you to obtain strong and reliable fastenings for luggage rubber bands and rubber bands that are not subject to frost and corrosion.
To install a pulling rope along the front side of the sled, 2 eye bolts should be installed, and the rope will be attached to carabiners. Eye bolts should be installed using nuts, which will be reliable and quick to fasten. This modification of the fishing sled shows that over many years of operation the fastening system does not fail. Everything is held securely and firmly, the elements do not open, and using the sled becomes very convenient.
To pull the sled, it is better to prepare a 20-meter rope that folds in four. Using a carabiner you need to strengthen the eye bolts. This can help not only the fisherman himself, but also his companions who may fall through the ice. If you quickly release the rope, you will have a 20-m section available with which you can provide assistance.
Remaking old sleds
Homemade fishing sleds will be much easier to complete if you use an old sled as a base, which should have a frame and runners. The addition will be light plywood, a sheet that will be used to make partitions for the box. The plywood must be cut carefully so that it does not form creases along the edges.
The sled that will be complemented is secured to the runners using self-tapping screws; holes for them need to be made with a drill. The corners for the frame should be prepared. The walls of the box must be insulated using polystyrene foam or polystyrene foam. It is laid on glue. Then inner part The boxes must be lined with plywood blanks. The design may have several compartments that are intended for:
- caught fish;
- warm clothes;
- tackle and bait;
- food supplies for fishing.
Once the box is ready, you can start working on the lid. It must be very strong, since this element often acts as a seat, and therefore it must withstand the weight of the fisherman. To avoid freezing, the seat should be insulated. To do this, foam rubber is placed on its surface and stitched with leatherette. Such a system can be strengthened with the staples of a furniture stapler. To make the sled more convenient during operation, you can strengthen the fishing rods and catch, as well as other gear on the body of the box. This will free up your hands when you fish.
After the sled is made, its bottom should be lubricated with silicone or ski lubricant. This will prevent snow from sticking. For road safety, reflective tape should be attached to the sled. Sometimes fishermen improve their sleds by equipping them with a folding chair. Fishing ones are not very common in Russia. There is a high chair on their metal runners. You can move around on such a sled according to the principle of a scooter.
For a snowmobile you can make a sled from plastic pipes. Welding them will allow the elements to be fastened together. When assembling, you can also use metal corners. The dimensions of such sleds should be determined taking into account the needs of the fisherman. The sled can also be equipped with compartments.
More information about snowmobile sleds
If you forked out money for a snowmobile, but didn’t have time to buy a sled, then you can make it yourself. A similar model was discussed above. When preparing plastic pipes for this design, you should use products whose length is 1.8 and 7.5 m. These components will be used for transverse connections. To ensure that the frame does not become skewed, it should be laid on a flat floor and all values should be measured. A sled that is too tall can tip over, while a sled that is too low can be inconvenient to ride on. Therefore, you should make a structure with a height of 30 cm; this parameter will be optimal. When preparing the racks, it is necessary to make them in the amount of 8 pieces or more; the strength of the sled will depend on their number. The final size should be adjusted using a file.
Conclusion
You can easily make a fishing sleigh yourself; it can be expanded endlessly. For example, modifications include the back, as well as the trunk and even decorative elements. Such fishing sled will become budget option And an excellent alternative factory products.
Winter has come and at this time there is one sports activity that all children like to do - sledding. If you don’t have them, but have a desire to create a sled yourself, then in this article we will tell you how to make an original sled with your own hands from old and unnecessary things. Your children will certainly like such sleds, as they look very interesting and unusual. It is also convenient to transport small loads in these sleds, since the seat is made in the form of a recess in which you can put the load without it falling out, as can happen with conventional sleds.
All the parts for the sled are quite possibly gathering dust in your closet, garage, balcony, these are old children's skis, a children's or garden cart and a few more parts. This project is very flexible and all parts can be replaced with any others you have.
Materials and tools:
- A bucket from a garden or children's cart (cart) - you can use an old one or you can buy a new one at a hardware or children's store.
- Skis - we used short children's skis (about 1.5 m), but you can also use unnecessary adult skis by cutting them to the required length.
- Braided polyester rope.
- 8 wooden blocks about 3 cm thick, about 10 cm long and about 5 cm wide, the same as the width of skis.
- A thick piece of plywood (to fit the size of the bottom of the cart bucket), we took a 2-centimeter piece of 60x60 cm.
- Galvanized self-tapping screws, about 7 cm.
- Bolts, fixing washers and nuts.
- Ruler or tape measure.
- Jigsaw or regular manual jigsaw or a hacksaw.
- Drill.
- Sandpaper.
- Safety glasses.
Well, it's time to have fun creating a sled with your own hands, skis that will be used in the project, take those that you do not use for skiing, perhaps worn out, also take the same unused or broken cart. You can find used skis at most online stores. We decided to use children's skis as they were the perfect length for this project (150cm).
First, remove the boot mounts on your skis using a screwdriver or screwdriver; they are usually screwed onto each ski with four screws.
Place the cart bucket on the plywood and trace around the edge of the bottom of the cart bucket with a pencil.
Using a jigsaw or hacksaw, cut out the required base for the ladle from plywood along the contour. Also cut out the necessary bars for the racks, 8 pieces, from the board. Dimensions of these bars: 10x5x3.
Using sandpaper or grinder Sand the edges of the plywood and lumber until they are smooth and free of burrs.
To protect against water, coat the plywood and blocks with varnish and leave them to dry. warm room overnight to allow the varnish to dry.
Attaching the plywood base to the bucket. Plywood provides a solid base for our sleds. Inside the bucket there are usually already mounting holes on the sides, but if there are none, drill them using a drill. Then place the ladle on our plywood and use a pencil to mark these holes on the plywood and drill holes in the plywood in the marked places required thickness under our screws. Then tighten the bucket and plywood with bolts, securing from below with locking washers and a nut.
Our bolts turned out to be too long, so we cut them off, leaving an end of about 1 cm.
Attaching the stands. Using self-tapping screws, you can try to screw the racks into the already used holes from the fasteners in the skis, so as not to drill new holes. But we screwed in other places, which created a stronger connection between the racks and the skis. For this we used 5 self-tapping screws for each stand.
Now let's put all the parts together. To do this, place our bucket on wooden stands, align the back and front of the skis so that the distance between them is the same everywhere.
Attach the upper part to the posts using self-tapping screws, but be careful not to get on the heads of the screws that we screwed in earlier.
That's it, our sleds that we collected with our own with my own hands, ready.. so, wait, something else is missing. Well, of course, we still need to attach a rope to our sleds. To do this, drill two holes in the front of the bucket, take a rope of the required length and insert its two ends into these holes and make knots at these ends.
Riding on these sleds is a lot of fun, but they can also be dangerous, as they are quite fast and use a protective helmet for protection. Every time after riding, check all the parts of the sled for integrity; if something breaks, then fix it necessary repairs before using the sled again.
As soon as the first snow fell, it turned out that the house did not have such a necessary winter cargo vehicle as a sled. Children's sleds have long since "gone" to a well-deserved rest in a pile of scrap metal, and they would have been rather weak for transporting heavy loads.
I had to take up the production of new sleds, so to speak, household ones - stronger and more suitable for transporting goods (Fig. 1).
In the far corner of the yard, under a shed in a scrap metal warehouse, I found arms from the headboards of steel beds and some thinner pipes that had been prudently stored just in case.
As the production of these sleds progressed, a whole set of structures for similar purposes swarmed in my head, and not universal ones, but specialized ones. But more about them later.
When designing the sled, I provided for such solutions.
Firstly, so that when quite small sizes The sleds themselves could be used to transport not only massive, but also oversized loads. To do this, their platform must be made in the same plane with the front jumper - the traverse. However, as the work progressed, I decided to install the traverse a little higher than the platform so that it would serve as a front support for the cargo box. And if necessary, lowering the jumper to the level of the platform will not be difficult.
1- runner ( steel pipeØ30, from a metal bed); 2 traverses (rolled steel angle 40×40); 3-loop for reins ( steel wireØ6, 2 pcs.); 4 - portal stand (steel pipe Ø20, 3 pcs.); 5 - platform plank (board 100×20.3 pcs.); 6 - fastening of the strip (self-tapping screw, 18 pcs.); 7 - reins (rope Ø7); 8 - gusset (steel sheet s4, 6 pcs.)
1– skid (steel pipe Ø30, 2 pcs.); 2-traverse (steel pipe Ø30); 3 - stop (steel rough Ø14, 2 pcs.); 4 - reins (rope Ø7); 5 - container for liquid (duralumin flask V=40 l)
Secondly, the platform must be quite high in order to transport overhanging loads on the sled. Thirdly, it is not advisable to make the platform solid, but it is better to make it lattice to make it easier and more reliable to attach loads to it, passing the rope not only along the edges, but also in the middle. To transport bulk cargo (snow, sand), you will still have to use a box or box.
And one last thing. It is advisable to also bend the rear ends of the runners a little - then, if necessary, you can easily move the sled back.
Here, perhaps, are all the “little tricks” that I tried to provide when making cargo sleds. The process of making them, as they say, is a matter of technology. First, I prepared individual parts: runners from a pipe with a diameter of 30 mm - from metal beds, racks-portals - from a 20 mm pipe. It is important that the racks are as identical as possible to each other, and that the runners are mirror images. I bent the tubes of the portal stands in a vice, and therefore in the places where they were bent they were slightly flattened and weakened. For reliability, these places had to be reinforced with struts, also made of pipe, but with a smaller diameter - 14 mm. Although, as an option shown in the drawing, this can also be done with scarves.
As for the assembly-welding process, at first I only slightly grabbed the parts, and after careful straightening to align the parallelism of the runners, I welded the joints completely and reliably.
The rear ends of the runner tubes were sealed with welded plugs, and the front ends with the ends of a plate-shaped cross member. I sanded the weld seams and finished them with a file. In the traverse, near the ends of the runners, I drilled holes (blunting with a drill thicker than their edges) for the reins. The platform was made from three longitudinally spaced wooden planks with a cross-section of 100×20 mm. The planks are pine, although it would be better to make them from non-resinous wood. I fastened them with the racks using self-tapping screws, through corresponding holes pre-drilled simultaneously in both parts.
I painted only the steel parts in the usual manner: first I cleaned them of rust using metal brush and sandpaper; then degreased with white spirit; and finally primed and painted with NC enamel in two layers with intermediate drying.
It should be noted that the sled turned out quite well (Fig. 1 and photo), although I made it, one might say, in haste.
The attentive reader will notice that there are slight differences in the design of the sled in the drawing and photograph. For example, in the first case the racks are welded, and in the second they are bent; in the drawing the front crosspiece (traverse) is made from an angle, and in the photograph it is made from a steel strip. This was done in order to show the possibility of variant execution of certain components and parts.
Well, while I was making this sled, I realized that they are of little use for transporting containers with water and other liquids, and for this a different design is needed. However, I postponed the work until the next weekend so that, without fuss, and for my own pleasure, I could indulge in working with rusty metal. By that time, I had thought through the next design of water-carrying sleds and, having measured a 40-liter aluminum flask intended for use as a container, I even sketched their sketch (Fig. 2).
On the next weekend, I got down to business again with enthusiasm and by lunchtime I had finished making (except painting) another sled - a water-carrying sled. They are smaller in size than household ones, and simpler in design. They do not have racks - they were replaced by limiters made of a thinner pipe - 14 mm in diameter. In principle, they don’t even need a platform. The runners of this sled, made of a steel pipe with an outer diameter of 30 mm, smoothly transition into a traverse made of the same pipe welded between them, all three parts look like a single element.
As they say, he’s already got his hands full, and that’s why the matter went sour. But then relatives came. They not only positively assessed my products, but also asked me to make similar ones.
Without delaying things, I set about making the next sled. At the request of the customers, they were a symbiosis of the previous ones: the dimensions and design of the runners were like those of water carriers, and the racks with a loading platform were like those of utility vehicles. Here I would like to note that literally the day before I purchased a device for blind rivets. I tested it on this sled, attaching a platform made of 10 mm plywood to the posts with these rivets.
1 - skid (steel pipe Ø30); 2 traverses (steel pipe Ø30); 3 - portal stand (steel pipe Ø14, 2 pcs.); 4-platform (plywood s10); 5 - reins (rope Ø7); 6 - fastening the platform to the portal posts (blind rivet, 4 pcs.)
1 - skid (steel pipe Ø30.2 pcs.); 2 - bottom-trough (steel sheet s1); 3 - traverse (steel sheet s3, 2 pcs.); 4 - side (steel sheet s1.2 pcs.); 5 plug (wooden plug, 4 pcs.)
In the evening, on a manufactured sled (Fig. 3 in the photo), the guests took a bag of potatoes and vegetables stored in our cellar to their apartment. It’s just that the paint on the sled hasn’t had time to dry properly yet.
And yet, no matter how good all the previous sleds are, they are only suitable for “snow-rolled” or “ice” roads. For virgin snow, you need a different sled. We simply call them draggers, but the North American Indians called them more sonorously - toboggans, and this name stuck with them as an international one. The drag has a different design. Firstly, it does not have runners, and therefore it looks more like a trough. In this design, the drag is difficult to control and “skids” at every turn, especially at speed, when, for example, it is attached to a snowmobile. Therefore, my off-road sleds are also a symbiosis, only now a sled and a drag (Fig. 4). The drag runners, like those of the sleds, were made from a pipe with an outer diameter of 30 mm, and the loading platform-trough was made from a steel sheet 1 mm thick. The trough has sides on the sides, and in front and behind there are traverses with holes for passing ropes securing the load. Traverses can also be made as bottom flanges, for example, by folding its edges in half or even three times. The runners are curved at both ends, that is, the design is made according to the “push-pull” principle. The reins are secured in holes in the curved ends of the runners, and then the ends are plugged with wooden plugs to prevent snow from getting into the pipes.
I made such a drag as a gift to my hunting friend as a trailer for a snowmobile. I didn’t take a photo right away, but now there’s no such opportunity.
A. MATVEYCHUK, Zavodoukovsk, Tyumen region.
How to make a sled for children? The instructions and the accompanying drawings will help you with this. So that you don’t spend money on a master class from folk handmade craftsmen, we will try to tell you how you can make a sled yourself. Moreover, it is not as difficult as it seems at first glance. You can customize winter sleds to fit, make them strong and stable, which means they will be much more reliable than store-bought folding ones.
DIY wooden sled: drawings
The most standard material for making sleds is wood. A wooden sled can be made entirely of wood or contain elements woven from vines or branches.
To make the sled smooth and comfortable, you will need drawings. They will be the basis, and you can think of additional elements yourself.
We offer you such a drawing for making children's standard sleds with your own hands.
To decorate a vehicle made according to the drawing, you can cut out several carved elements of the back from plywood with a jigsaw. For strength, it is recommended to make the runners from thicker timber or cover them with sheet metal.
With increasing demand for replacement iron pipes plumbing and heating with plastic, craftsmen often began to make sleds from plastic pipes with their own hands. If your family members or friends are engaged in a similar business, or you have a few straws left after repairs, then you will not have problems. You can make a sled from pipe or polypropylene.
Sleds from profile pipe, from PVC, from polypropylene pipes or from square pipes will be equally good if they are made durable. The main thing is to have a special soldering iron and grinder within reach for cutting off sections of the desired valley. Some hardware stores can rent these tools.
What you will need:
- actual plastic pipes;
- adapters for connection;
- metal corners to strengthen the runners;
- sheet of plastic for sitting (optional);
- rope so that the sled can be pulled.
A home craftsman can weld a metal sled with his own hands, and such a product will be much cheaper than purchased sleds. Iron welded sledges from a corner or from metal profile, left over after construction - a good use for what could have been left in the garage in the “useful” category.
Forged decorative elements made of metal profiles, metal rods left in the workshop artistic forging, it’s better to put it into action. You can decorate them with snowflakes made of thin wire, and then the Snow Queen herself will envy such sleighs.
You can make a sled from old folding bed or from bed headboards.
What you will need:
- corners for runners and frame;
- seat profile;
- bolts with nuts and washers for fastening;
- rope, preferably not synthetic, so that the sled can be pulled.
You can add a board for sitting, since metal becomes very cold in the cold.
DIY foam sled
Expanded polystyrene from household appliances It’s a pity to throw it away right away, so it moves to the balcony. To prevent valuable material from lying around useless for a long time, try riding on a homemade foam sled. In cold weather they are warm to ride on.
Enough to cut sharp knife streamlined outline and punch holes for the rope. Even if these are disposable sleds, they will cost practically nothing.
Another option for free sleds is from plastic bottles. It is enough to wind up the required amount of empty containers plastic film four or six pieces at a time and place them in a large plastic bag or greenhouse film. Seal the edges with an iron and ride to your health.
Install runners from the baby stroller metal corner, plastic pipes or old skis, which is possible even without removing the wheels. Riding such a sled from a stroller in winter is much more convenient.
Do you have old skis lying around? Don't rush to get rid of them! If they haven’t fallen into disrepair, it’s time to make a pair of sleds from skis with your own hands.
For this you will need very little skill and some additional materials. By making a sled from old skis, you can save a lot of money.
What you will need:
- actually old skis;
- beam or corner for fastening;
- board or plastic sheet for sitting;
- bolts with nuts and washers;
- rope so that the sled can be pulled.
Briefly about the creation of such a sled - a corner is stuffed onto the ski runners, a seat is attached on top, to which a rope is tied.
DIY sled for twins
Store-bought versions of sleds for two, controlled, with a steering wheel, help save parental strength. The main difference between a sled for two kids is the elongated seat and two backrests. Kids can sit like a train if they are going down a slide, or face to face if it is vehicle to kindergarten and on a walk.
It doesn’t matter what the steerable sleds will be made of, whether they will be with or without a steering wheel—wood, metal, plastic pipes, or old skis. In the product own production you will take into account the exact height and weight of the children. The quality of fasteners and materials will also not cause you concern.
You can use one of the drawings above.
DIY ice sled
Do-it-yourself ice sleds can be easily made from anything - the main thing is that the material is slippery and does not allow moisture to pass through. As an option - ice cubes made of linoleum. All you need is sharp scissors or a cutter and a piece of linoleum.
The pattern for an ice cube made of linoleum is small in area.
DIY Finnish sled: drawings
Finks are sleds with elongated runners and a high seat. One person sits down, the second stands on the runners behind and pushes off. Adults can accelerate to high speeds. Sometimes large dogs such as huskies or huskies are even harnessed to such sleds.
Before you use the drawings to create a Finnish sled with your own hands, think: perhaps you can modernize an old children's sled by adding a high back to it?
DIY cheesecake sleds
An inflatable cheesecake or bun will give the joy of sliding down a slide to both children and adults. One of the simplest models to make allows you to reach high speeds and protects you from hypothermia. I’m especially pleased that the cheesecake sleds from a car inner tube have very simple patterns.
To protect the inflated chamber, it is necessary to put it in a cover made of awning fabric, thin linoleum or wide vinyl wallpaper. According to the size of the base, but with a margin, it is necessary to cut out the protective material in the form of two circles. Take your time and measure several times.
The circles are sewn together along the front seam. The camera can be lowered, and then the edges can be stitched even on sewing machine. For convenience, you can equip the cover with carabiners, to which an additional seat cushion will be attached.
Whatever devices for winter recreation are invented, sleds remain leaders. They have gone through so many modifications, they are made from so many different materials, including with your own hands, that you can get confused in them. We will try to tell you more about wooden sleds.
Historical background
The ancestors of the sleigh are considered to be drags, which were used by people even after the invention of the wheel. The first sleds were a very simple device: a seat and runners tightly fastened together. People tied oxen, horses, and dogs to poles tied together, while the back of such a sleigh dragged along the ground.
Rus' in the pre-Petrine period had rather bad roads, which is why sleighs were popular not only in winter time, but also in the summer. Moreover, riding a sleigh was the most honorable, so sleighs were especially often used for special occasions. Their appearance resembled a boat with edges curved at the back and front, or a long box tapering towards the front edge. The sleigh was pulled by one or two horses and one driver. The king's carts had shelves (ledges), on which two stewards were placed at the feet, and at the heels? two boyars.
In Rus', sleighs were called “carriers”, “drovnyas”, “kaptans”. and?huts?. Today the following types of sleds are known:
- wood? sleighs without a body, used by peasants;
- cart? This is a covered sled with a backrest;
- sledge, otherwise move? low, wide sleds;
- toboggan? This is a sled without runners, which today is used for special riding. gutter by athletes;
- Kerezhka? this is a sled up to two meters long with a hole in the nose for straps;
- sled? hand sleds made of wood;
- buer? this is a sled used in sports, equipped with a sail and designed for driving on ice;
- skeleton? sleds without runners or steering, used in sports;
- bean? sleigh that has steering, are used in sports.
Were sleds made of wood before? beech, birch, linden, ash, oak? and then varnished. The runners were also made of wood, but to protect them from wear they were reinforced with metal plates. Today they are made entirely of metal, plastic, and so on. However, most craftsmen make them with their own hands from wood.
Application
Sled? It's not just fun for kids. This is, first and foremost, a vehicle. They are still used today, for example, in rural areas for transporting cargo (they are harnessed to horses). It was customary for peasants to make sleighs according to special purpose? manual rolling, universal (transportation of people and household needs), passenger cars with camber runners, manual utility vehicles, ordinary passenger cars. Naturally, they had no decor, and they themselves were simple.
Also sleigh? This is an important equipment for luge sports. They are made of wood, but special technology to reach the appropriate speed.
Also in cities you can find sleighs decorated, carved or painted to resemble Khokhloma, which can be rented for a walk, for children to ride, or ordered to celebrate an event.
Today, not only horses or dogs are harnessed to sleighs. With the development of mechanical engineering, snowmobiles and motorized towing vehicles appeared. Despite their diversity, hunters and fishermen cannot do without drag sleds (including those made of wood) for them. Modern models sold are distinguished by reliability, frost resistance, durability, safety and comfort. They try to make the runners iron to protect the bottom and extend their service life. Some craftsmen make such sleds with their own hands.
Model range
There are many types of sleds, among which the most popular and popular are:
- wooden folding ones, which save space during downtime due to the folding mechanism. They have a very durable construction;
- wooden vintage. Their main advantage? stability due to their heaviness. By the way, thanks to the latter, the downhill is guaranteed;
- wooden for two children close in age. Is this real joy for parents? no disputes in the fight for place. Just a perfectly calm walk;
- wooden with long handles, with backrest. Best option for walking with children aged from one to three years.
In principle, the material for making sleds has not changed today? birch, ash, any coniferous species. Main? original quality of wood and its correct processing.
So let's buy it?!
Some people may have a question: what is the best way to do it? buy a sled or make it yourself, with your own hands? In principle, the question is rhetorical, and it is difficult to give an unambiguous answer to it.
You should proceed from your capabilities. For example, the simplest wooden sled, without decorations and additions, can be bought for an average of 1000 rubles. What if you already have the material? wooden blocks? this speeds up and reduces the cost of the matter. If there is no material, then you can buy it for an average of 500 rubles. All that remains is to measure, cut out the parts and connect them. If you have the desire, there will be no problem with how to make a sled with your own hands.
For process self-made sled you will need the following materials and tools:
- the material itself? tree;
- screws or wood glue;
- fine-grained sandpaper;
- drill and jigsaw.
Before you start doing homemade sled, everything needs to be calculated. To do this, you should draw life-size details of the future sleigh on paper, and then adjust them according to size.
On a wooden base for the runners, you need to draw a circle using a compass, and then cut it out. To secure the crossbars, you need to drill a blind hole and use round tenons. Having secured the crossbars, it is necessary to mark the center in them. Then drill the blind hole again. When the glue has completely dried, all the tips of the spikes should be trimmed and then sanded.
It is necessary to cut grooves on the sides of the seat for joining with the runners. The pieces of wood need to be glued to the back of the runners, but exactly where the edges of the runners will go. In those places where the runners will be connected to the seat, it is necessary to re-drill the holes for the round tenons.
If you want to make runners with strips of steel or aluminum, you need to drill holes for screws in the places where they are fastened. Required Items at child seat can also be made from plywood, for example, by attaching it using the same round tenons.
If you decide to make the sled longer, you should use wooden slats rather than round crossbars at the front and back. To make a seat, you will need to use not three, but four planks and place them on round spikes. If you decide to make strips of aluminum or steel, they should, accordingly, be longer than the previous version.
This is how easy it is to make a sled from wood with your own hands, spending literally one day on it.