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stevenfilms Part of the Furniture
Posts : 1507 Join date : 2010-08-02 Age : 26 Location : USA Companies : Filming, skating, and fingerboarding Setup : Redemption MMC, wide tuned trucks, china non-bearing wheels , Incredibly Smooth & Grippy tape
| Subject: Best Wood For Ramps? Sun Oct 03, 2010 9:23 pm | |
| Out of these three, which is the best? Oak, birch, or pine? Oak kinda has a nice look to it, but idk. |
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| Subject: Re: Best Wood For Ramps? Sun Oct 03, 2010 9:35 pm | |
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flexboreder Constant FBHQer
Posts : 1298 Join date : 2010-08-31 Age : 33 Location : US NorthEast
| Subject: Re: Best Wood For Ramps? Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:16 pm | |
| Birch is good but pine is little more stiff and a little more dense for a really solid feel. i found that decks perform really well on it. |
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stevenfilms Part of the Furniture
Posts : 1507 Join date : 2010-08-02 Age : 26 Location : USA Companies : Filming, skating, and fingerboarding Setup : Redemption MMC, wide tuned trucks, china non-bearing wheels , Incredibly Smooth & Grippy tape
| Subject: Re: Best Wood For Ramps? Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:49 pm | |
| So Pine is better? It's only costs a little bit more than birch, so whatever's best is what I'll get. |
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fbrep2010 Every Day FBHQer
Posts : 921 Join date : 2010-04-20 Companies : Fusion Distribution
| Subject: Re: Best Wood For Ramps? Mon Oct 04, 2010 6:27 am | |
| birch i'd say |
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blosom Moderator
Posts : 5332 Join date : 2010-03-04 Location : UK Companies : BLOSOM
| Subject: Re: Best Wood For Ramps? Mon Oct 04, 2010 1:56 pm | |
| i made my mini ramp out of scrap bits of crap i had laying around......hardboard, chipboard? cupboard sides etc. id have a practice run with crappy woods b4 you use your good woods. you will learn all the problems you will encounter when building ramps...... |
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grantinator Constant FBHQer
Posts : 1078 Join date : 2010-05-15 Age : 27 Location : California
| Subject: Re: Best Wood For Ramps? Mon Oct 04, 2010 2:38 pm | |
| is birch also good for making things like quarter pipes and half pipes cause i have some random veneer thats pretty thick and that is even harder to bend so would i just put a whole bunch of layers of thinner veneer or one or two of thick? |
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LouisRobinson Constant FBHQer
Posts : 1235 Join date : 2009-07-29 Age : 28 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: Best Wood For Ramps? Mon Oct 04, 2010 2:59 pm | |
| I think birtch looks nicer |
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flexboreder Constant FBHQer
Posts : 1298 Join date : 2010-08-31 Age : 33 Location : US NorthEast
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blosom Moderator
Posts : 5332 Join date : 2010-03-04 Location : UK Companies : BLOSOM
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Rdcruzer Part of the Furniture
Posts : 4146 Join date : 2009-11-06 Location : london, england Companies : fingerboarding :D Setup : FL Fingerboard <3 <3
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| Subject: Re: Best Wood For Ramps? Mon Oct 04, 2010 5:07 pm | |
| so sick blosom im still in love with my bench from you |
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blosom Moderator
Posts : 5332 Join date : 2010-03-04 Location : UK Companies : BLOSOM
| Subject: Re: Best Wood For Ramps? Mon Oct 04, 2010 5:20 pm | |
| thanks :oops: maybe when the sausages are fried, a young fresh fingerboarder like yourself might get sponsored at an eat all you can buffet |
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flexboreder Constant FBHQer
Posts : 1298 Join date : 2010-08-31 Age : 33 Location : US NorthEast
| Subject: Re: Best Wood For Ramps? Mon Oct 04, 2010 5:30 pm | |
| damn the bench and the half is sick!! |
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stevenfilms Part of the Furniture
Posts : 1507 Join date : 2010-08-02 Age : 26 Location : USA Companies : Filming, skating, and fingerboarding Setup : Redemption MMC, wide tuned trucks, china non-bearing wheels , Incredibly Smooth & Grippy tape
| Subject: Re: Best Wood For Ramps? Mon Oct 04, 2010 6:27 pm | |
| I'm most likely not gonna be making vert stuff, because it's too hard right now and I don't have veneer, and etc. I accidently bought some maple wood a long time ago, but it wasn't plywood, and whenever you cut it, the pieces bend. Oak is out of the list on a side note. Blosom, how do you put the top piece on for the halfpipe? Did you nail it in? |
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Rdcruzer Part of the Furniture
Posts : 4146 Join date : 2009-11-06 Location : london, england Companies : fingerboarding :D Setup : FL Fingerboard <3 <3
Mellow Yellow BRTs
FlatFace BRT edition wheels
FL tape <3 <3 <3
BW Pornstorm
Ytrucks
Oak wheels
| Subject: Re: Best Wood For Ramps? Mon Oct 04, 2010 6:29 pm | |
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blosom Moderator
Posts : 5332 Join date : 2010-03-04 Location : UK Companies : BLOSOM
| Subject: Re: Best Wood For Ramps? Mon Oct 04, 2010 6:30 pm | |
| my top piece on the ramp is hardboard. a cheap alternative to paper backed veneer (which is best to use for ramps surfaces...if you want a 'pro' job)...yeah i had to nail it down and glue it down. you will need 2 people to do it though, and you will need to clamp it while its drying/ getting the nails in also i dont understand what u mean when u say 'you got some maple but wasn't plywood'????? |
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stevenfilms Part of the Furniture
Posts : 1507 Join date : 2010-08-02 Age : 26 Location : USA Companies : Filming, skating, and fingerboarding Setup : Redemption MMC, wide tuned trucks, china non-bearing wheels , Incredibly Smooth & Grippy tape
| Subject: Re: Best Wood For Ramps? Mon Oct 04, 2010 6:33 pm | |
| How thick is the hardwood? I don't think I have any around my place that thin most likely, I'm just wondering though. |
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Rdcruzer Part of the Furniture
Posts : 4146 Join date : 2009-11-06 Location : london, england Companies : fingerboarding :D Setup : FL Fingerboard <3 <3
Mellow Yellow BRTs
FlatFace BRT edition wheels
FL tape <3 <3 <3
BW Pornstorm
Ytrucks
Oak wheels
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stevenfilms Part of the Furniture
Posts : 1507 Join date : 2010-08-02 Age : 26 Location : USA Companies : Filming, skating, and fingerboarding Setup : Redemption MMC, wide tuned trucks, china non-bearing wheels , Incredibly Smooth & Grippy tape
| Subject: Re: Best Wood For Ramps? Mon Oct 04, 2010 7:36 pm | |
| Oh blosom, I got maple, it was just like one piece of 1/8 inch maple, no plies, just one straight up piece of maple. |
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blosom Moderator
Posts : 5332 Join date : 2010-03-04 Location : UK Companies : BLOSOM
| Subject: Re: Best Wood For Ramps? Mon Oct 04, 2010 7:37 pm | |
| - stevenfilms wrote:
- How thick is the hardwood? I don't think I have any around my place that thin most likely, I'm just wondering though.
hardboard not hardwood is normally pretty thin.....like 1mm 2mm etc. you find it on the insides of drawers of cheap furniture |
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stevenfilms Part of the Furniture
Posts : 1507 Join date : 2010-08-02 Age : 26 Location : USA Companies : Filming, skating, and fingerboarding Setup : Redemption MMC, wide tuned trucks, china non-bearing wheels , Incredibly Smooth & Grippy tape
| Subject: Re: Best Wood For Ramps? Mon Oct 04, 2010 7:39 pm | |
| Oh I know what that is. I think I'm becoming blind or something though. |
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