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This is a small fun box I built a while ago and thought I'd share it. It's a variation of Bud Stratford's box plans. I really liked his idea to make a curb sized box. This way I can make stands to raise it or lower it for variation. I plan on making 10" removable stands to raise the box to approximately 18".
Since I skateboard and rollerblade, I decided to put angle iron on one side and 2" coping on the other side (the major difference between my box and Bud's Box. Once I get the stands built, the versatility of the box will be awesome.
The approximate dimensions of the final box are 6' long, 2' wide, and 7 3/4" tall. You could easily make it longer, wider, and taller to suit your needs. I made it smaller for easier storage, plus I'm more of a fan of shorter/technical grinds.
Here are some basic instructions (refer to Bud's instructions for plans and more details/options):
- Build the lower frame
- Cut 5 - 21" 2x4s and 2 - 6' 2x4s.
- Assemble the frame placing a 2x4 every 18" on center.
- Build the upper frame
- Cut 5 - 19.5" 2x4s and 2 - 6' 2x4s.
- Assemble the frame placing a 2x4 every 18" on center.
- Attach the 2 frames together
- Cut 7" 2x4s braces. You can cut as many or as little as you need. 4 is probably the right amount, 2 at the least. (You can make these taller if you want a taller box. If you do this, cut 6 braces and gap the 2 frames accordingly)
- 1 frame will obviously be less wide than the other, this is for the coping. Align the frames so 3 sides are flush... leaving room for the coping on the other side.
- Place the brackets near the corners on the inside of the frame. If only using 2 brackets, place them at opposite corners.
- Attach the coping Support
- Find a 2x3x6' (I found one at Menards) or cut your own, and attach it in the notch where the coping will go. This will set the rail up high enough to be grindable.
- Create the deck
- Cut a 3/4" sheet of plywood to 6' long and 22.5" wide and attach it to the top of the box.
- Attach the Angle Iron and Coping
- Attach a 6' piece of angle iron to 1 side of the box.
- Drill a hole in each end and counter sink the iron with a bigger bit so your screws will be flush with the metal.
- Pre-drill holes in the wood so you be sure not to break off the wood screws.
- Attach a 6' piece of 2" diameter pipe to the other side of the box. You can use any of the methods mentioned on this site. I personally drilled a hole 3" from each end of the pipe. Then I drilled another hole at an angle through the top frame to the underside of the ramp. Then I popped a bolt through each end and it's extremely.
- Skate on the rest of the day.
Date
5 years ago (Apr 4, 2005)
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