Small sleigh with your own hands. DIY Finnish sleigh

Whatever devices for winter recreation are invented, sleds remain leaders. They have gone through so many modifications, they are made from so many different materials, including with your own hands, that you can get confused in them. We will try to tell you more about wooden sleds.

Historical reference

The ancestors of the sleigh are considered to be drags, which were used by people even after the invention of the wheel. The first sleds were a very simple device: a seat and runners tightly fastened together. People tied oxen, horses, and dogs to poles tied together, while the back of such a sleigh dragged along the ground.

Rus' in the pre-Petrine period had rather bad roads, which is why sleighs were popular not only in winter time, but also in the summer. Moreover, riding a sleigh was the most honorable, so sleighs were especially often used for special occasions. Their appearance resembled a boat with edges curved at the back and front, or a long box tapering towards the front edge. The sleigh was pulled by one or two horses and one driver. The king's carts had shelves (ledges), on which two stewards were placed at the feet, and at the heels? two boyars.

In Rus', sleighs were called “carriers”, “drovnyas”, “kaptans” and?huts?. Today the following types of sleds are known:

wood? sleighs without a body, used by peasants;
cart? This is a covered sled with a backrest;
sledge, otherwise move? low, wide sleds;
toboggan? This is a sled without runners, which today is used for special riding. gutter by athletes;
Kerezhka? this is a sled up to two meters long with a hole in the nose for straps;
sled? hand sleds made of wood;
buer? This is a sled used in sports, equipped with a sail and designed for driving on ice;
skeleton? sleds without runners or steering, used in sports;
bean? sleds that have steering are used in sports.

Were sleds made of wood before? beech, birch, linden, ash, oak? and then varnished. The runners were also made of wood, but to protect them from wear they were reinforced with metal overlays. Today they are made entirely of metal, plastic, and so on. However, most craftsmen make them with their own hands from wood.

Application

Sled? It's not just fun for kids. This is, first and foremost, a vehicle. They are still used today, for example, in rural areas for transporting cargo (they are harnessed to horses). Was it customary for peasants to make sleighs for a special purpose? manual rolling, universal (transportation of people and household needs), passenger cars with camber runners, manual utility vehicles, ordinary passenger cars. Naturally, they had no decor, and they themselves were simple.

Also sleigh? This is an important equipment for luge sports. They are made of wood, but using special technology in order to develop the appropriate speed.

Also in cities you can find sleighs decorated, carved or painted to resemble Khokhloma, which can be rented for a walk, for children to ride, or ordered to celebrate an event.

Today, not only horses or dogs are harnessed to sleighs. With the development of mechanical engineering, snowmobiles and motorized towing vehicles appeared. Despite their diversity, hunters and fishermen cannot do without drag sleds (including those made of wood) for them. Modern models sold are distinguished by reliability, frost resistance, durability, safety and comfort. They try to make the runners iron to protect the bottom and extend their service life. Some craftsmen make such sleds with their own hands.

The lineup

There are many types of sleds, among which the most popular and popular are:

wooden folding ones, which save space during downtime due to the folding mechanism. They have a very durable construction;
wooden vintage. Their main advantage? stability due to their heaviness. By the way, thanks to the latter, the downhill is guaranteed;
wooden for two children close in age. Is this real joy for parents? no disputes in the fight for place. Just a perfectly calm walk;
wooden with long handles, with a back. The best option for walking with children aged from one to three years.

In principle, the material for making sleds has not changed today? birch, ash, any conifers. Main? original quality of wood and its correct processing.

So let's buy it?!

Some people may have a question: what is the best way to do it? buy a sled or make it yourself, with your own hands? In principle, the question is rhetorical, and it is difficult to give an unambiguous answer to it.

You should proceed from your capabilities. For example, the simplest wooden sled, without decorations or additions, can be bought for an average of 1,000 rubles. What if you already have the material? wooden blocks? this speeds up and reduces the cost of the matter. If there is no material, then you can buy it for an average of 500 rubles. All that remains is to measure, cut out the parts and connect them. If you have the desire, there will be no problem in making a sled with your own hands.

For process self-made you'll need a sled following materials and tools:

the material itself? tree;
screws or wood glue;
fine-grained sandpaper;
drill and jigsaw.

Before you start making a homemade sled, you need to calculate everything. To do this, you should draw life-size details of the future sleigh on paper, and then adjust them according to size.

On wooden base for the runners you need to draw a circle using a compass, and then cut it out. To secure the crossbars, you need to drill a blind hole and use round tenons. Having secured the crossbars, it is necessary to mark the center in them. Then drill the blind hole again. When the glue has completely dried, all the tips of the spikes should be trimmed and then sanded.

It is necessary to cut grooves on the sides of the seat for joining with the runners. The pieces of wood need to be glued to the back of the runners, but exactly where the edges of the runners will go. In those places where the runners will be connected to the seat, it is necessary to re-drill the holes for the round tenons.

If you want to make runners with strips of steel or aluminum, you need to drill holes for screws in the places where they are fastened. Required Items for a child seat, you can also make it from plywood, for example, attaching it using the same round spikes.

If you decide to make the sled longer, you should use wooden slats rather than round crossbars at the front and back. To make a seat, you will need to use not three, but four planks and place them on round spikes. If you decide to make strips of aluminum or steel, they should, accordingly, be longer than the previous version.

This is how easy it is to make a sled from wood with your own hands, spending literally one day on it.

As soon as the first snow fell, it turned out that the house did not have such a necessary winter cargo vehicle, like a sled. Children's sleds have long since been "sent" to a well-deserved rest in a pile of scrap metal, and they would have been rather weak for carrying heavy loads.

I had to take up the production of new sleds, so to speak, household ones - stronger and more suitable for transporting goods (Fig. 1).

In the far corner of the yard, under a shed in a scrap metal warehouse, I found arms from the headboards of steel beds and some thinner pipes that had been prudently stored just in case.

As the production of these sleds progressed, a whole set of structures for similar purposes swarmed in my head, and not universal ones, but specialized ones. But more about them later.

When designing the sled, I provided for such solutions.

Firstly, so that when quite small sizes The sleds themselves could be used to transport not only massive, but also oversized loads. To do this, their platform must be made in the same plane with the front jumper - the traverse. However, as the work progressed, I decided to install the traverse a little higher than the platform so that it would serve as a front support for the cargo box. And if necessary, lowering the jumper to the level of the platform will not be difficult.

1- runner ( steel pipeØ30, from a metal bed); 2 traverses (rolled steel angle 40×40); 3-loop for reins (steel wire Ø6, 2 pcs.); 4 - portal stand (steel pipe Ø20, 3 pcs.); 5 - platform plank (board 100×20.3 pcs.); 6 - fastening of the strip (self-tapping screw, 18 pcs.); 7 - reins (rope Ø7); 8 - gusset (steel sheet s4, 6 pcs.)

1– skid (steel pipe Ø30, 2 pcs.); 2-traverse (steel pipe Ø30); 3 - stop (steel rough Ø14, 2 pcs.); 4 - reins (rope Ø7); 5 - container for liquid (duralumin flask V=40 l)

Secondly, the platform must be quite high in order to transport overhanging loads on the sled. Thirdly, it is not advisable to make the platform solid, but it is better to make it lattice to make it easier and more reliable to attach loads to it, passing the rope not only along the edges, but also in the middle. To transport bulk cargo (snow, sand), you will still have to use a box or box.

And one last thing. It is advisable to also bend the rear ends of the runners a little - then, if necessary, you can easily move the sled back.

Here, perhaps, are all the “little tricks” that I tried to provide when making cargo sleds. The process of making them, as they say, is a matter of technology. First, I prepared individual parts: runners from a pipe with a diameter of 30 mm - from metal beds, racks-portals - from a 20 mm pipe. It is important that the racks are as identical as possible to each other, and that the runners are mirror images. I bent the tubes of the portal stands in a vice, and therefore in the places where they were bent they were slightly flattened and weakened. For reliability, these places had to be reinforced with struts, also made of pipe, but with a smaller diameter - 14 mm. Although, as an option shown in the drawing, this can also be done with scarves.

As for the assembly-welding process, at first I only slightly grabbed the parts, and after careful straightening to align the parallelism of the runners, I welded the joints completely and reliably.

The rear ends of the runner tubes were sealed with welded plugs, and the front ends with the ends of a plate-shaped cross member. Welding seams I sanded it down and finished it with a file. In the traverse, near the ends of the runners, I drilled holes (blunting with a drill thicker than their edges) for the reins. The platform was made from three longitudinally located wooden planks cross section 100×20 mm. The planks are pine, although it would be better to make them from non-resinous wood. I fastened them with the racks using self-tapping screws through corresponding holes pre-drilled simultaneously in both parts.

I painted only the steel parts in the usual manner: first I cleaned them of rust using metal brush And sandpaper; then degreased with white spirit; and finally primed and painted with NC enamel in two layers with intermediate drying.

It should be noted that the sled turned out quite well (Fig. 1 and photo), although I made it, one might say, in a hurry.

The attentive reader will notice that there are slight differences in the design of the sled in the drawing and photograph. For example, in the first case the racks are welded, and in the second they are bent; in the drawing the front crosspiece (crossbeam) is made from an angle, and in the photograph it is made from a steel strip. This was done in order to show the possibility of variant execution of certain components and parts.

Well, while I was making this sled, I realized that they are of little use for transporting containers with water and other liquids, and for this a different design is needed. However, I postponed the work until the next weekend so that, without fuss, and for my own pleasure, I could indulge in working with rusty metal. By that time, I had thought through the next design of water-carrying sleds and, having measured a 40-liter aluminum flask intended for use as a container, I even sketched their sketch (Fig. 2).

On the next weekend, I got down to business again with enthusiasm and by lunchtime I had finished making (except painting) another sled - a water-carrying sled. They are smaller in size than household ones, and simpler in design. They do not have racks - they were replaced by limiters made of a thinner pipe - 14 mm in diameter. In principle, they don’t even need a platform. The runners of these sleds, made of steel pipe with an outer diameter of 30 mm, smoothly transition into a traverse made of the same pipe welded between them, all three parts look like a single element.

As they say, he’s already got his hands full, and that’s why the matter went sour. But then relatives came. They not only positively assessed my products, but also asked me to make similar ones.

Without delaying things, I set about making the next sled. At the request of the customers, they were a symbiosis of the previous ones: the dimensions and design of the runners were like those of water carriers, and the racks with a loading platform were like those of utility vehicles. Here I would like to note that literally the day before I purchased a device for blind rivets. I tested it on this sled, attaching a platform made of 10 mm plywood to the posts with these rivets.

1 - skid (steel pipe Ø30); 2 traverses (steel pipe Ø30); 3 - portal stand (steel pipe Ø14, 2 pcs.); 4-platform (plywood s10); 5 - reins (rope Ø7); 6 - fastening the platform to the portal posts (blind rivet, 4 pcs.)

1 - skid (steel pipe Ø30.2 pcs.); 2 - bottom-trough (steel sheet s1); 3 - traverse (steel sheet s3, 2 pcs.); 4 - side (steel sheet s1.2 pcs.); 5 plug (wooden plug, 4 pcs.)

In the evening, on a manufactured sled (Fig. 3 in the photo), the guests took a bag of potatoes and vegetables stored in our cellar to their apartment. It’s just that the paint on the sled hasn’t had time to dry properly yet.

And yet, no matter how good all the previous sleds are, they are only suitable for “snow-rolled” or “ice” roads. For virgin snow, you need a different sled. We simply call them draggers, but the North American Indians called them more sonorously - toboggans, and this name stuck with them as an international one. The drag has a different design. Firstly, it does not have runners, and therefore it looks more like a trough. In this design, the drag is difficult to control and “skids” at every turn, especially at speed, when, for example, it is attached to a snowmobile. Therefore, my off-road sleds are also a symbiosis, only now a sled and a drag (Fig. 4). The drag runners, like those of the sleds, were made from a pipe with an outer diameter of 30 mm, and the loading platform-trough was made from a steel sheet 1 mm thick. The trough has sides on the sides, and in front and behind there are traverses with holes for passing ropes securing the load. Traverses can also be made as bottom flanges, for example, by folding its edges in half or even three times. The runners are curved at both ends, that is, the design is made according to the “push-pull” principle. The reins are secured in holes in the curved ends of the runners, and then the ends are plugged with wooden plugs to prevent snow from getting into the pipes.

I made such a drag as a gift to my hunting friend as a trailer for a snowmobile. I didn’t take a photo right away, but now there’s no such opportunity.

A. MATVEYCHUK, Zavodoukovsk, Tyumen region.

A snowmobile sled is a must-have attribute comfortable winter travel over long distances. Having loaded all the necessary luggage into them, you can go hunting or fishing or on any other trip.

A sled is a great addition to a pannier that can hold all the essentials, but cannot pack large, heavy items. Thanks to their use, the capabilities of the snowmobile owner are significantly expanded.

If you want to become the happy owner of such a design, you don’t have to buy them at all - you can make it quite easily with your own hands.

Snowmobile sleds - types of structures and the principle of their operation

There are several main types of snowmobile sleds, and each of them has Advantages and disadvantages. The sled is very versatile in its design. They easily attach to all types of snowmobiles. For example, to a snowmobile, and.

In order to choose the type that suits you, you need to consider several factors:

tracks and routes along which you need to travel, features of snow cover and terrain;
type of cargo transported;
driving style.

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Sleigh-drags are the most simple option.

They have several advantages:

compactness and low weight;
simplicity and speed of loading and unloading luggage;
The drag body body does not freeze.

However, drags have a serious drawback - due to the design features, their front part is often damaged. This type of sled is inexpensive, and making it yourself is impractical.

Passenger sleighs can be found infrequently. They usually consist of a housing made of plastic or plywood mounted on skids.

For greater passenger comfort, the design of the passenger sleigh can be sprung, and lighting and heating can be installed in the cabin.

They are not easy to find on sale, but such designs are sometimes made by winter fishermen and other outdoor recreation enthusiasts during the cold season.

A passenger sleigh can carry one or even several passengers, therefore, having only one snowmobile, the owner of this design can take a large company out into the snowy nature.

The main disadvantages are the large dimensions and weight of the structure. Because of this, passenger sleds can only be attached to powerful, high-powered snowmobiles.

Cargo sleds are the most versatile and practical option. They are designed more complexly than drags, but at the same time much simpler than passenger ones. This sled is different high lifting capacity with small dimensions.

Due to the relatively small contact area with the surface, cargo sleds have a smoother ride than drag sleds - such structures easily slide on their runners, easily overcoming obstacles.

The luggage in them is protected much better. Below are photos of a homemade snowmobile sled.

Due to the fact that their skis are located at a great distance from each other, cargo sleds can also boast much greater stability than drag sleds.

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A standard cargo sled consists of three main elements:

frame;
runners;
flooring

The frame is the basis of the entire structure. The runners are attached to the bottom of the frame using racks. There is a flooring on top, on which the loads will be placed.

For greater convenience and functionality, the frame of the cargo trolley must be equipped with railings and a covered structure placed on it.

In such a box, cargo will be reliably protected from snow and wind.

Necessary materials

What are skis for a snowmobile sled made of? Let's consider the structure simple option snowmobile sled from metal pipe. In order to make such a design, you will need:

profiled metal pipe 20×20, wall thickness - 2-3 mm;
round plastic pipes for making skis;
Metal sheet;
plywood sheets 10-15 or more millimeters thick.

Sleigh with metal frame much more reliable and durable than structures made from plastic pipes.

Their disadvantage is more weight, however, they will serve for a long time and without failure. The only thing that may be needed when operating such a design is periodic replacement of plastic skis, which will wear out over time or may be damaged when hitting rocks and roots.

Making a homemade sled for a snowmobile with your own hands

Weld from four pipes rectangular metal frame.
If you want to provide design high strength and make it possible to transport heavy loads, make several additional crossbars.
Weld to the frame vertical racks, their number depends on the length of the sled, best option- from 2 to 5 racks on each side. The more of them there are, the more reliable the design will be.

Make out tube skis. It is better if they are flat - in this case the sled will fall under the snow much less. To straighten the pipes, you need to use a hair dryer.
If such a tool is not at hand, the pipes can be heated over an open fire to level them, but this must be done with caution. After heating, the pipe must be placed under the board, a weight placed on top and left until it cools. After this, you need to make an upward bend in front of each pipe.
Secure the runners on the frame. In order for the sled to move through the snow as easily as possible, the top of each ski should extend directly to the level of the frame and be attached to the front of the frame.
Also secure the drawbar in the front part of the frame. To do this, reinforce the mounting location metal sheet and cut the bushing into it.
After this, you need to fix it on the frame. plywood flooring- and the sled is ready for use.

Results

Since a homemade sled for a snowmobile with your own hands will be used in winter, you need to carefully select materials and components that should withstand the lowest temperatures well.

In addition, it is necessary to take into account that the structure will be subject to shock quite often, therefore, they must also be very durable.

If you choose materials and components not carefully enough, the sled may simply fall apart on the move after a few months of use, or even earlier.

If you decide to make not cargo, but passenger sled, the issue must be approached very carefully. Safety must come first - this applies both to the choice of materials and to the care with which all parts must be connected.

Speeds when traveling on a snowmobile can be high, and encounters with obstacles usually occur unexpectedly, so you need to think through everything important points so that the design of your passenger sled is as reliable as possible.

The presence of a sled gives many additional features, while making such a design with your own hands is not so difficult. Its construction will not require large expenses and will not take much time.

It is important to take into account that there is no universal sled for all occasions - which means that ideally you should have a set of several different designs, which will be sufficient for any situation.

If you make them yourself, carefully approach the choice of materials and the work process itself. In this case, the sled you make will be reliable and durable and will serve you for many years.

Do-it-yourself winter sled using plastic pipes: installation rules

When the long-awaited snow falls, you want to immediately plunge into the atmosphere of joyful winter mood, and to begin with, we, as usual, head to the store for uniforms.

Difficulties in choosing

First we want to buy sleds, skates and skis. But despite this, there are cases when we cannot buy the corresponding item in a certain store. And all because she seemed ugly and uncomfortable to you.

As they say, there is no comrade for taste and color. But don’t be upset, there is another way to satisfy yourself - doing the thing yourself thanks to your ingenuity. By making it yourself, you can make the thing the way you want.

Sleigh parts

1. High quality and strong base. This is a basic aspect in all motor vehicles. It must be not only beautiful, but also with all the convenience and reliability, otherwise it will break not at the most favorable moment.

2. Strong runners that should slide and turn perfectly.

3. The characteristics of the sled should be in moderation. There is no need to make them completely small, or very large.

Take note! Before making a sled yourself, think about why you will need it. This could be a sled for your children or, on the contrary, for parents to relax with friends and family. Or they can also serve as a cargo type for transporting firewood, building tools, etc.

Metal sleigh

They are made from aluminum alloy (see). This the usual way, people have known him since childhood. The seat is made of planks painted in rainbow colors, the back and base are painted. Previously, there were heavy alloy sleds such as high-quality steel, heavy and unmanageable metal structures. Nowadays, no one uses them anymore, but almost everyone can remember a sled made of aluminum alloy (see).

Wooden sleigh

This is a very ancient version of the invention; before, our distant ancestors could not imagine their life without them. This type of sled was made from good and durable wood, for example oak or beech. They look beautiful, but there is one caveat: they are very heavy and they will serve as transportation of firewood and construction tools.

Air-inflated sled

More recently, in our time, they began to produce sleds of this type, but they are, as a rule, for children. They are very light in weight, the seat is soft, but at the same time they are very uncomfortable and it is impossible to control them; when they turn, they skid and the child falls.

Sled made of plastic

At the beginning of their creation, they looked like a basin or trough. The kids love to ride them, but there is still a caveat: they are unreliable, hard and uncontrollable. You can ride them down a short slide, but they are not suitable for a long journey and large slides.

As a result, we found out that there are many types of sleds. But all that remains is to choose, but it is not so easy. If a child needs a sled, then it is better to choose the most comfortable and safe one. But choosing a product for transporting cargo or for riding professionals is not so easy. So let's get started independent production sled using plastic pipes.

Take note! For work, you can use a pipeline that has already been used previously as plumbing, this will allow you to save money. It is very easy to transform such a pipe from old to new by painting.

So let's get to work

Items and tools for work

Having chosen a certain type of sled, equip yourself with pipes and the right tools.

To do this you need:

1. Plastic pipes.

2. Hacksaw for metal alloy.

3. Device for welding pipelines.

4. Industrial hair dryer for heating pipes.

5. Knife with a sharp blade.

6. File

7. Felt pen or pencil.

8. Bolts and nuts.

9. Metal corners for fastening.

Progress

At the beginning of work you need to make the base of the sled.

1. Determine and measure cut locations on the pipelines. If in the future you do not have the opportunity to fuse the pipes together, then cut the corners at 45 degrees.

2. Since our base is rectangular, we will need two long pieces for the axial sides, and two small ones for the transverse sides. Now you can clean the sawed cuts with an emery surface.

3. Lay the base horizontally and check the size ratio. Nothing should be mowed in different sides. Now you can connect pipes by welding, or if you don’t have the opportunity, use metal corners.

4. Turn the base over and do the same on back side. In order to keep everything secure, cut no more than two more pieces of pipeline, but now perpendicularly. But keep in mind that before cutting, carefully and repeatedly measure the distance between the outer edges of the pipelines lying in opposite directions.

5. File the ends of the cut pieces for the crossbars, giving them the shape. Next, screw or weld the cross members to the base. Now let's start creating the legs for the runners. To do this you need to know the height of your sled. We recommend making it average about 25-30 centimeters. Likewise, this is the length of the legs.

6. Make 7 to 9 sections to ensure the base is secure.

7. After stripping and cutting off the legs, attach them to the base metal corners and bolts.

8. Now let's start creating the runners. For your convenience, they can be made in the form of skis; they are easy to control and much lighter.

9. To give the pipe a round shape, cut it lengthwise and bend the end of the pipe using heat.

10. Now you need to give the skis natural shape. We do the same thing, heat the end of the pipe and bend it to a certain angle so that they are the same.

11. Now let's attach them to the legs. Attach the ends that are bent to the top of the base.

12. The sleigh is almost ready, just a little embellishment remains. The backrest for the seat can be made to any height for your convenience.

13. To do this, take a pipe and bend it at an angle of 90 degrees using heat.

14. Attach the seat to the sled using special fasteners. In addition to the back, you can attach handles.

15. The time has come to create the seat. It can be made of plywood or wooden planks.

16. Having cut out a piece suitable for yourself, you do not need to attach it immediately; it is better to make a warm seat from foam rubber or cotton wool.

17. Cut the material according to the dimensions of the seat and finish it. Now you can attach this wonderful seat to the base using self-tapping screws or construction buttons.

The sleigh is ready for battle, now we have achieved our goal. A completely excellent and useful product came out of unnecessary material.

Winter has come and at this time there is one sports activity that all children like to do - sledding. If you don’t have them, but have a desire to create a sled yourself, then in this article we will tell you how to make an original sled with your own hands from old and unnecessary things. Your children will certainly like such sleds, as they look very interesting and unusual. It is also convenient to transport small loads in these sleds, since the seat is made in the form of a recess in which you can put the load, and it will not fall out, as can happen with conventional sleds.

All the parts for the sled are quite possibly gathering dust in your closet, garage, balcony, these are old children's skis, a children's or garden cart and a few more parts. This project is very flexible and all parts can be replaced with any others you have.

Materials and tools:

A bucket from a garden or children's cart (cart) - you can use an old one or you can buy a new one at a hardware or children's store.
Skis - we used short children's skis (about 1.5 m), but you can also use unnecessary adult skis by cutting them to the required length.
Braided polyester rope.
8 wooden blocks about 3 cm thick, about 10 cm long and about 5 cm wide, the same as the width of skis.
A thick piece of plywood (to fit the size of the bottom of the cart bucket), we took a 2-centimeter piece of 60x60 cm.
Galvanized self-tapping screws, about 7 cm.
Bolts, fixing washers and nuts.
Ruler or tape measure.
Jigsaw or regular manual jigsaw or a hacksaw.
Drill.
Sandpaper.
Protective glasses.

Well, it's time to have fun creating a sled with your own hands, skis that will be used in the project, take those that you do not use for skiing, perhaps worn out, also take the same unused or broken cart. You can find used skis at most online stores. We decided to use children's skis since they were perfect length for this project (150 cm).

First, remove the boot mounts on your skis using a screwdriver or screwdriver; they are usually screwed onto each ski with four screws.

Place the cart bucket on the plywood and trace around the edge of the bottom of the cart bucket with a pencil.

Using a jigsaw or hacksaw, cut out the required base for the ladle from plywood along the contour. Also cut out the necessary bars for the racks, 8 pieces, from the board. Dimensions of these bars: 10x5x3.

Using sandpaper or grinder Sand the edges of the plywood and lumber until they are smooth and free of burrs.

To protect against water, coat the plywood and blocks with varnish and leave them to dry. warm room overnight to allow the varnish to dry.

Attaching the plywood base to the bucket. Plywood serves solid foundation for our sleigh. Inside the bucket there are usually already mounting holes on the sides, but if there are none, drill them using a drill. Then place the ladle on our plywood and use a pencil to mark these holes on the plywood and drill holes in the plywood in the marked places required thickness under our screws. Then tighten the bucket and plywood with bolts, securing from below with locking washers and a nut.

Our bolts turned out to be too long, so we cut them off, leaving an end of about 1 cm.

Attaching the stands. Using self-tapping screws, you can try to screw the racks into the already used holes from the fasteners in the skis, so as not to drill new holes. But we screwed it up in other places, which created more strong connection between the racks and the skis. For this we used 5 self-tapping screws for each stand.

Now let's put all the parts together. To do this, place our bucket on wooden stands, align the back and front of the skis so that the distance between them is the same everywhere.

Attach with self-tapping screws top part to the racks, but be careful not to hit the heads of the screws that we screwed in earlier.

That's it, our sleds that we collected with our own with my own hands, ready.. so, wait, something else is missing. Well, of course, we still need to attach a rope to our sleds. To do this, drill two holes in the front of the bucket, take a rope of the required length and insert its two ends into these holes and make knots at these ends.

Riding on these sleds is a lot of fun, but they can also be dangerous, as they are quite fast and use a protective helmet for protection. Every time after riding, check the integrity of all parts of the sled, if something is broken, then make the necessary repairs before using the sled again.