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how to build rails

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KootenayGuy
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hey, im planning on buildin a rail with a bud. i've never skied a rail before cuz my hill doesnt make 'em. so whats a good hight and length? what type of material should i use? i heard wood was good cuz then u slide slower. and how wide should the thing be??
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Nov 12 2002 9:58PM
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Casper
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shorter than your legs and long as fuckin possible
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Nov 12 2002 9:59PM
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NoTeefa
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what the fuck!!! people actually slide rails on skis!!??? man, that's whack


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Nov 12 2002 10:00PM
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nolan
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use metal or pvc piping
Nov 12 2002 10:14PM
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CalgaryJibber
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but PVC can a crack in cold or B wreck your bases, bust to use matal poles and weldem, or use wood and put metal cornering peices on it
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Nov 12 2002 10:16PM
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mammothpunks
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kill yourself


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Nov 12 2002 10:16PM
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KootenayGuy
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whats the average width of the rail?
Nov 12 2002 11:52PM
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SwitchMisty540
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like 4-6 inches...the wider the easier it is to keep your balance.
Nov 12 2002 11:54PM
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Saloman
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find someone who welds to weld you a shotgun rail (two side by side pipes) using 2 inch wide by 10 ft long pipes. i made one with all materials from home depot for under $100. i made it 2 ft tall. it might be scary at first but once you get it down itll be easier to spin onto and off of as u get more advanced.




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Nov 13 2002 12:27AM
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Saloman
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once you've nuilt the rail... give it to someone who can put it to good use!




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Nov 13 2002 3:20PM
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kootneyskibum
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Morons, all materials wreck your skis. PVC cracks, but is safest on your bases, metal fuckin warps and cracks your edges. just use old skis and your set
Nov 13 2002 3:58PM
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Saloman
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who the hell are u callin morons? no one even brought up the topic of damage to skis by rails. you didnt exactly shed any new light on the situation either.
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Nov 13 2002 5:34PM
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skifreak915
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I went to Home Depo. they have these 4 by 10's that are like 2 bucks. then I found a 4 by 10 piece of metal sheeting that fits right onto the piece of wood 4 by 10. All together it cost like 4 bucks. Its nice because the width is 4 inches which is really nice and its 10 feet long which is good too. Im probably going to get another one and make it into a 20 ft kinked rail. But you should give that a try. Try not to just build a wood rail , find some kind of metal to put on top of it. The wood will just rot.
Nov 13 2002 5:38PM
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VC
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learn to weld and then buy pipe


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Nov 14 2002 3:34PM
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*Neil
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i just used, wood and t-rail for m,y sliding surfice. i just finished it u can check out picks of it in the pic/rail section if u want


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Nov 14 2002 3:48PM
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freeskierman
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use steel then fall on it and then wish you never use steel. by the way thats realy heavy crapt
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Nov 15 2002 1:06PM
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A_T_K
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only make it 4 in. wide at the max. otherwise there is no point in balancing, make it like 1 1/2 to 2 ft. tall
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Nov 15 2002 1:09PM
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KootenayGuy
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does anyone use waxes or anything?
Nov 15 2002 8:09PM
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D-spin
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i got the best and easest way to make a shot gun rail... get to almunim rails as long as u want, drill a hole on the two ends (only the bottom side) get a drill and washer and put a screaw through the hole into a 2x4 do that to all 4 ends and build 3 bases as Hight as u want, then screw them into the other 2x4. then your set...
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Myles: Why would I want to do that,
Me: If you do I'l let you ride them
Myles: I snowboard
Me: o shit, well I could ummmm.... let you masturbate to the grafics
Myles: o great...
Nov 15 2002 8:21PM
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lineskier10
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or buy one of the crap single rails from sports authority for like $30, hey dave lemme see ur rail, and we should set it up somewhere and shoot vids, cause i got a nice cam for that kinda stuff, and get all the other freeskiers around G'bury and have a rail session, thatd be sick
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Nov 15 2002 8:33PM
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JATS101
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pvc on wood is easy or if you have access to a welder and metal that is great start off lowwer than your nuts


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Nov 15 2002 9:30PM
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bibskis
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all of this is good and great, but where the hell do u put them, and where do u get the snow, ice rinks??




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Nov 15 2002 11:21PM
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bibskis
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also, how do u make curved rails, like an nice s rail




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Being Irish, I guess I should resent the Notre Dame nickname 'The Fighting Irish.' After all, how long do you think nicknames like 'The Bargaining Jews' or 'The Murdering Italians' would last? Only the Ironic Irish could be so naively honset. I get the feeling that Notre Dame came real close to naming itself 'The Fuckin Drunken, Thick-Skulled, Brawling, Short-Dicked Irish'
Nov 15 2002 11:25PM
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D-spin
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hmmm, I usaly find my snow on the ground...
Me:You should give me all your money so I can bye the new scratchs
Myles: Why would I want to do that,
Me: If you do I'l let you ride them
Myles: I snowboard
Me: o shit, well I could ummmm.... let you masturbate to the grafics
Myles: o great...
Nov 15 2002 11:31PM
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JATS101
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alright, you either need to be able to make an inrun that can produce enough speed to get onto your rail, it helps if you have a small slope. Ussually befor you build a rail you know where its going, you cant just ask where it goes, you get to decide that. The next thing it, you can try making an s rail out of a trampoline frame but it will be really hard to do. To make something like a nice c rail, rainbow rail, or s rail you need a pipe bender, it bends the pipe without kinking the tube( think of bendng a straw in half, thats what happens without a pipe bender.)


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Nov 16 2002 1:59AM
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Nov 16 2002 2:59AM
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Best buff in town


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Nov 16 2002 3:00AM
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Baker
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Yeah, learn to weld, i built a 20ft long 2 ft. high flat rail in 3 hours last night. All by myself, just make sure you have the right tools or its gay. I already had a 12ft shotgun, 3ft high, welding is the way to go. def




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Nov 16 2002 3:39AM
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Saloman
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never use alluminum. anyone who does is an idiot. alluminum is waaaaay too soft. unless you need to move it around alot, go with steel.




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Nov 16 2002 11:55AM
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