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Aluminum Rails...or not.

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[Murrda]
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Ive heard that aluminum pipes are not good for making rails...is this true?

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Dec 10 2002 9:19PM
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skodeo7
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I think aluminum is actually really soft? You can catch your edges really easy, maybe im thinkin of somethin else

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Dec 10 2002 9:28PM
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PipeMonkey
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I just made an aluminum rail, but i haven't slid it yet, i hope it will be fine

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Dec 10 2002 9:33PM
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Summit_punk
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Do not slide anything aluminum. It is super soft. You will catch your edge and eat shit. Steel is best...stick with that.
Dec 10 2002 10:01PM
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sim
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Aluminium is too soft and you will more than likely eat it no matter who far you try to lean back.
Dec 11 2002 1:29AM
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asdfasdfsadf
Posts: 11 - Karma: 10
aluminum is the best material for rails. it slides super nice and makes a way cool sliding sound. you only catch edges on cobalt based aluminum rails. regular aluminum rails slide fine. try it, i garuntee you'll get sick footie.
Dec 11 2002 5:59AM
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youneedmorelumber
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make rails out of pvc, that shit SUCKS
Dec 11 2002 10:13AM
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Boards
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pvc is awsome for learnign rails, and it is cheap to make huge pvc rails that can be linked together with minimal effort.
but if u want the real stuff, go steel
Dec 11 2002 12:06PM
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Sk2jibberKI
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pvc works really well
Dec 11 2002 1:30PM
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Itsbackfliptime
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Yeah its only like 8 bucks for 20 feet of pvc. Probably cheaper. I just went to a local hardware store. I don't really know if I got ripped off.
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Dec 11 2002 5:08PM
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Skirehpot
Posts: 328 - Karma: 64
only use aluminum if it is round and strait, it its square and kinked it will be shit. i just spent time on makin a kinked rail out of aluminum and i slid it and the aluminum got lodged in the bottom of my ski, so dont use aluminum unless it is circular.

Dec 11 2002 7:38PM
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con_cept
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I don't think you got ripped off for PVC... but I think I did, $6.50 for ten feet, although it is 3 1/2' diameter.

The wider PVC you get, the stiffer, the better.



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Dec 11 2002 7:52PM
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youneedmorelumber
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how is pvc good, wouldn't you catch your edges really easy?
Dec 11 2002 8:10PM
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con_cept
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you have to wax the PVC rail up really nicely, it should slide slower than a steel rail... but for the price, you can't beat it.

catching an edge on PVC has never been an issue for me, but if it's really soft I could see it happening.



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Dec 11 2002 8:17PM
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youneedmorelumber
Posts: 755 - Karma: 10
holy shit, im gonna try that tomorrow, thanks, also since i dont have any snow here, is there an alternative i could use, to ski to the rail on, maybe wet carpet?
Dec 11 2002 8:19PM
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con_cept
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uh... use snow from an ice rink, wet carpet might do the trick but I havn't tried.

I think they used wet carpet for the snow jam in-run?!?



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Dec 11 2002 9:01PM
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2TrackProductions
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Wet carpet + Liquid Soap but arena snow is really the best, use some kind of chemical fertiliser to make it colder...dunno wich kind tho...
Dec 11 2002 9:10PM
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youneedmorelumber
Posts: 755 - Karma: 10
the thing is that it's like 40 degrees down here, so it's not gonna freeze. is there a web site that talks about this kinda stuff?
Dec 11 2002 10:02PM
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castlerock
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what the fuck are some of u talking about? u don't need to fuckin wax PVC. thats the most ridiculous thing iv ever heard.

and as for the aluminum rails, iv never tried it, but i definetly can't see that working, just because its so soft. for example, if u were to put a steel kick stand on an aluminum bike, the steel would crush it over time. i think ud catch ur edges or somethin real bad on an aluminum rail, maybe im wrong tho.

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Dec 11 2002 10:41PM
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switchcork1080
Posts: 313 - Karma: 9
I was thinking about making a magnesium or titanium rail cause I'm guessing it would sound really cool and I could get some sick footie. What the hell? Who cares what it is - slide it. Although, rusted diamond plate would be impressive.
Dec 11 2002 11:23PM
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Big-L
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ya, what the hell, who waxes there pvc rail? thats retarded, and if you bought a tube of aluminum itll flaten first hit but if its copping it should work out aight, people do stop signs an it seems to work out for a bit at least
Dec 11 2002 11:39PM
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Iron720Cross
Posts: 165 - Karma: 10
Im probaly the only one, but I dont know that the hell PVC is. And where do i get it, cuz it it works.. Ill try it out
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Dec 12 2002 1:48AM
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Boards
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pvc is sewer tubing
and get cheap astro turf stuff from canadian tire and use water and soap (a hoze and sunlight)
Dec 12 2002 3:32AM
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RossiScratch-411
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yo, pvc hardness is all determined by the 'schedule' like schedule 40 is what i am using on the 'backyard riz' clip in the vid sections and we have had 0 problems in over 20 hits this weeek so hook that shit uP







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Dec 12 2002 8:36AM
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Flowsion
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I have some 40 schedule. Is that the hardest? I know i've caught a couple of edges in it before, but that was probably because I grinded the wrong way back then and I had the edges sharpened.


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Dec 12 2002 9:25AM
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unrigged
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ok.. u tell me when you are going to make a titanium rail...unless you have tons of money its going to cost u alot of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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Dec 12 2002 1:58PM
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youneedmorelumber
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ya i titanium rail would be pretty fucking expensive, but it would be cool cause you could carry to wherever you wanted to cause it would be so lite. 'and for show and tell i am gonna do some mad jibbing from the front of the class room to the hamster caje'
Dec 12 2002 5:21PM
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con_cept
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I find it slides faster with wax... whatever.



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Dec 12 2002 6:59PM
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McDiggler
Posts: 140 - Karma: 17
i have a stupid question... does grinding steel pipe mess up your edges? i whould think landing on a steel pipe from 3 ft up or however high you get off your kicker whould mess up your skis fairly good. i may be compleatly wrong, i do see a ton of people doing it, but i always thought it whould be harmfull. go ahead and make fun of me now.
Dec 12 2002 9:21PM
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Mykel
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I'll upload a video of my experiment with aluminum from last fall so you can decide
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Dec 12 2002 9:25PM
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switchcork1080
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Yeah Titanium is not soft like Al and I'll be able to move that thing wherever no problem. I work in Manufacturing and we do custom hand rails for buildings so it's easy to piece stuff together. I think I'll make an upside down trap to trap double barrel Ti rail and name it the Portable Nuttable Rail.
Dec 14 2002 3:38AM
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