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I'll get a few more local's involved then to help get the weight on the skinning up. Whats' the secret? I'm only 11.5 stone now (.and yes I know I'm a lightweight Southern Jessie !!!), do I need to put on loads of weight or employ me Girly and kids to sit on the dry sheet's to bend 'em into the right curve? Is 2x9mm overkill? What have you guy's used in the past? Some site's say wet the sheet's first, does anyone actually do this?

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Whats the best way of getting it to bend? I know that sounds daft but I've just laid one sheet onto the tranny (6.5ft radius) and I can't quite get the sheet to bend enough to attatch the skin to the tranny. I'm laying 2 layer's of 9 mm ply for the actual skate surface. In addition I've set the coping spot on using the 'pencil' guideline, that worked out great, ta for all the advice on that one. That alone was 2 day's work just to get that lot done. Also I've just finished both platform's and beveled the edge's to match the coping. flat to transitions and lower to upper part's of the trannies too.

All the structure is finished and I've now attached all the seperate part's to one another i.e. Sorry about the lack of recent updates but suffice to say that things are still cooking on the mini ramp front. Note, yes, it's a lash up!!! I'm using 10mm studding to actually fix the coping not screws and also I'l be using 2 x 9mm ply not 1 x 18mm. Too high on the platform, not enough on the tranny.? I've temp lashed a small piece of scaffold pole and an offcut of 18mm ply to 'play' with the coping set up, Yes, I am THAT sad. My fave mini has it's coping set so low you don't know you're on it! I want to improve this on mine, it could make me lazy by not lifting the front truck clear of the coping after Rock fakieing I'd guess.ģ) Apprrox set height you've liked best in all your years of skating, what was it and why? Strikes me this can make or break a ramp as much as the transitions can, so, your thoughts on the following would be appreciated.ġ) Does everyone like the coping to be set equally 'proud' on both the transistion and the platform?Ģ) Feeling the coping with wheels obviously lets you know you're at the coping.so.what works for you all the best? Large obvious 'thunk' as you hit the coping or tidlly widdly 'snick crrrrrrr' as you leisurley saunter with a slasher. Ok, time for a bit of advice please regarding the 'set' of the coping. I've taken piccies of the construction, when I get time I'll post them up. Hope that helps a bit, I'll tote up when finished. I also have to be able to pack the whole thing into gaps no wider than 18 ' so I've made it modular which took a LOT of time, hope it still works! It's a beauty so far! All weather proofed with 2 coats of Wickes High performance wood preserver! Built last (I hope).Ī chippie could probably have built it better and cheaper but I wanted to do it myself. i've had to do it totally on my own, son's in love.off with bird all the time! Also may box in the ends to keep the noise down more, neighbour works nights on shift, we get on well, they reckon it's mad/great! About another £150-200 to finish completley.

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Still need to double skin ( 2 x 9mm ply) the entire ramp, each sheet about £12, i need 9 in total, plus sound proofing floor tiles and a safety rail around the platforms.

So far about £180 made up of 50 2x4's (CLS 2.4M lengths actually), approx 400 screws and 2 off 4x8 19mm Spruce ply sheet's. Also went for a 6.5ft transition in the end, after spending loads of time faffing about on the floor with a giant compass in the garden. Sorry about the delay Gazza, i've been a-building in the Garden for the last 4 day's I'm knackered.īearing in mind due to space limitation's I'm now down to 2.5ft high by 6ft wide! I've had to alter the height and width whilst I was making the first tranny, it was WAY to big for the space available. Gazza wrote:Can anyone give me a ballpark figure for amount of timber to buy for 3foot mini, 8 foot wide- sheets of ply and timbers? Santa wants to know!

2 foot mini ramp plans