hikingfish
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Before I even heard reports of snow on some of our Eastern mountains (Washington / Katadyn), I had resumed work on my mountaineering sled. It's coming along quite nicely and it's fully inspired by skipulk.com's free PDF booklet. I figured I post some pics!
All prices are in canadian pesos by the way!
I found the sled at a farming COOP for 26$
I found the straps / buckles @ MEC for like 10-15$
I found the poles at a hardware shop for 8$ each, with end loops for 3$ each (chimney sweep section)
I found the rod ends at an industrial machine shop for 44$ each (ouch!!)
I found the safety rods / safety pins @ canadian tire for 3$ each (lawn mower wheel parts)
I machined the U shape metal thingy and the retainer plate under it and borrowed the screws and washers from work 0$ ;-)
Not pictured, I found an arcteryx hipbelt on eBay for 30$.
Bottom line, it would of probably been cheaper to order it from skipulk.com, but man was it fun to do!
Here are the pics! Pic1 and Pic2
I started machining the fins which will be useful when going across across a slope, but they're not installed yet.
Let me know what you guys / gals think! I'm also trying to figure out how to make it break when going downhill...suggestions (pictures would be welcomed!)?
Fish
All prices are in canadian pesos by the way!
I found the sled at a farming COOP for 26$
I found the straps / buckles @ MEC for like 10-15$
I found the poles at a hardware shop for 8$ each, with end loops for 3$ each (chimney sweep section)
I found the rod ends at an industrial machine shop for 44$ each (ouch!!)
I found the safety rods / safety pins @ canadian tire for 3$ each (lawn mower wheel parts)
I machined the U shape metal thingy and the retainer plate under it and borrowed the screws and washers from work 0$ ;-)
Not pictured, I found an arcteryx hipbelt on eBay for 30$.
Bottom line, it would of probably been cheaper to order it from skipulk.com, but man was it fun to do!
Here are the pics! Pic1 and Pic2
I started machining the fins which will be useful when going across across a slope, but they're not installed yet.
Let me know what you guys / gals think! I'm also trying to figure out how to make it break when going downhill...suggestions (pictures would be welcomed!)?
Fish