Making a Rail
Friday, September 15th, 2006|
The Sloping Rail Some of you may have heard people talking about rails and kickers, you may even have tried one at an event or a local spot, unfortunatly I live where there arn’t many KiteATB events so I had to make my own. Read on to find out how… (all measurements are in mm) In order to build your own you’ll need:
2 x 50×50x~700mm White-Wood
The A-Frame
Use the 2 x 50×50x~700mm pieces of White-Wood and cut in a half tenon joint in one end of each, then place them together and mark out a 45° angle in order to sit it flat on the ground when both peices have been cut. Once you’ve done the above drill a hole through the joints as shown in the diagram and join them together with a nut and a short length of threaded bar.
Now take the 2 x 25×100x750mm pieces of White-Wood and cut them as shown in the above diagram with the 45° angle at each end and one peice on each side of the ^ shape with 6 wood screws apiece.
The Main Beam This is probably the most complicated peice of the rail. You need to mark and chisel out a triangular indent out of the underside about 100mm down from the top, and another straight indent out of the top side the same width as your metal top piece as shown below:
Once thats done cut another angle at the bottom end to let it sit a bit nicer on the ground.
Metal Overpiece
Once You’ve got your piece of flatbar to the correct length you can then mark out the bends every 50mm and the holes as shown above. Once thats done you’re best to drill the holes first then put the flatbar in a vice and bend it as shown in the diagram. Once done these pieces can be bolted together as shown in This Photograph and the final braces can be attached:
Once all thats done you can now get your UPVC strip or tubing and attach by countersinking a number of holes along the length (I used 5) and screwing in with wood screws. The final thing to do with your new rail is to plaster it with stickers and go riding! - All the images can be seen on Kite Gallery with measurements too.
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