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Help with Box Materials? +++K

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D-Roche74
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I have a bunch of boxes and im looking to redo the top of them because they only have sheet medal on the top of them, so im wonder if u guys have some simple cheap solutions for top sheets.Click for larger imageClick for larger image
Oct 3 2010 7:46PM
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gnarles.
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pvc
Oct 3 2010 7:47PM
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Elmo.
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yea man just get a bunch or 2 inch pvc piping and ull be golden... it lasts a while too my rails is going of year 2 and is still working like it was new
Oct 3 2010 7:51PM
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k-fred
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if you want a better result than 2 inch pvc just put smaller pvc pipe
Oct 3 2010 7:54PM
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granddaddy.purp
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dope setup
Oct 3 2010 8:03PM
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D-Roche74
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10/10 for everyone
Oct 3 2010 8:08PM
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DADDYlongLEGS
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My box with the small pvc pipes broke after a couple months, I'd go with the 2 inch stuff, my shotgun rails made out of that size are still good as new
Oct 3 2010 8:26PM
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k-fred
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y7eah it depend how you screwed it or just how you make you whole box
Oct 3 2010 8:27PM
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broto
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or if you want to dish out some cash and be as legit as the mountains, get yourself a hold of some HDPE. high density poly urethane is the hard plastic stuff used on professional boxes, just make sure to countersink your screws and be as rich as possible when buying it.
Oct 3 2010 8:29PM
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HeathR
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get some hdpe is you want something legit. Its on the more expensive side, but lots of resorts throw it out when they make new boxes. I took a ton when we redid some of our stuff but we ended up throwing away a lot.
Oct 3 2010 8:29PM
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bkap
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what they said. if your on a tighter buget use the pvc which still works beautifully if you want what the mountains have us HDPE
Oct 3 2010 8:34PM
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J.Niel.
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skip pvc and buying hdpe. stop by your local ive rink, see if they have any old puckboard laying around that you can scrape off of them. stuff works great.
Oct 3 2010 10:44PM
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Broseph_Stalin
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yeah i just hit up the hardware store for pvc
Oct 3 2010 11:28PM
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^BEANS^
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make sure you get more than 10ft long pipes if your looking to do some swups.
Oct 4 2010 11:10AM
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Markus13
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yoski is right dude! If your doing this for your back yard you can get away with using the 1/8 or 1/4 thickness. Just make sure you use solid plywood under it.
Oct 4 2010 11:23AM
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Nurgle
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just do this
Oct 4 2010 12:18PM
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D-Roche74
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thanks everyone for the help, also how do u want to mount the pvc and the plexy glass stuff do u glue or screw or both? and ++K to everyone who is helping
Oct 4 2010 6:09PM
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joshua
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I use puck board on my box.
Oct 4 2010 6:34PM
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downhillkilla
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you can use HMFW but its spendy, try a just PVC, not a pipe though, you can get it in sheets of 4x8 and it goes for around $100 bucks. Another cheep way to do it is get some sheets of lexan and glue it to your sheet metal...
Oct 4 2010 6:45PM
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D-Roche74
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how does this stuff look http://freckleface.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/product98.html

Nov 11 2010 5:45PM
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gcobs123
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thats where i get my HDPE but we tend to get like 5-6 people to throw down for it so its cheaper.
Nov 11 2010 6:07PM
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Mr.Huck
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Cool, but pricey.  Something like HDPE but clear would be sick. That would be about $250 for a 4 x 8 sheet; not much more than HDPE.  I'd like to know how it slides.  This could be the same stuff the Andreas Hatveit has in his park.  Clear top with lights underneath.  It was the reason I built this:

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Nov 11 2010 6:38PM
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KLovelace
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hahaaha..


sick setup man! jealous
Nov 11 2010 6:47PM
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PartyHon
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pvc woks and if you put wood through them it makes it stringer.


sick setup
Nov 11 2010 7:36PM
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607.
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there's this really weird dollar store by my house that was selling laminate wood flooring and i used that and it worked pretty good and it was cheap...
Nov 11 2010 8:06PM
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D-Roche74
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how does lexan work, and do need to have metal coping on the side or can u just use hdpe or lexan
Nov 14 2010 2:46PM
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