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Trashpuppet
Posts: 529 - Karma: 123
ok well im building a drop in tomorrow for rails...
but i dont have any idea how to make on sturdy enough to hold someone up, much less let someone slide down...

any suggestions?
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tjski
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maybe nail the wood together next time.
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Armanzoid
Posts: 2453 - Karma: 26
use another stable object (house) to lead the piece of wood off of. Then just start making it stable.
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Armanzoid
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Oh, and use thick wood, lots off it, don't get cheap.
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WinSt[]NadAMz
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screws over nails man they hold way better and make sure u use some sort of triangles in the frame they are the strongest shape as well make the different peices removeable.
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fouldsys
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https://newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/167386/
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Albino
Posts: 1400 - Karma: 123
someone invite him to buildajib 101.

use screws, not nails, reinforce every square section with a diagonal cross piece, if in doubt, build it too strong.
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grams.
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yeah thats pretty good.. i made one, longer than that but def. not as steep and i need a little bit more speed, im gonna probably modify it soon, ill post pics if i can
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invaderskier36
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he knows
18 years ago
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Alkyy
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https://www.newschoolers.com/web/content/pictures/id/106100/member_id/60777/
haha

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fouldsys
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word. i used those instructions and made a modified one. its 7' tall, 2' wide, 3' long and the ramp is 8' long then it mellows out for 4'. i also beefed it up a little bit by putting in some bolts to connect the ramp to the structure thing and put diagonals on everything.
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