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nealdawgdiamond
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ok i want to build some rails for this winter, i just dont really know how. so if anybody can post how to make them that would be great, i am hoping to make one straight one and one kinked one. thanks to everbody that has tips how to.


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Jul 10 2002 11:19PM
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RiverRipper
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buy a welding machine, a pipe bender, a cutting torch, some leathers, welding shield...ok now that you have all that go buy some steel stock pipe. bend to shape, if you buy a good pipe bender then you can make some curved rails, rainbow rails and stuff like that. weld some long legs with some flat plates at the bottom bury the legs in the snow like a foot with the flat plate keeping them from moving around.

good luck...better hope your parents are rich cause thats some serious bucks right there

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Jul 11 2002 1:18AM
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nealdawgdiamond
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hahaha yeh that would be just slightly expensive, so yeh im thinkin probably a pvc pipe rail, and wanna keep it kinda cheap to. thanks


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Jul 11 2002 2:20AM
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sugarloafer1990
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just build a backyard kickers. i've tried making rails out of pvc a lot....and they dont really work. go down town and hit up an urban rali....or just make a kicker.
Jul 11 2002 10:10AM
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mauii
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when i finish my rails and and get hold of a digital camera..ill post a huge, total step by step guide!

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Jul 11 2002 10:38AM
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stephen_beast
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yea i made mine the same way as mauii basically but i used this nail replacement glue, and i got it wet and now it is peeling up so i will have to try something else
Jul 11 2002 11:09AM
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mauii
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well..i was first gunna use acrylic acetate, its this smooth hard plastic stuff..much like plexiglass..but the stuff i got was too thin and it cracked when i jumped on it with a ski.., i bough a thicker piece and its holding up great..i just need 2 more pieces of it.(will get from the school tech lab when shcool starts) ... as a backup, i will either use PVC or more expensive plexiglass or lexan

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Jul 11 2002 11:33AM
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huckster989
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don't use PVC i've heard way to many horror stories about guys digging an edge in and getting cut up pretty bad by the chips. if you talk to some metal working shops you could probably get them to help you build some for a few bucks or a couple hours of work
Jul 11 2002 2:39PM
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Durtschi
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uhmmm Pvc works great, i never get cought, just dull your edges before doing it


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Jul 11 2002 4:54PM
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Brit1275
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hey mauii, use an old bed frame. your rails are built just like ours, and you put the bed frame peices (which are corners) on the corners of the 2x4s. metal works better than anything

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Jul 11 2002 8:25PM
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Capurnicus
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yeah i built one, sorta based on mauii's listen to him he knows his stuff
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Jul 11 2002 8:40PM
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Newskoolkavana
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i still havent goten around to building mine but i was going to use a modififed version of mauiis plan. im guna make a double barrel rail and just drill up into the pvc

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Jul 11 2002 9:06PM
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I just go to the junkyard near my house and find metal shelves, fences, bike racks and just use my hacksaw to turn them into rails. If your creative you can make some really cool rails with relativly little work!
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Jul 11 2002 9:25PM
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