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Backyard Rail - Final Update

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mauii
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Some of your may remember that backyard rail project that I began back in the fall. Well, its finally done, and it’s sick! I made my first rail in the summer. It was a flat rail, and it turned out decently. I sold it for $50! Anyway, after that, I decided to make a double kinked 15 foot rail for myself. Here it is:





The frame of the rail is made of 2x4’s and 1x2’s. The sides are made of waferboard. I plan on painting them in the future. The grinding surface is made of ¼ inch thick lexan. The lexan is attached with countersunk screws. The rail has 8 wedges helping it stay upright. It is also anchored to the ground with four 12” galvanized steel spikes. The whole completed thing weighs in at 150 pounds and took 2 people to move from my garage to my backyard. The whole thing cost me about $70 Cnadian to make (keeping in mind that I got the lexan for free from my schools shop lab).

This is a picture of the half complete frame to give you an idea of what it looks like inside:




I can’t wait for some snow so that I can hit it!

Some time in the near future, I’m going to create a detailed guide on how to build on of these babies…step by step!


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22 years ago
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EastCoastPride
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yeah, that looks sweet, i took your rail plans, i have a 16 ft, 2-kinker of your design in my yard right now, waiting for metal coping!!!










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22 years ago
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Newskoolkavana
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thats really sweet i did almost the same thing but i used a piece of metal tracking instead of the surface that you used. also i used leg things like an outrigger canoe for support but i like your idea of metal spikes to anchor it better

keep up the good work.

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22 years ago
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mauii
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that last x ed out pic can be found in the rails section from a looong time ago..to find it faster..go to my profile and look for 'rail plan update' under pictures

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22 years ago
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PowAirRider
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i need sum rail plans...i wanan make a rail soon, and how much did ur double kink cost?
22 years ago
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Baker
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Thats pretty ill, but i prefer my welded rails.



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22 years ago
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EastCoastPride
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My double kink? Cost me about $45 (american) for the lumber, and I don't quite know how much coping I need yet, so I don't know how much that will be.










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22 years ago
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PowAirRider
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not to shabby...im thinkin of constructing a step down rail about 15 feet long, post the instruction on the way u built ur double kinker mauii. im also goin to make a straight welded rail hopefully over christmas vaca
22 years ago
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SUpilot
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yeah i welded a sick rail over thanksgiving break. its about 14 feet long and 3-4 feet off the ground. made from 3 inch diameter steel pipes. definately takes more than one person to move around. it looks like this

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SUpilot
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interesting....guess i cant get that to work. yeah your grind looks pretty cool. wont the particle board go to mush though when it gets wet?
22 years ago
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mauii
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yup..but its cheap..so i dont care! :)

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22 years ago
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RossiScratch-411
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yeha man nice, i will post pics of my rail soon too








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22 years ago
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unrigged
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steal steel pipes they r sick to grease just like the ones at ski hills... plus they r so ez to set up.
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22 years ago
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Itsbackfliptime
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I went to the hardware store for some PVC pipe and the people followed me around the whole time. They kept asking me if I needed help. It was pretty funny carrying around 2 ten foot pipes.
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22 years ago
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SUpilot
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dont you catch edges in pvc pipe?
22 years ago
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jibsgrl
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that's so awsm, we just stole the rails i have in my backyard...heh... i dont know how to make one, it was just easier this way..heheh
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22 years ago
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prostar
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just steal a few bike racks from your local corner store....they already have a nice heavy base :) all you have to do is check for sharp little pieces of metal on the rail and file them down if there are any....
as can be seen, bike racks are a great way to have a cheap rail
22 years ago
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jono
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we made rails like that last year for snowskating, we made a rollercoaster, a rainbow and a pretty big C rail. they work pretty good.
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stephen_beast
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hey where can you get coping? and do you have to weld it or can you just use screws or something


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22 years ago
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Cold123
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im makin one as my project in metal class its just like yours only metal
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