CAN WE BUILD A GRIND RAIL OUT OF WOOD?!
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- čas přidán 27. 02. 2024
- Skateboarding can be hard enough as it is, let’s make it even harder! Can we take a standard grind rail made of metal and instead make one out of wood?! Will it be durable enough to skate and can we do any tricks?!
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Metal skateboard VS wooden rail would be dope. Reverse them roles!
Yes!
This 👌
I'm pretty sure the metal board would dig into the wood like crazy. Probably wouldn't even slide
@@Rognvaldr85Only one way to find out
Cool
My 7 year old daughter screaming, “Bodied” from the backseat when Glo goes down is a highlight of my day. She passes the vibe check
Reading that highlighted my day🤘
Lol, I said finish him!
I learned my boardslides on a wooden rail, I had made a little 3 foot box out of scrap 2x4s and plywood, I then stacked 4 2x4s on top of eachother. This video just reminded me of a fundamental memory thank you braille
Wow awesome! Keep skating 🔥
Use PVC coverings on the trucks and you may be able to grind it. Just saying 💙
Can I just say I love that you guys are flipping the script a little. Your greatest content is educational, funny and looks ridiculously fun. Like having skateboarding dreams from childhood recreated on CZcams.
Thanks so much
Use a heat gun to heat up the wood so the wax soaks into the wood , don’t burn the wood with the heat gun .
and use some type of wood thats actually known for being super hard, google it!
The dont burn the wood reminder is hilarious
@@eloerch7 What? It's a very important tip! You never ever _EVER_ want to burn your wood. 😏
@@unnamed715 You gotta torch the wood to get that nice char pattern on it.
@@xfreedombuckO5x diamond grind 🤣
I’m a carpenter and I love watching you work, Gabe. Check out a reasonable flux core welder and move into some steel for these things. Nigel cracks me up…😂😂😂!
wouldn't it have been better if he had chosen a really hard hardwood?
@@LordBelakor, I would consider a nice length of oak or maple but it gets pricey. It looks like Gabe used round handrail for the surface and that’s likely pine. It seems to have worked great except for the 2X foot that came loose. A few tweaks and I bet it would last a long time!
@@marionlesniewski7415I am no woodworker, but I would guess better wood screws, different mounting angles and the hardwood and one would have an awesome wooden rail
I do both metal fab and carpentry I don't think a welder would be worth it for them since it's so easy to just buy an already built steel rail. It would open up a lot more options though. It's pricey, but it would've been cool if they bought an oak hand rail to use.
The pure joy and hype was felt! Congrats
Thanks
Y'all killed it in this episode. So rad
Add some 90º wedges to the legs for lateral support. Get screws that are about an inch longer, and maybe add a rubber non slip pad of some type on bottom to prevent sliding
My exact thoughts
HUGE success!!
So proud of you Gabe!
Nigel’s energy is great, all you guys have dope energy
Thank you
Great video guys, loved the energy. & loved the great build Gabe. Nice shreddin’ boys.
Glad you enjoyed!
I love the making process! Gabe is a madman !
Great start to my day...thanks Braille...😂😂 amazing skating and tons of laughs
Glad you enjoyed it!
You guys never disappoint, what a fun vid, nice work Gabe!!! That rail is fire!🔥
Glad you liked it!!
Day idk of asking Braille to bring back skate roulette. That was fun.
Big thanks to whoever did the audio in this one. Love the compression as I have hearing issues.
Our pleasure!
Right On!!! Those blue prints were on point.
Sick job Gabe. Idea 1) Dip the screws in wood glue while constructing it, and try a wooden railing with thick varnish or epoxy coating.
Content Idea: make a grind rail using pvc pipes. They come in many thicknesses and I'm sure with your skills, You can make it happen.
Cool ideas!
Ok lets roll this
Not one to leave a comment, but real recognize real!! Just paused at 4:41, this thing looks sweet!! Love the channel, love all y’all!! Sweet build Gabe!!
When I started skateboarding, my friends and I made 2x2 wooden rails, there was no money for iron and we only had sticks, a saw and nails.
they should make a nailhead rail
With a little support on the legs that rail would be perfect. Def need a wood rail 2.0 vid next
Boardsliding that would be a lot of fun maybe using a Santa Cruz ever-slick hm🤔
My friend in my teen years made a wooden rail by gluing two long pieces of wood together. He told me that his friend did a 50-50 and that the trucks completely stuck on the rail. Because of this, he fell completely forward and his face slammed on the rail, which caused it to turn red according to my friend. They laughed it off too from what I remember my friend said.
I know nothing about woodworking, but it seems like a wood rail is feasible for grinds only if the wood is that glossy slippery kind with a finish on it or something to stop the trucks from sticking. It seems the wood would have to be hard and sturdy wood too so the trucks would not dig in to the rail and so it would not chip. I have no idea how easy or possible that is to make, especially on a large scale.
At any rate, I enjoyed watching and hope to see more interesting creations from the "Braille Laboratory".
Thanks so much ❤️
glo was so close to being the first dude to sack a wooden rail
Hahaha
ALL SERIOUSNESS GET HARD WOOD DOWLS OR EXOTIC WOOD ITS SUPER HARD AND HAS NATURAL OILS WITHIN
Hickory, maple, red oak, ebony
You may be able to grind ebony
Hmmm ok!
Reminds me of the old skate parks with the wooden rails and pvc cope. When I was 14, our park only had wooden rails and all wood ramps in a parking lot of an old grocery store.
Sounds fun
Skateboarding has always been about DIY and using whatever materials you have available. I had a wood rail in my garage in the ‘90s. Worked fine for slides and stalls, not so much for grinds.
In the 90s everyone made wooden rails, and then one day it happened, someone's dad welded up a metal one and it was glorious, and eventually someone steal it for snowboarding...
Yes hahaaha
Glad the boys are back with 🔥
Okay, with out continuing the video I already love the idea!
Yay! Thank you!
Adding some rubber to the bottom of the legs would help with it moving around. also use 4x4s for the legs so they are solid and use lag bolts instead of screws. Another idea could be to get big enough pvc or abs cut it long ways and cap it. The best thing would be to get a piece of channel to cover it for doing grinds instead of slides.
Love it
Great video! Looked fun.
It was!
Pretty sure we all already knew this. But Gabe is a GENIUS! Amazing build my man. Really enjoyed this video 👏🏾. Now let's get a longer version of this wooden rail going 😂
We love you too !!!❤❤
I had one of these. Made it myself. Speed and wax and shifting your weight back will allow for grinds on the trucks.
I need Gabe to make a new floor is lava with his new skills
Shoutss to the editing in this vid its great
Future woodworking advice: Rip cuts (cutting along the grain) are best done with a table saw and crosscuts (cutting through the grain) is best done with a miter saw. This is a lesson I learned well into my woodworking hobby when I had a chunk of wood from a table saw thump me right in the sternum because I was tying to freehand a crosscut...way scarier than a popsicle from a heelflip imo hahah
Lost me hahaha
It depends on the blade, not the saw. There are rip and crosscut blades available in every size. Also combination blades.
I made a wooden rail with some right-angled iron bars screwed into the top to make it grind and slide like a square rail, because I didn't have the tools to make a metal one. Worked like a charm!
Love it
That build was wild. Love seeing Glo and Nigel back at it too
Thanks!
I gotta speak for all of us when I say Ricky needs to see this as well jd, and every other braille crew members! I think mogley would luv it
We will build version 2.0 when they are back in town!
Hey Gabe, try a half lap joint for the feet and put the screws in from the side, might help it last longer. I love doing board slides and that looks like a ton of fun!
Ok
Love Glo. Love Nigel. Love Gabe. Love Derek, love the build. Love braille ❤💯
Love you too
This is a perfect idea for beginners. It's easy to build, low-cost materials, and if they find out skateboarding just ain't for them, they're not. stuck trying to resale an $800 rail.
I'd say Gabe killed it on this one!
🤘💙b💙🤘
As a kid a buying metal rail was too expensive and I had no clue how to work with metal to build my own so we made rails similar to this. Basically a long 2x4 for the main part with short 2x4s drilled perpendicular to the bottom so it wouldn’t tip. Then for the rail we used PVC. Drilled holes every 2-3 feet in the top of the pvc and then screwed that onto the 2x4. Worked great for grinds with inline skates and decent for skateboard slides. Grinds on a skateboard not so much. You’d catch on the holes in the PVC or sometimes just explode the PVC altogether. Haha.
nice and cool video idea Braille
This was sick! Version 2 needs to be longer and have a foot of rail past each end leg like Glo said and then it’s pretty much perfect!
sick video, I see you with the new filming style and the bgm
The pvc truck hacks would "grind" that
Braille is so dope!
Thanks
gabe - you gotta reinforce with wood glue, also have the screws coming in from both directions for added strength. nice build!
Oh wow
This is amazing!! ngl didn't think it was gonna work
I noticed the rail spins on the floor. This might be one for Ricky: start board slide, the rail is rotated 180 degrees, slide off rail, roll out to where you started.
Oh we tried that haha. Check for the spinning rail video
Fantastic editing in this one guys! When wooden rail's obituary from 10 am -11 am came on the screen, I almost died. 😅😂🤣
You could also cut a piece to slide on top of the rail that you can replace or get a metal rail and fit a wood beam on top of it
Another awesome video.
Thanks so much!
Version 2.0 I suggest you use a hardwood 4x4 fence post for the legs as well as the rail portion. You will want to actually shape the top of the 4x4 but leave the bottom flat so it can attach to the legs of course. And some 2x4 or 1x4 stabilizers for the legs of course. Then you have to actually sand the top of the rail down properly (going from lower grit to higher grit) and then put some sealant on it and then polish it with furniture polish. You might even be able to get a light-footed grind on the trucks with that.
Now we definitely need a version 2.0
Don't worry about a weight loss Glo. Gabe drilled the screws into end grain.
Even a child could pull them out. lol
Angle braces are your friend. And the reason it butters up so nice is because the wood grain can soak up the wax whereas with metal, you just get a topcoat.
Nice
already made it :D have fun
This is awesome dude
Thanks
That was a blast
that was awesome to watch. as a kid my dad made me a rail just with a 2X4 and it worked really well just like this. jumping into 5050 stuck just like yours but a roll on 5050 was doable. I bet you guys could get it on this
Sick!
You could find a nice hardwood stair railing, do a few coats of varnish, that would slide nice!
Flat pack, self assembly, Gabe rails coming to the Braille shop soon!
Nigel is back 🎉 🎉🎉 always a great one when he is in the video
think these videos are old
They are
Lol definitely old
Videos not old lol filmed last week
@@NigelJonesTv thanks for clearing that up bro 👊🏻 your one heck of a skater
Awesome video!!!
we used to use old railroad ties and screw angle iron on it
Gabe thank you for another great amazing video ! Your the best builder ever , you are better than BOB 😅
4:58 that bit got me you have to use this joke more 😂😂😂
i like the creative stuffs! : )
Thank you
Glows pants male me think of Alvin and the Chipmunks, like Simon stole Alvins drip or something 😂
😅
Gave make the middle support like a half inch smaller then the end ones maybe more or less depending the spot it’s sitting I like to help ur really doing better n better gabe!
Thanks!
Gabe is super funny 😂❤
Agreed
I'd love to see another one! Maybe bigger screws and more weight somehow. Then use a metal board!
With more time it will work really well. Quality wood and pegs instead of screws; sand the grind surface with fine grit till its smooth as glass.
Ok
8:22 can we say he had a glow up on this wood rail 😂
Yes hahahaha
Some non slip rubber pieces under the feet would maybe keep it from sliding sideways.. but totally awesome!
Being a broke skater my first rail was made from round wood fenceposts and 2x4s it taught me board slides….. so this hits home…. I also used literally bar soap for wax
Awesome
Use 4x4 uprights and T straps to help secure the 2x4 bottoms to the 4x4s as well as screws through the bottom for extra strength.
Ok
The diet is working Gabe, I see you! 👍💪
You already know!
I think if you grind the trucks up and down the wooden rails with your hands with pressure, it'll compress the wood and I feel the wood will only compress so much. So once it's compressed grinding across it might be better, it might not dig in as much.
Triangle pieces of wood to support the base and the rail will be for "wooden rail" 2.0!!
Thanks for the tips!
For inline most people build rails with ABS plastic pipe. I think Keen ramps have also done a video on it. You guys could try those
Yes
PVC not ABS.
Putting in my order now for the BRAILLE RAIL, lol.
This video was great 😂
Thank you!
I used to make wood rails outta some scrap wood n like a 2x4; grinded em until they were pretty much sanded down lol; those were the days
We build a small ramp with a wooden supposed grind rail off it when we were children, probably around 1991? I don't know. I don't remember it working well, although it was no worse than trying to grind and slide British curbs which, if you grew up without a skate park like most of us in the UK back then. In fact, the skate parks manual pads and such offer almost no resistance and it's difficult for me to make the transition for some tricks.
Rad
I made one of these when I was younger and it worked
Reinforce that bad boy and never let it go. It’s beautiful
You should put some risers. Grip, rubber, pads, or something under the raill to help it from sliding or moving on the floor, but the build is fumominal
Truth
Yall need to try with some of them legendary walmart plastic trucks. Wax trucks and wood rail and bet ricky can get it to work
Also put brace bar from bottom of rail to thel leg at slanted angle
Indeed
I made one of these and then added copping on the edges and it worked great
My friends and I had a super sketchy homemade wooden rail in the mid 90s and we could do slide tricks easy but trying to grind was dangerous if you're going too fast. 😂
Let's GOO!!
Great idea. For rollerblading you make them with PVC piping, and it slides like butter, zero friction. The trucks would destroy it though.
Sounds rad
Longest boardslide on a wooden rail would be dope
just had an idea maybe you can use recycled soda cans to line the railyou can screw them in on the underside.. may be alot of work but its a super budget grind rail
Yes
Use truss brackets/bracers next time and wood glue and harder wood, take a day or two to build it and make sure it's solid dry etc.