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mergeleft3 Backside 180
Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 673 City: Orlando
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Posted: Apr 12, 2006 9:03 am Post subject: Built my first rail |
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Just got done building my first rail. It's 15' foot long with a 2-1/2' ride up and a little bit more than a 1-1/2' wide. I can't wait to get this thing into the water this weekend! It will be only my 3 time hitting a rail.
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xstfu ill pwn youx Backside 180
Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 837 City: 954.
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Posted: Apr 12, 2006 9:44 am Post subject: |
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jordan Backside 180
Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Posts: 649 City: Spectre
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Posted: Apr 12, 2006 12:01 pm Post subject: |
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i swear to god the first picture is an optical illusion
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VonBoggin Backside 180
Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 1666 City: Austin
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Posted: Apr 12, 2006 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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how?
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c dub Backside 180
Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Posts: 1171 City: Austin
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Posted: Apr 12, 2006 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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mergeleft3, sick rail
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revolutionconcepts Frontside 180
Joined: 07 May 2004 Posts: 453 City: Winter Park
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marshk344 Frontside 180
Joined: 28 Aug 2005 Posts: 318 City: Granbury
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Posted: Apr 12, 2006 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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how much did it cost? We have that grey stuff on our dock and it was pretty expensive? looks sweet though
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holmespika Frontside 180
Joined: 09 Feb 2006 Posts: 381
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Posted: Apr 12, 2006 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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yeah, it looks sick.
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mergeleft3 Backside 180
Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 673 City: Orlando
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Posted: Apr 13, 2006 6:58 am Post subject: |
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revolutionconcepts, - Yeah it is going to sit in about 3-1/2' of water. The rail is 4-1/2" high to the top.
marshk344, - It cost me $210.00 to build and took me about 3 hours.
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c dub Backside 180
Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Posts: 1171 City: Austin
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Posted: Apr 13, 2006 7:45 am Post subject: |
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mergeleft3, have fun man
post some pics
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jordan Backside 180
Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Posts: 649 City: Spectre
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Posted: Apr 13, 2006 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="SkateForce"]how? [/quote]
it looks like the long part is slanting up and the small part is flat... if you look at it right...
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c dub Backside 180
Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Posts: 1171 City: Austin
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Posted: Apr 13, 2006 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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jordan, yeah, I see it
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Norcalz71 Ollie
Joined: 21 Mar 2005 Posts: 88 City: Benicia/SLO
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Posted: Apr 13, 2006 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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really good looking rail man i like it, i wanna build something like that here soon. i think i have some wood already so hopefully it wont be quite as much $$, but looks really fun. what did you use for the sliding surface?
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mergeleft3 Backside 180
Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 673 City: Orlando
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Posted: Apr 13, 2006 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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The top is made of that composite decking material. That was what cost the most on the whole rail. It was about $25.00 each and I had to buy 6 of them to cover the top. You can buy it at Home Depot
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dietwater5 Backside 180
Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 904 City: Granbury, TX
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Posted: Apr 14, 2006 1:15 am Post subject: |
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ya if u have the money do it but im pretty sure its easy to use something else instead of that expensive stuff. way too much in my opinion
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Norcalz71 Ollie
Joined: 21 Mar 2005 Posts: 88 City: Benicia/SLO
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Posted: Apr 14, 2006 1:19 am Post subject: |
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i think im gonna try to do the exact same deal, but use plywood instead of the composite decking and then put a layer of HDPE, bathroom paneling, FRP, etc etc some kind of 1/8-1/4" plastic sheeting over it.
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mergeleft3 Backside 180
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Posted: Apr 14, 2006 8:53 am Post subject: |
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Norcalz71, I am not sure about the HDPE or the Bathroom Paneling because I have never used it but don't use the FRP! I built a kicker last year and used FRP and for some reason when it gets wet your board sticks to it. If you don't have the money for the composite decking I would just use plain old decking and wet it. It also helps if you put a little gas on it and then wet it. But it all depends on how fast you want it to slide.
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RedXIII Backside 180
Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 1159 City: Watertown
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Posted: Apr 15, 2006 2:21 am Post subject: |
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lol that pic is crazy it it crazy illusin but ya that looks really nice now we want videos of you hitting it
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chriscut Backside 180
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Posted: Apr 15, 2006 2:41 am Post subject: |
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Norcalz71, bathroom paneling is awesome for rails/kickers. and its cheap too, @ 30 bucks a sheet
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urinal mint Backside 180
Joined: 20 May 2005 Posts: 1990
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Posted: Apr 16, 2006 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="Chris Barcellos"]Norcalz71, bathroom paneling is awesome for rails/kickers. and its cheap too, @ 30 bucks a sheet[/quote]
you're talking about tileboard right? it's got a cardboard like bottom? i bought some of that(if we're talking about the same thing) to put on my rail and i decided not to since i thought the bottom would soak up water and eventually fall apart.
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