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Rainbow rail blueprints?

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gohamsam
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Does anyone have a good blueprint for a rainbow rail? I need it to start and end about a foot and a half off the ground and be about 8 to 10 feet long. I dont know how to weld so im only looking to build something made of wood and pvc tubes (i already have some flexy pvc tubes).
May 27 2014 5:00PM
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theabortionator
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How wide do you want it?


You could probably cut an outline out of a sheet of ply, match it and then put 2x4's across every foot ish. You would be able to make the rail as mellow or steep as you want it. I would think it would be pretty damn strong. At least the frame would be especially if you used 3/4 or 5/8 ply. 1/2 and probably 3/8 would work fine though. Especially with all the cross bracing.

If you did it like that you could make it anything from a few inches wide to a couple feet wide.

You'd have to see how strong the pvc was though. If needed you could go closer than 1 foot on the supports to keep it from cracking.

I haven't build anything with pvc in a long time but I would go with that route to make a rainbow.


If you had less than 2 feet of rise to the surface you could cut up to something like a 17' rail out of 2 sheets of ply. Having each side in 2 sections joined together.

I think it'd probably work pretty well.
May 28 2014 9:07AM
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