Nutcracker Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 (edited) Dont waste 30 or even 40 quid on a weed rake make your own. You need ... 30 ... 2 and a 1/2 in screws One 18 inch pvc pipe thats 1 inch and a 1/4 width Around 2ft of Farmers Fence wire. And some Rope. Its pretty straight forward just copy the picture i did this in around 45 mins with some tweeking. Will come in handy and yes thats a palomar knot Dean. Edited March 13, 2017 by DEANO30 Missed something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianfrog Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 Fill the pipe with lead ! You will need something to push it in to the deck. By the way the better the rake the more people it takes to retrieve. Cheers Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greekskii Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 Good job. Nice to see some DIY equipment. If you back to back two rake heads and cable tie them with the metal ties you get a big rake, maybe too effective as you may need a whole army to pull it out depending on how weedy the place is!! B.C. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutcracker Posted March 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2017 Its gonna be mainly used on canadian pond weed just to clear an area from the margin to about 8ft out and a couple of rake widths wide ... i find the screws better than a rake head as they are at all angles with the rake head i find it pulls throu without picking up the canadian pond weed up ... rake heads work better on silt weed i find. Im only doing it as the bars of soap will be on the munch soon and i have had some of my best days fishing for them over a freshly raked line ... chuck a can of corn over the top and fish the 2nd day after you raked it and when you arrive just as the suns coming up you can watch them rolling over the line you raked and the fizzing is unreal. I normally catch almost instantly ... double corn sorts them right out. salokcinnodrog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welder Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 Mine is four ordinary rake heads welded together, all at 90 degrees to each other on a length of 20mm steel tube. I pass a length of polypropylene rope through the tube, form a noose and just chuck it out. No photos, sorry, but it works very well. Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonny Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 On 3/18/2017 at 00:40, welder said: Mine is four ordinary rake heads welded together Hence the name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welder Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 6 hours ago, yonny said: Hence the name? It's how I earn a living, yonny. My son and I manufacture and install wrought iron gates, railings and the like. Ian chillfactor and yonny 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillfactor Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 And a fine job you do too mate , always looks spot on welder and salokcinnodrog 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welder Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 1 hour ago, chillfactor said: And a fine job you do too mate , always looks spot on Thanks for that, Phil. Were getting the hang of it now. Ian salokcinnodrog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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