skate board ramps

That’s a cool set of ramps good job.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Nice work. I built one of those for my son about 4 years ago. It was well worth it. Hope your skater enjoys..

-- Brock, Illinois

Cool. I built several of these over the years. I did not have the skills or the money to do it right but we had fun anyway. Great job.

-- The view only changes for the leading dog.

Nice job I made a set of these for the neighbor kids a while back. They were surprised a old guy like me (46) could ride the ramp so well and do tricks. What they didn’t see was all the Ben-Gay used after all the fall’s later that night…. LOL

Great job!

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

what do you use as the starter strip and the coping nose? Is the skatelite glued on or screwed on?

-- ***Pat*** Rookie woodworker looking for an education!!!

The copping (pipe at the top) 2” diameter steel pipe I believe is 3/16” thick and bottom is 1/8” thick steel 6’’ wide. The ramp transitions are from 3/4” with 2×4 every 6” liquid nailed and screwed. Layered in 3 layers of 3/8” ply then tar paper then skate light which is just counter sunked screws. Man I wish I still had picture of the bowls we built years ago, although they were def ghetto ramps. Yeah I’m actually a bmx er been riding/building ramps since 6th grade but now I’m in my 30s. It def takes longer to heal these days.

Nice work!

My 10 year old son will go crazy when I show him this. He is a skateboard fanatic. Very nice!!

-- Michael and Matthew

Thanks for the breakdown of the work. How much did the skate light cost and do you think if I used some kind of sealer on cdx plywood it would hold up outside? My son is a street BMX’r as well and we build a small single jump ramp but it needs some updating. Its needs to be movable by one person so I’m wondering how I could add a couple of casters or wheels so they could be folded out of the way to ride and then put back to move the unit.

-- ***Pat*** Rookie woodworker looking for an education!!!