rickk
12-26-2001, 06:50 AM
using that reflective bubble stuff (reflectex is one brand),...I cut round ones with a slit and small cut out for the tip up,...(that was a couple of years ago,..my schedule hasn't let me fish since,..so instead I scheme gadgets late at night. anyway,."perhaps" it works,..Idunno since I've never tried it,....but they are cheap, light and easy to make,..I suspect they will help on those days that it's not so bitterly cold,..I planed to have them just smaller than the hole and float on the top,..but I think that may be a mistake if they do get frozen in,..I'm thinking that over the hole with ice shavings or snow to make a seal,..two layers of the stuff might be even better,..again its very light,..anyone try something like this?
Ummm gadget #2,...I read about the fellow that used a coffee can and tubing,..but I wonder if you had a small metal container with a small stone silconed to the bottom (outside the container)to keep it upright, and one of those fuel sticks like the hand warmers use,..or the self burning piece of charcoal to burn just enough for a little warmth,.the reflective bubble stuff would reflect the heat back down,.
Now,..I'm not that lazy that I can't walk around and skim ice,...I just like to invent things that work,...and do other things,..
Ummm gadget #2,...I read about the fellow that used a coffee can and tubing,..but I wonder if you had a small metal container with a small stone silconed to the bottom (outside the container)to keep it upright, and one of those fuel sticks like the hand warmers use,..or the self burning piece of charcoal to burn just enough for a little warmth,.the reflective bubble stuff would reflect the heat back down,.
Now,..I'm not that lazy that I can't walk around and skim ice,...I just like to invent things that work,...and do other things,..