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| Ricketts |
 Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:42 pm |
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| Well I hate to spend the money, BUT starting to strongly consider the metal top layer. So.... What gauge steel? |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:52 pm |
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Metal eh?
Wouldn't skatelight or the like, be easier to work with and be a comparable price....expensive. |
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| slob-air |
| Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:35 pm |
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| Mogs |
| Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:11 pm |
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I've never done the steel, so I have no answers on that one as to the gauge. I think that will depend on the screws used to mount it down, as they would need to be fairly flat so they don't stick out from the countersunk holes.
I'm not sure how to describe the amount of angle on the head of the screw, but I know there are several different angles for the flush mount versions. |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:39 pm |
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ORDER OF THE SKULL
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I looked into 16 gauge steel. I t works out to be half the price of skatelight and I can get it locally...like slob said" it'll last forever." Paint will be expensive though. I skated the metal ramp in Amsterdam and it was left raw(when I was there)
The locals said it was rusty in the spring but it cleared off with skating.
I'm thinking leave it raw. |
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| Ricketts |
| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:46 am |
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| Looks like I'm going with 14 gauge steel. Just need to figure out what kind've and where to buy paint. |
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| rampman73 |
| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 2:31 pm |
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slob-air wrote: Steel lasts forever. Skatelight doesn't.
Skatelite is a damn ripoff. |
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| rampman73 |
| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 2:32 pm |
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| I wonder if anybody laid down steel in a bowl shaped ramp? |
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| Zezozose |
| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 2:43 pm |
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rampman73 wrote: I wonder if anybody laid down steel in a bowl shaped ramp?
I was just wondering that the other day. That would be a bitch to do right. Lots of edges to slice you and dice you. |
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| mkelty |
| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:02 pm |
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Wire welder and a disc grinder should make short work of that...  |
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