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PostPosted: Feb 15, 2006 1:50 am    Post subject: BOX Reply with quote

I am building a box and was jsut curious as to if you can slide on plywood? and if not what is a cheap way i can put osmething on the top to slide on?

i know this has probably been answered but im lazy.....so ya thanks

ill put pics up wen its done
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PostPosted: Feb 15, 2006 1:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i wouldnt try to slide plywood. imagine how fun it would be to remove splinters from sliding across a piece of wood @ 21 mph. A cheap way to cover it is to get some bathroom wall material from home depot. Its like the stuff you see on the lower part of public restrooms. 30 bucks per 4x8 sheet. You need to counter sink your screws, and make sure you get the screw heads down enough so that your board wont hit them.
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PostPosted: Feb 15, 2006 2:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Chris Barcellos, aweosme man thanks.....so couter sinking them...is that kinda like when you put up sheet rock? ill go check that stuff out, hopefully i pick the right stuff. thanks man
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PostPosted: Feb 15, 2006 2:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Chris Barcellos, do you mean linoleum?
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PostPosted: Feb 15, 2006 2:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

wakemitch, i dont know how to explain it. its just these sheets of plastic that people glue to walls so that if someone decides to piss all over everything it isnt so hard to clean up Laughing Its not hard to find. just look for sheets of plastic that cost 30 bucks, im sure if you ask someone who works there in that area of the store they will know what you are talking about.

it's the same stuff we used here:



countersinking the screws means you need a countersink drill out holes for each screw before you screw them down. a bit like this:


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PostPosted: Feb 15, 2006 2:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

oh ok. i know what your talking about. but i dont know what its called. but its not like im going to be making any rails any time soon
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PostPosted: Feb 15, 2006 2:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Chris Barcellos, ya ive got one of those....thanks ill tell yall how it turns out
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PostPosted: Feb 15, 2006 10:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can also use a lot of "liquid nails". It's basically a really strong glue. You just glue the plasic right on to the plywood. I built a box with it. Haven't used it yet, but it looks good, haha.
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PostPosted: Feb 15, 2006 11:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

big_dee45 - yea i dont know what your budget is like, but we build a box last sumer and the box is holding up good, but dont be stingy (spelling?) when it comes to the rail material. We where and we got this thin plastic sheeting instead of the thick stuff, well the box is still up but you can hit it cause there is nothing on top any more to slide.... so i recomend if it comes to paying a lil bit more money... do it in the beggining cause if you dont you will end up paying more in the end...

but post some pics when your done cause i am going to redo/build more rails in are creek come summer time... and i need some ideas...

Good luck man!!!
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PostPosted: Feb 15, 2006 12:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ya i went to home depot today and found that stuff yall are talking about....it is prett thin and only $11....
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PostPosted: Feb 15, 2006 12:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

you can slide plywood. the towable rail in sfumato is made out of wood just sand it really well and paint it.
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PostPosted: Feb 15, 2006 2:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Slyder, haah we glue all our topsheets on too. lazy mans rail lol
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PostPosted: Feb 15, 2006 6:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

nvm it isnt $11 i was looking at the wrong thing that would suck in water....i found the thing youwere talking about tho chris....its FRP Paneling
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PostPosted: Feb 16, 2006 12:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

stompin9s, Hell yeah buddy. We gotta go skate sometime again. I got a Carveboard, it's pretty kickass.
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PostPosted: Feb 16, 2006 12:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

what is that material that is brown in color and is square? anyone know where to get it. it's almost like the plastic they build the skateable picnictables out of.
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PostPosted: Feb 16, 2006 12:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ok so we have been moving along pretty good on the BOX but we have come to a dilemma....what do we float it with? we want it to be atleast a foot out of the water...maybe a foot and a half???

thanks
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PostPosted: Feb 16, 2006 12:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

oh and....the FRP paneling stuff...is the kind you got smooth chris? and how thick was it?
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PostPosted: Feb 16, 2006 1:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I made a really long one and got two PVC pipes (big ones, like 6 in. diameter) and put caps on the ends like pontoons. I'll be honest, haven't gotten it wet yet so I don't know how it'll float, but in theory it looks good. haha.
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PostPosted: Feb 16, 2006 2:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ya but that isnt tall enough....we thought about that idea tho
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PostPosted: Feb 16, 2006 3:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="big_dee45"]oh and....the FRP paneling stuff...is the kind you got smooth chris? and how thick was it?[/quote]


it was pretty thin. ~ 1/8 of an inch, maybe even less? its textured, but it slides really well.

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