Flat plastic for backyard rails

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Does anybody know any cheap plastic to use to make a box or flat rail for a backyard setup. Also where would you get it.
 
Acryllic, HDPE, ABS are just a few, For enough plastic to build a 8' by 2' box your talking about a lot of money for either of those options. My best suggestion is to just use 4 pvc pipes that are at least 2" in diameter and that will give you a pretty wide surface area for your box.Thats what I do. Hopefully it works for you. I also can tell you some tips about creating wooden boxes and making them slide as if they were a piece of plastic. Just message me.
 
You can get pvc sheeting but I'm not sure what it runs. Doubt it's much. A lot of people run small pvc tubes for "boxes"

If you want to get super legit you can rock some hdpe or uhmw.If you're spending real loot on a topsheet I would recommend going with steel coping. You can still frame the box out of would but there's no point in spending beyond pvc for the topsheet if you're going to pvc the coping.
 
13322056:UilyJeff said:
1" steel pipe border on a box with 1/4" lexan inlaid works great!
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If you have the nessicery resources this is the way to go hands down imo. I have experience with pvc also. Its not nearly as professional asteticaly, slightly less durable, but all around a great option especially when looking to go cheep if you check out my profile I have an old pic of a pvc box style jib made off wood pvc decking screws and liquid nails
 
I have found that close 1" or 2" PVC pipes works great.

However, if you are looking for a really legit box, buy a few sheets of HDPE plastic.
 
13322572:AT-AT said:
I have found that close 1" or 2" PVC pipes works great.

However, if you are looking for a really legit box, buy a few sheets of HDPE plastic.
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I haven't checked it out for awhile, but when I was looking at buying a sheet of white HDPE, it was only sold in 4' x 8' sheets and it was like $180 per sheet.

OP, that's why most people go with PVC. It is a lot cheaper and works great. You also have to countersink all the screws so your edges don't catch on them when you use HDPE. With PVC you can just sink your screws in from the bottom of the wood into the PVC. See Build-A-Jib cult for details.
 
13322672:Mr.Huck said:
I haven't checked it out for awhile, but when I was looking at buying a sheet of white HDPE, it was only sold in 4' x 8' sheets and it was like $180 per sheet.

OP, that's why most people go with PVC. It is a lot cheaper and works great. You also have to countersink all the screws so your edges don't catch on them when you use HDPE. With PVC you can just sink your screws in from the bottom of the wood into the PVC. See Build-A-Jib cult for details.
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Depending on wherebyou live you might be able to find a place local. If not us plastics has anything youd need and smaller sizes. If you get 4x4 or under you ship reasonable. 4x8 goes freight and its pricey. Also has all thicknesses. I recommend not going under 1/4 inch so it wont get fucked ripple and break if you have it out in the sun all summer. Also countersink your screws or die
 
13323356:theabortionator said:
Depending on wherebyou live you might be able to find a place local. If not us plastics has anything youd need and smaller sizes. If you get 4x4 or under you ship reasonable. 4x8 goes freight and its pricey. Also has all thicknesses. I recommend not going under 1/4 inch so it wont get fucked ripple and break if you have it out in the sun all summer. Also countersink your screws or die
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This was a local place in Commerce City. Got the name of it from one of the guys who builds features for the Beav. I went down there, but didn't end up buying anything. Maybe the price has come done, but at the time, I wasn't willing to fork out $140 for a 4 x 8 sheet of 1/4 inc. Might have been 1/2 inch. Anyway, I was only planning on making one box and didn't feel like storing the extra. I was at Ruby Hill last night and noticed one of the boxes had that serious ripple effect going on, especially right at the very end of the box. Didn't check, but I'm betting it was 1/4 inch.
 
13323907:Mr.Huck said:
This was a local place in Commerce City. Got the name of it from one of the guys who builds features for the Beav. I went down there, but didn't end up buying anything. Maybe the price has come done, but at the time, I wasn't willing to fork out $140 for a 4 x 8 sheet of 1/4 inc. Might have been 1/2 inch. Anyway, I was only planning on making one box and didn't feel like storing the extra. I was at Ruby Hill last night and noticed one of the boxes had that serious ripple effect going on, especially right at the very end of the box. Didn't check, but I'm betting it was 1/4 inch.
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Word.

That ripple will get ya, watch out. Windham used to have some thin topsheets that got fucked. I remember the memorial day rail jam 06/07 people were taking out huge chunks of topsheet. Free souvenirs
 
I wouldn't make a box more often than not its going to be sticky as hell, what I did was get two 2 1/2 inch pvc pipes put them side by side, it makes a nice smooth rail and it takes about 10 minutes to build (depending on your expertise on craftsmanship)
 
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