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[bailgun]

Is it really that satisfying doing a rock&roll on a 30" ramp?

If I put a 22" deck with coping on one side, and a wall ride on the other, both with 6' trannys in a 12 foot room I'll have no flat bottom.

I'm looking for a compromise... I don't want my tiny bedroom ramp to suck as much as a tiny bedroom ramp could.

I pick up the wood tomorrow... the best part... it's all FREE!

Thanks for the help guys

6 foot trannies on a 30 inch ramp? *yawn*

make them eliptical and/or tighter. than you can have some flat, a real sized deck, and learn how to skateboard.

[C H U C K]

though I do have a feeling he may have been trying to take my leg off??

No bigs, dude is so full of steeze..the way he yelled your name.. you came runnin..  lol  I understand wearing pads is not cool anymore, sans the ski goggles, always steeze.. lol good thing he could still see your legs.    But where in the fuck did bad tool usage become such a cool thing?  You don't show off when it comes to someones limbs...  Steeze or no steeze. 

Sorry this cats blowin it tool wise.. we need skaters with legs.. duh? 

You could make a safety video,  "Don't Do What Jimmy Steeze Does."
Money maker for sure....



 
 

[krusher]

6 foot trannies on a 30 inch ramp? *yawn* make them eliptical and/or tighter. than you can have some flat, a real sized deck, and learn how to skateboard.

I'll look into it.

 I scored two pieces of marine plywood and a shit load of 2x's. Now i need to find a ten foot pole... whats the best OD for coping? my guess is 2&3/8".

I wasn't going to start building until December but I can't wait so I'll start tomorrow. I have 2 doors and a 5 foot wide wall on the side I need the plat form, so i think I'm going to expose the studs in the wall and open the doors to allow for more tricks to be done, and probably go with a 20" platform.... who needs flat bottom. I still think 6 foot tranny will be the funnest but I'll draw a bunch before I cut (maybe make the wallride side steeper).

I plan on taking pictures through the process and I'll have a Gnar-B-Q when I'm done.

[susej]

Is it really that satisfying doing a rock&roll on a 30" ramp?

If I put a 22" deck with coping on one side, and a wall ride on the other, both with 6' trannys in a 12 foot room I'll have no flat bottom.

I'm looking for a compromise... I don't want my tiny bedroom ramp to suck as much as a tiny bedroom ramp could.

I pick up the wood tomorrow... the best part... it's all FREE!

Thanks for the help guys

6 foot trannies on a 30 inch ramp? *yawn*

make them eliptical and/or tighter. than you can have some flat, a real sized deck, and learn how to skateboard.

[bailgun]

6 foot trannies on a 30 inch ramp? *yawn* make them eliptical and/or tighter. than you can have some flat, a real sized deck, and learn how to skateboard.

I'll look into it.

 I scored two pieces of marine plywood and a shit load of 2x's. Now i need to find a ten foot pole... whats the best OD for coping? my guess is 2&3/8".

I wasn't going to start building until December but I can't wait so I'll start tomorrow. I have 2 doors and a 5 foot wide wall on the side I need the plat form, so i think I'm going to expose the studs in the wall and open the doors to allow for more tricks to be done, and probably go with a 20" platform.... who needs flat bottom. I still think 6 foot tranny will be the funnest but I'll draw a bunch before I cut (maybe make the wallride side steeper).

I plan on taking pictures through the process and I'll have a Gnar-B-Q when I'm done.

6 foot trannies on a 2 1/2 foot tall ramp? it'll be like a wheelchair ramp. 6 foot trannies will make the angle at the coping less than 45 degrees. anything under about 60/70=boring mellow bullshit.  especially if its at your house and you'll be skating it a lot. 4 foot trannies. 3 if you feel like a toughguy. or elliptical, starting at 4 and ending up 3. but 6? just go buy a razor scooter or something.

[WiteNite]

Listen to Bailgun and Susej it's for your own good. You're gonna get tired of those mellow trannies pretty quick and then you're really gonna regret it.

[bailgun]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uybNNaIuemQ

three foot trannies, three feet tall.

[krusher]

Sorry for my ignorance guys, the only information I have on building ramps is from the Thrasher Ramp Book and I guess it's outdated.

The first tranny I drew out was four foot and it looks soooooooo good. With a 2 foot deck I'll still get 24" of flat bottom.

I'll get a storage unit tomorrow so I can move my stuff out of this room, and I'll probably start cutting on Saturday. I'm thinking of making a removable middle on the wall ride side for some death defying rides.

I have a coping question. What is the best pipe to use? Also I don't want to drill holes through the coping so I'm going to tack on some all thread every 2 feet and bolt it on, does this sound good or is there a better way?

[bailgun]

parking blocks.

[krusher]

I just can't read you... I thought you were gonna say pool coping.

I'm going with bull nosed clay bricks

[bailgun]

NOW WE'RE TALKING SKATEBOARDING!!!

brick is rad. cheap, easy and fun. just make sure to use mortar... document it well, and do a how-to thread in here.

[colorblindbowen]

I've tried using regular red bricks for coping before and that shit just crumbles so fast.  We built a china bank this summer though at my park and used these grey landscaping bricks and that shit grinds soooooooooooo good.  We didn't even use mortar, we just built a shelf for the bricks and attached them with substrate construction adhesive.  Even without clear coat they grind amazingly, and with it, ooh wee. 

Here's some photos, I don't know what the shit is called, but it looks like it's made out of concrete.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorblindbowen/4104377243/" title="China brick detail by colorblindbowen, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2692/4104377243_bdb2305567.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="China brick detail" />[/url]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorblindbowen/4091081661/" title="China and spine and taco bell by colorblindbowen, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2637/4091081661_98acec2db2.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="China and spine and taco bell" />[/url]

[krusher]

It Begins...

[bailgun]

good call. you didn't make the trannies too mellow.

are you making real flatbottom, or just using kickplates? although i guess you could just screw the plywood directly to the floor...

[krusher]

Yep I'm gonna screw it to the floor, originally I was going to use the wood floor and kick plates but I added carpet for noise. Its all built now I just need sheeting, my budget is $0 and I've done pretty well with that so far... it's mental torcher having a ramp you can't skate