A homemade fishing box made of plywood is shown in the drawing below, tested before painting. And I will continue the topic of making a fishing box with my own hands, designed for storing gear and fish caught during winter fishing.
A wooden plywood fishing container, like a homemade foam box, consists of two independent waterproof compartments. Fishermen who doubt the strength of a homemade foam box can make a box from plywood.
But I warn you, in a plywood box during winter fishing, the catch of fish caught, as well as the fisherman’s lunch, will freeze much faster than in a polystyrene foam box.
The drawings show a fishing box made of plywood and a pencil case in their original form before painting.
Painting after production will prevent the loss of the box during winter fishing in heavy snowfall or a blizzard for a fisherman who likes to check old holes.
Therefore, in order not to risk losing your homemade product in blizzard fishing conditions, I advise you to paint the top plywood of the finished box in a color contrasting with the snow.
Plywood ice fishing box
A homemade fishing box is glued together from multi-layer plywood, but the strength of the structure should be ensured by the slats glued into the corners. For this reason, 4-layer plywood is quite suitable for making a laminated wooden structure with your own hands.
A homemade box, conventionally made from 4-layer plywood without a pencil case, is shown in the drawing.
You can glue the box and the pencil case using the technology of making a foam plastic box for winter fishing with your own hands. Here I will give some tips related to the thickness of the walls of homemade plywood.
With an internal partition glued into the plywood box box, the design of the fishing box will be quite rigid, but rather heavy.
From the inside, along the perimeter of all compartments of a homemade fishing box, blocks with a square cross-section of 8 x 8 or 10 x 10 mm should be glued. When gluing the box, the plywood should be screwed to the bars.
The width of the thermos compartment is measured between the top bars, and not between the wooden plywood walls. Otherwise, your thermos will not squeeze into the compartment made for it.
Work plan
Before starting assembly, you need to think everything through. In order not to forget anything, it is better to make a drawing of the future box. Not everyone was friendly with drawing and geometry at school, and that may have been a long time ago. However, here you will need the simplest option. The main thing is to note the main things for yourself:
- Exact dimensions;
- Shape;
- Some details are in more detail.
To implement the scheme, you can use any convenient option. Common ones include:
- A drawing made on a computer. You can do it yourself or contact a “specialist”. It would be quite suitable, for example, for a child of primary school age. They now have excellent command of technology, and the task is not difficult. Another way is to install one of the special programs, which will do almost everything itself. All that remains is to print it out.
- If “your hands still remember,” you can make a drawing yourself on graph paper. You will get a high-quality, accurate and beautiful diagram, but you need drawing skills.
- Probably the simplest and most practical option is a regular diagram sketched on a squared piece of notebook paper. The dimensions and outlines are there, but the rest is optional.
When everything is more or less clear with the design, you need to think about the assembly order. This will save time and avoid unnecessary effort.
Fishing box plywood thickness
You can choose your own thickness of the plywood walls of the ice fishing box box, but, in my opinion, 4-layer plywood is more suitable for making side walls with your own hands. Then your fishing box will not have too much weight and the homemade product will be strong enough.
The drawing below shows the components of a pencil box, also made of plywood, intended for storing fishing rods and gear for winter fishing. The dimensions of the length and width of the pencil case and the box of the fishing box should be tied together with fairly great accuracy.
You can make the lid yourself from plywood of the same design as on a homemade foam fishing box, that is, in the form of a pencil case. On this occasion I am drawing another drawing.
Tools
- First, a convenient place, preferably a table covered with a cloth or newspapers, so glue and varnish will be used. If there is no table, the floor will do, but working on the floor is not convenient, and it is dirty.
- Secondly, you need the following tools - a screwdriver, a hammer, pliers, a ruler, nails and a level to determine deviations from the vertical and horizontal.
- Thirdly, you will need gloves for working with glue and, preferably, a respirator, since you will need to apply a special frost-resistant varnish (optional).
That's all, now let's start manufacturing.
Expert opinion
Strebizh Viktor Fedorovich, leading construction foreman
We make the internal layout of the upper and lower compartments at our discretion, so that any necessary item can be easily and quickly removed, as well as quickly put back in its place. If you want to clarify something, please contact me!
Homemade fishing box with plywood pencil case
The grooves for the movement of the lid of the fishing box pencil case should be formed between two narrow wooden blocks with a cross-section of 5 x 5 or 6 x 6 mm glued parallel to the side walls of plywood. That is, as shown in the drawing.
The cover of a pencil case for storing and carrying gear during winter fishing, which is also a fisherman’s seat, can be made with your own hands either from 4-layer plywood, or from sheet getinax or textolite.
Before going on winter fishing, the plywood of the finished box should be soaked in drying oil and painted.
I do not recommend cutting holes in the wall of a plywood box, like a foam plastic box, for throwing caught fish into a wooden container.
Otherwise, in the frosty conditions of winter fishing, you will quickly freeze your fish catch, just like you freeze your lunch, and also significantly cool the contents of the thermos.
It’s better not to throw the caught fish into the snow, where it will freeze in the shape of the letter “zyu,” but to put it in a fishing pouch. You will also place frozen fish from it into your plywood box, but in an elongated state. In this form, more of it will fit into your fishing box for winter fishing.
You can see an analogue of a plywood fishing box on my YouTube channel in a video called Homemade fishing box. Only it shows a newly made box not made of plywood, but of polystyrene foam.
All articles and inventions on the site, many of which have been tested and tested in winter fishing for at least fifty years, are copyrighted. So, I think you won’t have any difficulties.
Tools
- The box should be very light. Sometimes fishermen are faced with situations where they need to walk several kilometers on ice to get to the fishing spot, and then it’s not entirely pleasant to carry the weight.
- It should fit everything you need. Based on what you need, you should choose the capacity.
- He must be practical. The ease of putting things in and taking them out of the drawer should be maximized.
- The box must be durable. You won't like it if you sit on it and it falls apart.
- Average price. Don't buy a box that is too cheap or too expensive. Give preference to the golden mean, and for those who do not want to buy, we recommend reading further - below there are step-by-step instructions for making a box at home.
How to treat the surface → Room decoration → How to choose the right paint → Surface treatment technologies → Leveling and finishing the walls → Selecting and applying a primer → Removal from the surface → Stretch ceilings and technologies → Reviews and testimonials
Box hinges for ice fishing
A homemade fishing box made of plywood is made with a folding pencil case. When making a box for winter fishing from plywood, the lid-pencil case can be made hinged on two regular hinges.
When closing the box, the perimeter of the pencil case should fit snugly to the perimeter of the box. The guides of the lid of the pencil case should not rest against the partitions glued inside the box.
As for the homemade fishing box made of polystyrene foam, I would recommend fastening the box of the foam plastic fishing box with the pencil case using a piano hinge for strength. You understand that polystyrene foam is not the most durable material in the world.
Yes, and sometimes we transport boxes to winter fishing and back, not in the best conditions.
A piano hinge would not interfere with a box glued together from plywood, given the small width of the blocks glued along the perimeter. Or, to attach it to the pencil case box, glue one block wider.
Peculiarities
Fishing boxes are durable and spacious metal, plastic or foam structures.
They are made from materials that are resistant to negative external influences. The products are not destroyed when used in conditions of high humidity or temperature changes. They are designed to accommodate various fishing gear:
- bait;
- hooks;
- floats;
- sinker;
- leashes;
- spinners, wobblers;
- nets for feeders for feeder fishing;
- reels, fishing line and other accessories.
One of the main advantages is the convenient arrangement of accessories due to the well-thought-out design of the box. With such a box, the fisherman will have everything at hand - he will not need to waste time looking for bait, spoons, hooks - the shelves and compartments of the containers will help to properly organize all the necessary gear.
Other advantages of such products include:
- reliable protection of dry complementary foods from getting wet by preventing water from penetrating into the closed box;
- ensuring the safety of the contents of the container under various mechanical influences due to its high strength;
- versatility - most models of boxes can be used as a stool (their strength allows them to withstand a weight of 100-130 kg).
Fishing boxes also have some disadvantages. The main one is inconvenient transportation, especially if the product is not equipped with a shoulder strap. This is an unimportant factor for fishermen who get to the place by personal transport. However, if a person needs to cover a long distance on foot, it is best to use a backpack.
Painting a winter fishing box
If you paint a homemade winter foam box in a color that is noticeable in the snow, you can go fishing tomorrow. I can advise you the same way about painting a homemade plywood box.
And, if you paid attention to this, metal corners are glued to the lower corners of my fishing foam boxes and then secured with short screws.
To increase strength, all walls of the winter fishing box can be coated with PU-2 glue or epoxy resin before painting. Just keep in mind that the glue is very difficult to process mechanically, so impregnation should be done carefully.
By the way: You can take the dimensions of a plywood ice fishing box from a foam fishing box. Open the link below.
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Homemade foam box for ice fishing
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What kind of miracle is in the hands of an ice fisherman?
For a couple of decades, it was made individually from wood or covered with leatherette for the slightest decoration.
Nowadays, relatively wealthy restless fishermen carry more elegant, but equally bulky boxes with them when fishing.
Although they are made according to modern standards: from PVC polymers, duralumin and other lightweight materials.
In addition, these newfangled fishing chests open not only in the chest way, but they also have drawers that extend outward without opening the main lid.
You can buy them in specialized fishing stores, order them online and receive them with delivery. Their prices are quite high, designed for those who are too lazy to make something.
They are ready to pay from three to twenty thousand rubles for a ready-made fishing chest from PLANO, as well as from Nautilusa and Flambeau.
