Building rails and boxes

[manzear]

does anyone build their own boxes or rails....do you also have any plans or ideas...i am planning on doing some welding this summer...any ideas would be appreciated...i have thought about putting a small business together...building rails and boxes for skiing/snowboarding/snowskating...good idea? gimme some input...

 

[Ryno]

we made one outta wood and lexan...does the trick and it was cheap and not too heavy (one person can carry it)

pics in my profile ( im to lazy to link it)

 

[sneather]

i just made a 12' f-d-f in my tech class .... now im making a 12 flatbar for my friend

 

[parkbuilder]

Use old antennas! hahaha

 

[PipeMonkey]

I've made a couple, your idea for a small business will probably fail. Most kid wouldn't be able to afford a custom built rails. Steel is really expensive. And resorts either make their own rails or have a proffesional welder do them.

 

[AMcCraw]

holy shit u made tons give me one please

 

[lyndon]

that was in skitime!!!

 

[Medford_photo]

Ya that was in skitime but rich ill build some rails with you man i know were metal is

 

[ericski]

ill buy a rail from u but talk to your tech teacher at school he might hook u up with some metal

 

[sneather]

heres a pic of the one i built in tech class

 

[manzear]

thats a very nice set-up...did you get metal from scrap yards...i have metal around my house that i could use..but that set-up has way more metal than i have..nice job

 

[sneather]

more

 

[Jake...]

thats small but sick for homemade

 

[sneather]

well its 12' ... any bigger and i would have had some trouble getting it home

 

[Caledon-skier]

i want to make a bunch

 

[RKF]

yeah dude.. ever go to the junkyard behind moonbeam??? tons of scrap steel pipes, i want to steal some and buy a welder, then make a ton of them.

 

[my_ar5_steeze]

yo pipemonkey, you make some siick rails, how long does it take u to build them, what shit do u use, n do u sell them, how much

 

[PipeMonkey]

they take about half a day to a day to build. I use metal that i find in random places and they aren't really for sale, but u can make me an offer

 

[ericski]

ill make an offer but how much for a double kink ? (around)

 

[parkbuilder]

^that's why you "make an offer" so he doesnt have to tell you how much, first. Everything has a price.

 

[ericski]

^i have no idea how much the metal cost so im asking him around the price

 

[AMcCraw]

id pay anwhere from 10 to 60 witch prob is cheap

 

[PipeMonkey]

Steel is pretty expensive. A ski resort will pay anywhere upward from 500 bucks to make a simple rail.

 

[ericski]

^ Holly shit i dont got that kind of money

 

[sneather]

my rail (posted above) cost me $100 for materials

 

[Ryno]

its all steel right?

 

[sneather]

yup

 

[matthasaurusrex]

mslm style...

 

[sneather]

^ yea man!

 

[jibmaster_josh]

i built a 10 foot c rail just outta wood and pvc. i also made a 10' flat rail from wood and pvc.

 

[ericski]

how?

 

[Ryno]

no offense...but a 10ft long C rail isnt going to work too well.. thats really short

 

[jibmaster_josh]

oh well

 

[Ryno]

how big is the Curve on the C?

if its not too severe it could be pretty good

 

[KRASHED]

 

[Jake...]

haha ryno recieving as usual hahahaha

 

[ericski]

were do you get flat pvc like that

 

[Ryno]

It's lexan.

I got the sheet from a hockey rink that didnt want it. Its the clear shit they put over the ad's on the boards.

If we ever get our ass in gear, we will have 2 of those boxes...maybe a lil kink action for switchups

 

[jibmaster_josh]

its like 90 degrees...i think theres a pic on my profile. its got a decent bank on it so it should be alright

 

[Jake...]

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[PipeMonkey]

That won't last very long, that plastic is really soft

 

[ericski]

do you know how i could get some?

 

[jibmaster_josh]

if it doesnt last, then ill just make a new one

 

[my_ar5_steeze]

i made a rail last year, outta shit from my garage, it was pretty chun, n it broke after like 3 sessions, but i got a new flat rail thing, so me n my buddy might go inot our shop at school n build it

 

[ragadytrees]

i got a sick flat bar that i painted gold it is preatty tight

 

[jibmaster_josh]

my c rail only cost me like 40 bucks for materials, but its only pvc and wood

 

[ericski]

how do u bend pvc

 

[ragadytrees]

you heat it

 

[ericski]

doesnt it get all unsmooth then

 

[KRASHED]

ya, keep an eye out at local rinks for renovations to the boards, they usually do something like that in summer when its off season for hockey. If nothing turns up just find the maintainence dude (probably Zamboni driver) and ask if they have any old (maybe broken) sheets of puckboard.

 

[Jake...]

wat are you talking about?