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Copper tubing for rails?

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kootenayklaus
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Hey NS. I was thinking about making another rail to add to my arsenal and I was wondering if copper tubing would work? I've used pvc on all my other ones cuz its cheap and works great but I'm looking to make something a little more realistic to what you would find in the park without spending a bunch of cash. Im thinking if it didnt work alone maybe a good layer of wax would help. Has anyone done this?
Jun 13 2010 4:57PM
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family_vacation
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Copper is one of the softest metals around. I'd imagine it's a lot softer than your edges. Think about that.....
Jun 13 2010 5:01PM
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George.
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*COUGH* STEEL *COUGH*

Steel or iron is usually what parks use anyway.... and it's WAY WAY WAY WAY cheaper than copper. Copper is basically like asking if it's smart to use sterling silver as a rail.

BTW: Copper is too soft.
Jun 13 2010 5:05PM
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kootenayklaus
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Ya but its relatively cheap and I have a way via connections to get it in a thicker tube. I just want to know if it slides

Jun 13 2010 5:05PM
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LAME.
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try to stay away from iron because it will rust like mad! steel is good but i dunno about copper.
Jun 13 2010 5:09PM
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infedel_one
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anything will slide for a bit...but one of those times your edge is gonna sink in and you'll take a digger....just find some steel piping or saw down a stairset rail haha
Jun 13 2010 5:10PM
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HeathR
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cheap? copper is not cheap at all. Steel is way cheaper.
Jun 13 2010 5:43PM
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abbazabba21
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yea i have heard about people jacking copper out of peoples vacation houses to sell because the price for copper is so high right now, so def not your cheapest bet.....
Jun 13 2010 5:51PM
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toominator
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lul wut?! copper is expensive, use steel. you'll have a way better range of sizes. I'd also imagine trying to slide on copper would result in failure
Jun 13 2010 5:54PM
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nickyp
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hmmm.....



...i have an idea
Jun 13 2010 6:03PM
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George.
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Actually the best sliding rail possible is PURE gold... you can't use that leafing shit... it wont slide.

PURE gold rails... basically the same as asking if you should use copper rails.
Jun 13 2010 6:07PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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pssh copper. Platinum is where it's at.

Anyway i wouldn't use copper.
Jun 13 2010 6:10PM
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*steeze_is_good
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Copper is more expensive and softer, it would be stupid to get it
Jun 13 2010 6:23PM
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leahey
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Put it this way, PVC is stronger than Copper.
Jun 13 2010 6:26PM
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Darth_Veeder
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Is depleted uranium good?
Jun 13 2010 6:43PM
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mmallender.
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i heard it gets pretty hard and slidey but the uranium rod usually brings down the expectancy of your life by like 90%..... or so i heard from this one guy who tried it once.... i think hes dead now?
Jun 13 2010 7:18PM
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K.C.Deane
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haha. Steel and iron are the same thing. If you dont want it to rust you have to get Stainless. And unless you want a rail that costs quadruple what a normal one would ....

And as far as copper, the only thing that would be worse would be aluminum. Copper is soft and youll catch on it. Plus it will bend easier.
Jun 13 2010 8:11PM
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Proze
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Steel and Iron are very diferent things amigo but your advice is sound
Jun 13 2010 8:17PM
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rozboon
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I would probably take aluminium over copper. Copper is so damn soft, to get a useful wall diameter that wouldn't collapse when you hit it a few times you would be talking mega $$$ piping.

As someone said, if you can get that much copper piping, take it to a scrap dealer and sell it.
Then use the profit on steel rails, hookers and blow.
Jun 13 2010 8:20PM
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Forkstealer
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I think gold would be thee absolute worst, its fucking retarded expensive and its the softest metal thats solid at room temp.

Jun 13 2010 8:21PM
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Darth_Veeder
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Iron oxidizes (rusts) when it meets oxygen, filling in the sapces in it. Steel doesnt rust and is stronger because it fills in the atomic structure between atoms of Fe (Iron)
Jun 13 2010 8:26PM
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LAME.
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Oh ya im wrong? Grade 9 science FTW!
Jun 13 2010 8:40PM
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PaleCelery
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TOO SOFT
Jun 13 2010 8:41PM
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MANDER
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Jun 13 2010 8:45PM
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Fischer-Addicted
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Ok, it doesn't matter how thick it is. You'll dig right into it anyway.


NOT SMART
Jun 13 2010 10:40PM
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Fischer-Addicted
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It pains me to see this post.............. Iron and steel most definitely are not the same thing...
Jun 13 2010 10:42PM
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quixotic
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steel and iron aren't the same, but steel has a lot of iron in it.
Jun 13 2010 10:52PM
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sklermang
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just buy a rail made of diamond. should be fine other than the edge cracks
Jun 13 2010 11:52PM
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I_Am_Mod
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@ KC Deane: Iron = pure iron, Steel = Iron-carbon alloy and is much harder and better resistant to weathering/oxidation/rust....


On topic:

Only place i might consider using copper is to line the sides of a box ....
but really its a very soft metal, your edges will cut it like butter, so i wouldn't recommend it at all.....
Jun 14 2010 5:00AM
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broto
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i also heard buying a solid steel rectangular prism in the size of your box is lightweight and cheap
Jun 14 2010 1:23PM
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teleak
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aluminium ftw
Jun 14 2010 6:52PM
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PaleCelery
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hahahah riggghhhtttt
Jun 14 2010 8:06PM
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jester8589
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if you have hook ups to get it cheap enough to consider making a rail out of it you should buy a ton of it sell it and buy yourself something nice. oh and materials to make a real rail.
Jun 14 2010 8:14PM
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gregorio
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exactly. just buy a metal ingot and use that, stop being so damn ignant
Jun 14 2010 8:26PM
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No_Dub
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If you get it super cheep, get a bunch, scrap it for mad $$$$ and buy yourself some nice steel.
Jun 14 2010 8:29PM
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I_Am_Mod
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on a related note:
a friend of mine collects 1 and 2 cent coins because their copper value is higher than their actual value....

maybe a good idea for all those in need of extra cash?
Jun 15 2010 5:39AM
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Dan.P
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You're forgetting mercury which is liquid at room temperature
Jun 15 2010 8:06AM
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rozboon
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Pennies aren't worth shit if they were made after 1982 since they're 97.5 zinc but a nickel is worth about 6.5 cents as scrap metal... it's also utterly illegal to destroy currency.
Jun 15 2010 8:39AM
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I_Am_Mod
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i'm talking euro-cents :)

but yes it is illegal, but who's gonna keep track, once theyre molten there's virtually no way to distinguish them from ordinary copper....
Jun 15 2010 9:50AM
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Caveman.
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haha
Jun 15 2010 8:41PM
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I_Am_Mod
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no it's not, but apparently i wasn't correct either

apparently they're copper-covered steel, so that explains why my buddy was wrong also, he probably tought they were copper, because of the outside, then weighed them and came to the conclusion they were worth more then 1 cent :)


if you're gonna prove someone wrong, get your facts right :)
Jun 16 2010 6:50AM
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I_Am_Mod
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it's exactly worth 1 cent... :)
Jun 16 2010 11:38AM
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RyCo19
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This. Steel (stainless or painted to prevent rusting) or PVC. Definitely not copper.
Jun 16 2010 1:08PM
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Tripplesixty
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abandoned rail way.. find one, take a rail segment.... its already smooth and descent shape and its strong as hell, just don't get caught
Jun 16 2010 4:27PM
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mmallender.
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and heavy as fuck?
Jun 16 2010 6:25PM
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JStrathern
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youre forgetting the fact that he said the softest SOLID metal at room temp haha
Jun 16 2010 6:39PM
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J-White
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Titanium anyone?
Jun 16 2010 8:11PM
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finchski
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i think it would be like aluminum and not slide
Jun 16 2010 8:24PM
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