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Steel or Plastic

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alexplatt90
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im Building a 15-20 foot straight box. what do you recommend for the surface? (I knoq theres a lot of threads about this but the search wasnt working). how much for all this? and is there a wait at a hardware store for plastic or metal sheet or whatever i need?
Oct 3 2005 10:54PM
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eheath
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Plastic dog, steal would be shitty.
Oct 3 2005 10:57PM
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steevner
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get a rail machined
Oct 3 2005 10:59PM
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00000000
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yeah plastic is the way to go
Oct 3 2005 10:59PM
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ItsPhil
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plastic silly
Oct 3 2005 11:03PM
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*emma*
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what kind of plastic is best. I heard leaxar or something is good, but its expnsive. So what is best, but cheap for the top of a box?
Oct 3 2005 11:04PM
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alexplatt90
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yeah im on a pretty tight budg. so i think im gonna at least try pvc pipe or something. that expensive?
Oct 4 2005 1:45AM
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ItsPhil
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no pvc is pretty cheap go to Home Depot or Lowes
Oct 4 2005 2:45AM
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JackBach
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Yeah, steel is going to be wayyy more expensive.
Oct 4 2005 2:47AM
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wskibum176
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of yu can get lexan, do that, its alot like plastic. steel or sheet metal are too dangerous to use as a top sheet. You can use it to reenfore the lexan though
Oct 4 2005 9:29AM
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cork5
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lexan is sticky and scratches really easily...we bought some to make a box and it sucks nuts
Oct 4 2005 9:59AM
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alexplatt90
Posts: 106 - Karma: 10
would 2 2inch diameter tubes of pvc pipe screwed onto a board work? im kinda thinkin that edges might catch pvc seems like a soft plastic
Oct 4 2005 11:58PM
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alexplatt90
Posts: 106 - Karma: 10
? im a noob
Oct 5 2005 12:12AM
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Toothlesstom
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I used plexiglass and it was great till it started cracking like 5 hits in
Oct 5 2005 12:59AM
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SmoKinSkier
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hhmmmmmmmmm idk if u were using lexan then cuz i have had nuthin but great reuslts with it!!!!
Oct 5 2005 1:01AM
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KeegLove
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plastic or sure it just seems to work out better on boxes
Oct 5 2005 1:20AM
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alexplatt90
Posts: 106 - Karma: 10
what about tubes of pvc just screwed to a board as a rail does that work?
Oct 8 2005 3:27AM
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Stanyo
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Use UHMW. It slides really well and will not break. You may need to reinforce it with something just so it doesn't bend depending on the thickness you get. Don't use metal, its really sticky, and don't use plexiglass because it will crack.
Oct 8 2005 11:39AM
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thejackal1177
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yea i use pvc pipse they work really well and its only like 5 dollars a 10 ft pipe so if your making a box i suggest makign it like triple barreled with pvc pipes that would work really well
Oct 8 2005 11:56AM
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dom_uk
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it cant be good lexan if its cracking, its over 100 times more impoact resistant than glass, ud have to b an elephant on skis doing chads gap onto a rail to break it
Oct 8 2005 12:05PM
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bermbuster49
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use what this kid siad, my mountain is resurfacing our wallride with it.
Oct 8 2005 12:53PM
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