Hi all
I am looking to make a drop net. I got the net, but I cannot come up with a cheap alternative for a ring. I thought maybe a old push bike wheel rim but they are proving more expensive to get hold of than I thought.
ANY SUGGESTIONS?
Thanks
could try a hola hoop. would need to be a decent one tho not the pound land crap lol. or get a square one welded up wouldn't cost much and it wouldn't roll along pier wall.
If you want a square net, use some plumbers copper Yorkshire fittings for the corners, amd maybe some bamboo poles or similar for the sides, you could even go the whole hog and use copper pipe for the sides as well, then all you would have to do is clean the ends of the copper pipe and fit them into the Yorkshire fittings, give them a blast with a blowlamp and you would have a rigid oblong frame for the net. A square drop net is easier to get a fish into than a round one because it doesnt seem to spin in the tide, plus, you can make it as large as you want .
Failing that as Mr Mud says, I would think that the staff at the recycling cent would be willing to let you have an old bycycle wheel, after all, you are recycling it.... the spokes come in handy as baiting needles as well with a bit of work.
Only issues with copper is that everything will go green seawater/copper=Green gunge
Best one if you know engineering firm etc is frame made from Stainless steel either rebar or box rebars easy to bend to shape can do with small box section also or weld it as to use need weight in it anyway so frame might as well be the weight rather than hanging them off it.
ideally want it to fold so easier to carry then can have a large enough net to get anything in as been said square/rectangular works better than round but a decent rectangular one set up right can use for catching things in while waiting like lobsters etc
Last time I went tip looking for a gas bottle to make a foundry with the fella said no. Apparently someone took some electrical item from them got an electric shock whilst fixing and tried to sue them! He said if you try and take the security guard will call the police :eeks:. Sure you will find something buddy a million ways to do it.
Been using discarded shopping baskets for years, mostly crab pots, they do rustup over time in salt water, pair of decent jawed pliers cuts the metal no problem
As you suggest, a bike wheel is the standard thing and is what I use. As an alternative to copper pipe, how about 21.5mm solvent weld plastic overflow pipe with associated 90 degree couplers for the corners? Cheap as chips from Toolstation or Screwfix and pretty strong - I've made a frame out of it to support netting over my vegetable beds.
Why not get some 316 SS tube and a set of pipe benders, bend the tube to whatever shape you think is best and use a compression union to fix the two ends together, will be almost indestructible and will last almost a lifetime
Hi all
I am looking to make a drop net. I got the net, but I cannot come up with a cheap alternative for a ring. I thought maybe a old push bike wheel rim but they are proving more expensive to get hold of than I thought.
ANY SUGGESTIONS?
Thanks
could try a hola hoop. would need to be a decent one tho not the pound land crap lol. or get a square one welded up wouldn't cost much and it wouldn't roll along pier wall.
Can anyone get a message to FishFingerButty on there who is asking suggestions for drop net.
To use an old piece of fishing (cf) net and 25mm MDPE water or gas pipe for rim and good length of blue cord as drop net, it will cost next to nothing to make and will be solid and just use half brick or pebble in it as weight. Light to carry and will lift bass of over 10lbs easy, dont make something flimsy that wont do the job.
Knobby have considered joining to of the smaller trolleys like a croc with an entrance of some sort.
The smaller ones make an excellent big dropnet too id imagine.
I have also made a big one for use on Alderneys breakwater out of the side from a supermarket cage trolley .. the sort they use in the warehouses .... i cut all the inner wires out then got a mate who is brilliant with netting and rope work to net it for me .... Its not for carrying miles but brilliant for straight drops and big fish like tope, huss or eels ...
I have also made a big one for use on Alderneys breakwater out of the side from a supermarket cage trolley .. the sort they use in the warehouses .... i cut all the inner wires out then got a mate who is brilliant with netting and rope work to net it for me .... Its not for carrying miles but brilliant for straight drops and big fish like tope, huss or eels ...
BIG stuff mate ... huss congers ,big mullet ,big black bream ,bass chance of allsorts .... If you`ve never been make it an ambition eh .... a burning one .....
Speak to the guys at your local rubbish tip ... they will probably have loads of the things.
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