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Has anybody ever made a rail like this

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ShadyHillGroup
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seems pretty easy, but do you think it might crack when you land on it?
Dec 20 2006 6:49PM
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HeathR
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i think it might crack. That just seems like more work for no reason, but it could work good.
Dec 20 2006 7:04PM
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crunkasfuck
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hum interesting! let me know if that works?
Dec 20 2006 11:23PM
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SkiMN
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Looks like it would just complicate things, but I like the thinking. Let us know how it goes.
Dec 21 2006 10:48AM
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tBatt
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i have one exactly like it but have never used it
Dec 21 2006 7:43PM
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JAYTRON
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^ Yea we've hit it a few times, but the screws on the side holding it on catch easily. It hasn't cracked yet, but we've only hit it a couple times. I think that aslong as the pvs is close to the wood it should just bend and not crack.
Dec 22 2006 8:59AM
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chapz
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that is a good idea, tell us how itis
Dec 22 2006 12:27PM
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DANETRON
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i made one but never hit it
Dec 22 2006 12:46PM
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ct
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i think when it gets cold it will crack when u hit it
Dec 22 2006 6:21PM
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Park_Rider_435
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no i havent but it looks pretty ood how long is it ?
Dec 24 2006 12:49AM
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jibonthewall
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mines built the same way if the pvc is the right guage and stuff it wont crack at all ive used mine and it works fine
Dec 24 2006 12:08PM
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Bees_Knees
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what the hell is that? I dont know what it is
Dec 24 2006 3:43PM
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chapz
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are you retarded?
Dec 24 2006 7:45PM
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PeteyG
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^^^ its pvc cut and pulled over a piece of wood. i wanted to do that but i didnt have the patience to saw all the way down my pvc. yea tell me how it works looks good
Dec 25 2006 3:21PM
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CWilson
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ive built a few rails like this and it works fine.. hasn't ever cracked or nething and u can drill screws in from the side so u never even have the chance of catching
Dec 27 2006 3:10AM
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fillup
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did you get that from a rollerblading site?
Dec 27 2006 3:07PM
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ShadyHillGroup
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yeah i did, i decided not to bother building it though, i just built a normal pvc rail
Dec 27 2006 10:46PM
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R-B-B
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i did it and it works fine...no problems yet after 2 seasons
Jan 20 2007 11:44PM
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Mavrck
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Jan 22 2007 8:52PM
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Mavrck
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havnt sessed it yet but its sturdy as hell
Jan 22 2007 8:52PM
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SkiMN
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That, my friend, is gonna take a shit ton of snow, unless you plan on hitting it as an up flat, good luck. looks nice though.
Jan 22 2007 9:24PM
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ssk
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i made mine with the half, and its much easier to lock the pvc into the wood, also i feel that its more stable
Jan 28 2007 6:12PM
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jmason
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Although it may be easier to build, it also makes it easier to break. Given, some of you may have used this style before, and it may have worked fine, but the way it's been mounted in the pic is asking to crack it. If you want to do a half-tube, rather than putting the wood 'in' the pipe, keep it out of it, and simply place the half-tube on a flat surface of wood. By putting the wood in the tube, its like having a wedge pushing two pieces apart (although in this case only one round piece.) This may be hard to understand, but the general jist of it is just keep the pipes full, because that's how they're meant to be kept, and that's how they'll be the strongest.
Jan 29 2007 6:27PM
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Mavrck
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we actually took a peice of 2x4 and if ur looking at it like this |__| so that the underline part is the 4 inches and the verticle lines ar the 2 part of a 2x4 we cut the corner off all the way down so that there was more wood in contact with the pipe and the gaps where the pipe was touching was taking less of the pressure..havnt tried it but it was easy puttin it all together...the pvc was like butter through the table saw and all u do is screw it in from the sides...
Jan 30 2007 5:09PM
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PatVigorito
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that should hold up as well as any other pvc rail but it seems like a shit-ton of work for nothin
Feb 1 2007 5:46PM
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