Offical Summer Set-up Thread!

uhh matt is it that time of month or what? it wasn't even my idea it was jacks al i did was supply the materials.
 
I am planing to build a 12 ft long flat rail from plastic pipeing and two by fours and a mellow 15 ft flat down box with 5ft flas to 10ft down. post design pics soon.
 
its a good rail and all, but im not going to force the fact that its incredible on people, they can draw their own conclusions
 
these pics are both really old, but both that rollercoaster rail and that box were made for 0$.

rollercoaster rail was made from parts from a slide that was stolen and the box is just 2x4s from contruction sites and topsheet from a hottub factory.

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how do you make a rollar coaster? they look really sik and not that hard to build...but whats the material you use to slide the bends like that, from pics it seems like plastic or lexon, what is it?
 
someone said earlier to use small diameter pvc, then u can bend it. so just put like 3 side by side and it should be fine
 
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just kind of cut small pieces of wood so they make the general shape of the rollercoaster, pvc smooths it out, this rail works well for snowskating, but is probably to small and the material is too soft for skiing
 
how to make a curved rail:

first get a jig saw.

trave your outline on some ply wood.

then cut the ply wood with the jig saw.

then get supports and flimsy(sp) pvc.

and add a few minor touches.

paint.

and shazam, ur own home made curved rail.
 
what's a suggested angle for a drop ramp, or a rate, like for every 1 foot u rise, make the drop ramp 2? i don't wanna snap my skis
 
dude boxes would be sick in the summer because you can always do basically the same thing as on a rail, but its easier to learn on and you can do butters.
 
i was thinking of making like a 15ft. long box by 2 ft. wide, and coating it with lexon or HDPE, should i use coping on the sides? how do you apply coping?
 
mk, first if your gonna build a box that long, just go with 16ft cause thats a lenght of 2x4 they sell at hardwarestores, next use a top sheet of whatevers readially available, i'm gonna use pvc sheeting available at www.usplastics.com, then take a pvc 90 degree corner shape for the coaping on the edges so you ski's don't catch. and to top it all off i'm doing it for a school project, and i'm getting credit for it
 
yea i guess, the sheeting comes in 2'by4' sheets at varying thicknesses i would guestimate it to be no more than 100 bucks. expensive i know, prob not the best choice for a budget. wouldn't metal can get sticky tough what ev
 
ok what's better the HDPE or PVC, HDPE is cheaper, is that the stuff they use on boxes in real parks?
 
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