Made this rail from an old oil pipe I found in the woods

14445106:junior1derful said:
did you use a zip cut to cut the steel and wire wheel to clean it up?
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I just used a normal cutting wheel to cut the steel and then used one of those flap disc to clean it up and make everything smooth
 
14445129:weastcoat said:
Skill I’ve always wanted to learn. Do you take trade / tech school classes for welding?
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Nope, all self taught. Just bought a welder one day and figured it out. I also do lots of other mechanical work building go kart things and I also make custom go kart race engines. Learned everything myself through the internet and trial and error. Nothing stopping you from learning a trade, just get out there and do it
 
i would get some tremclad rust pain on it before it gets pitted up again. the first couple of hits will be sticky. also ive recently learned cooking oil in spray can works great as a rail lubes. who woulda known
 
Very nice work

it would be really fun to be able to weld my own rails but I think I'd be dead by now if I could

Would have definitely constructed some absolute death trap that I wouldn't be able to restrain myself from hitting
 
14445132:SteezMaster68 said:
Nope, all self taught. Just bought a welder one day and figured it out. I also do lots of other mechanical work building go kart things and I also make custom go kart race engines. Learned everything myself through the internet and trial and error. Nothing stopping you from learning a trade, just get out there and do it
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That’s super sick dude definitely would be interested in picking it up. Seems like a good skill to have.
 
14445151:ajbski said:
i would get some tremclad rust pain on it before it gets pitted up again. the first couple of hits will be sticky. also ive recently learned cooking oil in spray can works great as a rail lubes. who woulda known
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Ya it’s all painted up now. Also the first hit was actually pretty smooth because I spent like an hour grinding the rail making it nice and smooth. Also I’ll have to try out that cooking oil bc I’m burning through my wax
 
14445170:weastcoat said:
That’s super sick dude definitely would be interested in picking it up. Seems like a good skill to have.
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Being able to weld is awesome. So much stuff you can do with it. I’ve done everything from metal art to building gokart frames to doing random repair jobs to building ski rails now
 
14445163:Rparr said:
Very nice work

it would be really fun to be able to weld my own rails but I think I'd be dead by now if I could

Would have definitely constructed some absolute death trap that I wouldn't be able to restrain myself from hitting
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Ya the only thing that has stopped me from creating an absolute death trap is the fact that metal is hella expensive
 
14445207:AlexHallsEyebrow said:
What type of metal and what type of welding did you do? I’ve had these aluminum pipes that would be perfect but I think aluminum is too soft of a metal to ski on
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It’s just plain steel I welded with mig. And ya I don’t think I would use aluminum if I were you - too soft. Skis have steel edges which is sharper then aluminum so you’ll catch an edge
 
14445219:SteezMaster68 said:
It’s just plain steel I welded with mig. And ya I don’t think I would use aluminum if I were you - too soft. Skis have steel edges which is sharper then aluminum so you’ll catch an edge
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I mean any material can be sharper than another. Steel will hold it's shape and deform alum, which is why you can catch on it. But with very rounded edges, it's no big deal unless the alum is very thin and dents simply by landing on it. Aluminum is sketch but if you learn to ski it smoothly, I bet you'd become a wicked good rail skier
 
14445219:SteezMaster68 said:
It’s just plain steel I welded with mig. And ya I don’t think I would use aluminum if I were you - too soft. Skis have steel edges which is sharper then aluminum so you’ll catch an edge
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Oh yeah word. I’m taking a welding class next year, hopefully I can find some steel and be able to do something similar to you!
 
14445222:ReturnToMonkey said:
I mean any material can be sharper than another. Steel will hold it's shape and deform alum, which is why you can catch on it. But with very rounded edges, it's no big deal unless the alum is very thin and dents simply by landing on it. Aluminum is sketch but if you learn to ski it smoothly, I bet you'd become a wicked good rail skier
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Ya I meant to say harder not sharper. Either way aluminum is kinda sketch. There’s a reason you don’t see aluminum rails in any parks
 
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