Best One ive ever seen was an old G clamp fastened to some rope it took some beating !

4kg kettlebell
20ft chain
50ft yachting rope

job done.

bloody hell, 70ft you must have arms like popeye….lol

@dirkdiggler wrote:

4kg kettlebell
20ft chain
50ft yachting rope

job done.

for most pools 10ft of chain is sufficient.

remember to buy some fittings/bolts to make securing chain easier.

Kettlebells will set you back £15 unless you find one down the poundlands.

Some have made them using quickset readymix concrete for fence posts, poured into an old paint tin with the end of the chain either coiled into it or using an eyebolt and plate.

4kg is about ideal for average conditions if it bounces then think about going home..

these take some beating http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ICE-BREAKERS-COOLMINT-MINTS-1-x-PACK-COOL-MINT-/150442748076?pt=UK_Sweets_Chocolate&hash=item23071628ac, fire some on ice with catty done in 2 mins been using these for years

I dont reckon you’ll be able to chuck out the weight required to bust it if it freezes everynight for the next week.
Next weekend will be a non starter

Im looking on ebay for some ice skates!!!!!

Boiling water in a Spomb~shh

Boiling water in a spomb you might be better of fastening a blow torch to your cupping kit !

I have 2 large brake discs bolted together with a doubled up length of stainless chain with 6mm nuts and bolts through it up the length to act as a saw and then 10mtrs of rope.

Made mine out of 7lb lead, two 14″ chainsaw chains and 7 foot of 1″ chain with 16m of cord.

Chainsaw blade cuts through ice quickly allowing it to be broken up and moved, you do need a good pair of cut resistant gloves for throwing out.

Previously just used chain which now seems like hard work.

Good set chest waders and 7lb hammer are great where depth allows.

I have a 16m rope, with a 14lb sledge hammer on one end, the handle is just a foot long for ‘smashing’ ice, and on the other end i did have a 7lb lump hammer for thinner ice, but have just changed it for round weight, about 7lb, but with a chainsaw blade for cutting.

One week you need to smash thick ice, another week a lighter cutter is better.

mines a baked bean tin filled with molten lead and about 8ft of chain coming out of that, then about 20ft of bt draw cable

all free for me from sites ive worked on lol

and if this wont go through ill pack up and go home!

100×100 solid round bar welded to a metal hoop 2 foot of s/s chain and 13mtrs of rope easy

Making some this week, i’ve got a supply of lead sash weights that i’m going to cut different lengths, think i’ll need a heavy one by next week!
Going to try putting some nuts and bolts in the chain to aid cutting.

@eels wrote:

Making some this week, i’ve got a supply of lead sash weights that i’m going to cut different lengths, think i’ll need a heavy one by next week!
Going to try putting some nuts and bolts in the chain to aid cutting.

Thats what ive done mate, made the weights interchangeable to suit different thicknesses~clap ~clap

Lose your ice breaker third chuck fcuk of home clean oven then go out on lash all afternoon.~clap

no wonder to price of scrap is through to roof and with this lot getting launched in the next week the scrap man will be in a dilema

You need to attached your breaker with a Turner knot its a special knot Casper.

Sash window weights are perfect Round profile 30mm dia with an attachement eye on the top. fasten 8-10ft of chain to the sah weight then some rope to the chain and away you go. If the ice is thick well a small 12″ chain saw works best.

Where would I get a sash window weight?

Just go down the scrappers and find something heavy an old car jack would do the business !

what sort of knot will you use when you chuck the chainsaw in?

be very very careful if using chainsaw ? saw sombody nearly rip all his fingers of on bridgwater canal traford some years ago…… ps another tip is always tie a bigish loop in other end of rope to your chosen wieght and put your foot in it .as you see loads chuck it in and wet rope slips through hands to be lost in water and become a snag in your peg?????????

@martynbrooks wrote:

be very very careful if using chainsaw ? saw sombody nearly rip all his fingers of on bridgwater canal traford some years ago…… ps another tip is always tie a bigish loop in other end of rope to your chosen wieght and put your foot in it .as you see loads chuck it in and wet rope slips through hands to be lost in water and become a snag in your peg?????????

I wouldnt put your foot in it as i know people have gone over due to rope tightenin stick a bank stick in ground

The best i have found is an old antique iron, the ones your Gran heated up on the fire. Weighs about 4-5lb. This is great as you have the handle for good chuckability. Attach this to 5-6 foot of thin chain. All i do is loop the chain through the handle nut and bolt with a washer either side this way you can use the same rope and chain but easily attach different weight, a 14lb sledge hammer head makes a good alternative with the wood knocked out.
Throw in twice to make two cuts and a triangle of ice then push the ice under or ontop of the frozen ice.
Chaim diameter is important as the tinner chain cuts through the ice better. i use some from b&q wouldnt use chain saw as dangers mentioned.

I use a loop of chain through my weight all the way up to the rope, then i put nuts and bolts through it at about 4″ intervals and then these help saw through the ice but aren’t sharp on the fingers.

@pecker wrote:

these take some beating http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ICE-BREAKERS-COOLMINT-MINTS-1-x-PACK-COOL-MINT-/150442748076?pt=UK_Sweets_Chocolate&hash=item23071628ac, fire some on ice with catty done in 2 mins been using these for years

pecker these are quiet obviously sweets are you taking the P ?

@badger wrote:

Lose your ice breaker third chuck fcuk of home clean oven then go out on lash all afternoon.~clap

badger if i cleaned the oven our lass would want a bun in it ?

Just dug my way through the snow to the local scrap yard to buy some lead. Believe it or not I was told that they could not sell to the general public any more, especially lead! (I bet they buy the stuff of Joe Public though or at least someone does as a building near here has been stripped of lead 4 times this year).

I told him that I wasn’t going to make a pipe bomb, just and ice breaker. Didn’t seem to make much difference though so I left without anything to dig my way home again!

The world has gone totally mad!