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Learning from my mistakes...

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SupaHotFire
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For anyone here on Newschoolers looking for advice on how to make a PVC rail, NEVER EVER follow directions that tell you to cut holes into the top of the pvc and then drill through the bottom. NEVER do this it can end up in your bases getting fucked. Now i know never to do this again. The cost for me to get this  fixed will be more than the rail all together. If your looking to build a rail follow the instructions in the build-a-jib cult those are the best. Dont make the same mistake as I did.

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Feb 22 2010 8:07PM
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Aaaron.
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p-tex candle =$1
matches= $0.10

that must have been a super cheap rail....
Feb 22 2010 8:09PM
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pigglywiggly
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curious, how did the screws come in contact with your base?
Feb 22 2010 8:11PM
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Aaaron.
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he means that.  i hit that for over a year, no problems
Feb 22 2010 8:14PM
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SupaHotFire
Posts: 356 - Karma: 104
Sorry if im confusing you guys but I attached the pvc to the pvc by drilling a hole though the top and then drilling it in the bottom of the pvc kinda like this.


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and drilling where the lines are through the 2x4



Feb 22 2010 8:14PM
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fragglemuffin
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you must have been doing something wrong...my setup is built like that and after 1.5 years on it, my bases have nothing close to what yours have.
Feb 22 2010 8:39PM
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SupaHotFire
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Im thinking because I used a 3" pipe instead of 1 1/4 " or something and the holes dug into my bases.
Feb 22 2010 8:43PM
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iliketoski329
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u probably drilled from the bottom up rather than downwards so that there were pvc burrs hanging on the top?
Feb 22 2010 8:43PM
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[978]
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my rails just like that and my bases are fine...
Feb 22 2010 9:00PM
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SupaHotFire
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No i drilled downwards
Feb 22 2010 9:00PM
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Aaaron.
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did you sand the holes at all?
i also put a ton of wax over mine..
Feb 22 2010 9:17PM
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SupaHotFire
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No wax but i did sand the holes
Feb 22 2010 9:26PM
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rj.
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op must be mildly retarded?
Feb 22 2010 9:28PM
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