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What Is The Best Thing To Make A Rail

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XxSkiAddictxX
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I've seen people make rails out of pvc as the actual rail is that the best and cheapest way to do it?
Dec 22 2008 2:15PM
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Dustin.
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Join the Build a Jib cult.  There are hundreds of threads in there with awesome info.  You can find everything you need.
Dec 22 2008 2:19PM
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Dbit
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build a jib sucks. nobody responds and my same post was on the front page for a month with 3 useless replys. yeah man use pvc its def the cheapest but can wear out after 1-2 seasons depending on how often you use it. make a sick rail stand that you can replace the pvc and spare yourself 100$ on a steel pipe
Dec 22 2008 4:24PM
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line1260skier
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wood frame, 4 1/2 inch pvc pipes on the top (if you use 2x4s)
Dec 22 2008 4:52PM
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OMGWTFBBQ
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use white sewage pvc since they come in 20 foot cuts and are practially shatter resistant
dont use electrical pvc its too soft and shatters under like 15 degrees (black,grey)
Dec 22 2008 8:55PM
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JEWbacca
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Use PVC pipe. it light, easy to build, and dont need to wax it.
Dec 22 2008 9:10PM
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PaleCelery
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paper machie
Dec 22 2008 9:12PM
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Hansel.
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and elmers glue
Dec 22 2008 9:21PM
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neon1peace
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well i made a small rail for my skateboard (im gonna take skis on it soon) by grabbing an old pair of straight skis at a garage sale, flipping one over, then screwing it onto a wooden stand
Dec 22 2008 9:26PM
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coolhandluke
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oh so colors denote the pressure ratings of PVC? 

your post = misinformation.

it has to do with wall thickness.  lower schedule # has thinner walls than higher schedule #. 

IE schedule 20 is super thinwalled pipe whereas schedule 80 would be thicker (and allowed in side sewer applications if it was white or black or green).
Dec 22 2008 9:29PM
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AHJEA
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i just made one this weekend out of 2 inch PVC (white).  I did a double barrel.  it works great...  just make sure it is thick walled.

i've hit like 50-75 times already and it seems to be holding up.  check the profile for a pic and video, or PM me and i'll tell you how i did it.
Dec 22 2008 10:08PM
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Literature
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Check what this man has as his Book Interests, and you will understand. But it sounds like someone was  "schedule"d for some schooling anyway.

One of my friends used masking tape to connect a pvc pipe to the wood frame, it lasted for 1.5 hits.
Dec 22 2008 10:14PM
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coolhandluke
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your SDR notion is incorrect.  SDR is a ratio of wall thickness to pipe diameter, actually stands for "standard dimension ratio" because its =  (pipe outside diameter) / (pipe wall thickness).  thus a high SDR ratio the pipe wall is thin relative to pipe diameter.  and a low SDR ratio is thick compared to the pipe diameter.

and there is no established color coding for PVC in the united states.  maybe canada is different.


Dec 22 2008 10:50PM
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mtsteez03
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pvc and wood is by far the cheapest i duno about the best but i just built a 12 ft flat 10 ft down for under 30 bones but i did steal all my pvc
Dec 22 2008 11:20PM
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patrickstar
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^ this man lately beat up a hobo, i wouldnt listen to him
Dec 23 2008 9:26AM
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coolhandluke
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ductile iron > every other pipe material
Dec 23 2008 10:32AM
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coolhandluke
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thats what i wanted to do.  couple acres with a POS manufactured home on it, buy a little kubota and build myself a little man camp.  but my mom was heavily against it and convinced me there would be no resale value and id spend more time fixing shitty house than playing.  so i was stupid, played it safe with resale value, and live in a damn cookiecutter house that i still spend plenty of timing fixing things or have stupid shit happen like my oven exploding.  but i do have a drop-in off a 5-foot high wall, to a 55gallon drum barrel stall in my yard.  my neighbors just stare at me like WTF.

and a 66-inch main broke in maryland this morning.  something like 100-150 GPM flowing out of it.
pictures:
http://media.myfoxdc.com/photos/photo_gallery/riverrd_watermain_break_122308/album/index.html

thats a fucking huge pipe.  the biggest ive designed is 16 inch, but im still barely getting my feet wet in the design world.  and the biggest transmission lines ive worked around are 30inch, but i dont live in the megatropolis of the east coast.  ive delt with irrigation lines bigger, but they also have open-channel flow and when are fully enclosed in a pipe are under like 50psi maximum.  not ductile iron pipe which we make contractors test to 300psi.  although i think the biggest thing ever is being constructed in new york right now, something like 30 feet in diameter, 150 feet down.  but at that point its a tunnel lined with concrete and not a pipe.  still thats a shitload of water demand.  your local water district encourages you to help decrease potable water demand by killing off all relatives over 80 years old.
Dec 23 2008 10:55AM
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Ryno
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Go to your local ice rink and see if they are replacing any of the boards. I grabbed a couple 4x8 sheets of lexan from them during a renovation and that shit slides sooooooo nice, plus its made for the cold weather.
Dec 23 2008 6:26PM
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joey.
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the next thread this kid is making is going to be

"How do I attach PVC to wood?"
Dec 23 2008 6:32PM
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broskijib
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PVC PVC PVC simple as dat
Dec 23 2008 9:08PM
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fezz
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nope i had a 15 foot white pvc rail and it snapped a couple times (now its two 10 foot sections glued together) this year im using those big teal coloured drainage pvc pipes there about a foot tall/wide
Dec 23 2008 9:15PM
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jibbits56
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yeah pvc rails do break sometimes but they are the way to go, you can go with the bigger 4 1/2 inch pipes, or if you wanna go for like a single barrel, double, or triple, go with 1 1/2 inch pvc's
Dec 23 2008 9:28PM
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Canuker
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man ive been planning on making one for such along time but i dont have room in my backyard, i do in my front yard but then i have to make a drop in which might cost a bunch of money.

WHo here had to make drop in for their rails, if so how much did it cost and what are the dimensions.

Dec 23 2008 9:33PM
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jibbits56
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we made 2 drop ins for my friends back yard, they really aren't too bad, just get some OSB, 2X4's, 4X4s and some sturdy bolts, and screws, and just go have at it, I dont have any dimensions for you, you should be able to figure it out, heres a picture of them, you can kind of see the structure of the larger one
just osb and some good wood, just make sure you put enough supports on it...
https://www.newschoolers.com/web/content/pictures/id/188990/member_id/108894/
Dec 23 2008 10:04PM
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Canuker
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would those wooden palates work well?

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Dec 24 2008 10:05AM
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Dbit
Posts: 385 - Karma: 71
wait he killed a hobo? did he use a pvc or steel pipe?
Dec 24 2008 11:41AM
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jibbits56
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well i dont know this year we switched it up a little bit, we made the sloped part out of those palettes then just covered it in turf, then you bearly even need snow on it, which is nice, but we only did that for the smaller one, not the big one, but for the main part of it, i would go out and get some good wood for all the supports, now if you put a palette on top then cover that in osb, id say thats a good idea, but other than that i wouldnt try to be too cheap about it, so heres my final assessment, go out, buy some 4X4s, just make the smaller drop-in, use a palette for the slope, maybe cover that in a sheet of osb, cuz osb is actually cheaper than turf, make 4 legs with the 4X4s get some 2x4s, and make a frame at the top of the 4 legs to support your top sheet, connect the slope to the frame and bam you got yourself a drop in, if i can ill put up some close up pictures of the drop in if i get over to my friends today, other wise just if you have any more questions, just let me know, I really suggest just spending a little extra and making sure you got it stable enough cuz you dont want that to collapse when you on top of it you know, if i get those pictures ill give you dimensions too
Dec 24 2008 12:17PM
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