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question bout box construction

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skimachete
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arright...im making a roller coaster box bout 9 feet long 2 feet high and a 4 foot flat before it bends down and back up (rollercoaster) i was wondering what i shood use as a top sheet material...i wasthinking galvanized steel becasue its strong and duz not rust...as long as i bend he metal over the edge it shood not rip bases up...or what type of plastic like LEXAN or a fiber glass thing

Nov 26 2003 10:29PM
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albatross.
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let me be the first to say that its way too pinner.
Nov 26 2003 11:14PM
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B-Flip
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ya if your going to put that much effort into at least make it challenging.
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Nov 26 2003 11:45PM
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estaked
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i would say for smoothness put a plastic type thingy on top metal would make it grabby so yeah i'd go with like some plastic that is durable and it will slide like 10 times betta.

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Nov 27 2003 4:00AM
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skimachete
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i think blue mountains box...i dont remember exactly but i thot it had a galvanised steel top and it was smooth so i unno

Nov 27 2003 6:48AM
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mikee
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When we went to a store and felt the garvanlized or whatewver metal it felt reallly slidy. and its soo cheap

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Nov 27 2003 7:25AM
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skimachete
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yah galvanized is really smooth
Nov 27 2003 8:47AM
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Jaykyu
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either works. The metal slides a bit faster. I've designed two boxes for my club. I can send you the designs i fyou want, I'm using lexan/plexi, whatever it is it has to be HARD so that your edges never dig in.
Nov 27 2003 10:04AM
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west
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You can use sheet metal, bend the edges and pop rivet the sides.




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Nov 27 2003 11:49AM
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a good box will get wet if you rub it right.

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Nov 27 2003 3:32PM
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CHARLES.BRONSON
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Use Lexan or Plexiglass
Nov 27 2003 6:48PM
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skimachete
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hey jaykyu wanna hook me up with some plans...i allready have some of my own but kan i jus check urz

Nov 27 2003 10:01PM
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steezee5
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post the plans so we can all benefit...


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Nov 28 2003 5:29AM
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Romo86
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post plans!
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Nov 29 2003 10:06PM
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tito_skier
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Go to this to see a box
It had lexan on top
https://www.newschoolers.com/PHP/Pictures/LoadPicture.php4?pic_id=10155§ion=&start_num=0&fromprofile=1&Profile=P-JO
Nov 29 2003 10:16PM
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