DIY Mini Ramp Build - 1st Year Review and Re-vamp
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- In this video am reflecting on the first year since I built my backyard mini ramp. I am also doing some routine maintenance in time for the summer!
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Dimensions -
Height to Coping just under 3ft
18ft coping to coping
22ft long,
Just over 8ft of flat bottom,
2 ft platforms,
8ft wide
6'6" Transition Radius
Materials -
3 x 18mm 8' x 4" sheets
10 x 9mm 8' x 4" sheets
36 x 2"x4" 8ft long beams
600 x 70mm deck screws
400x 100mm construction screws.
5 litres of Grey Skies Masonry Paint
5 litres of Wood preserver (Cuprinol Duck Back)
Paint Roller and brushes
2 cans of Rustoleum Lacquer
1 tube of Gorilla Grab Adhesive
4 bags of Post Crete
15 x Breeze Blocks
I know this is late but what was the metal pipe coping you used im a newby to this and plan on building my own mini ramp took big inspiration from your epic mini ramp hope I can learn half the tricks you got man nice going !
@@jasonfourcheese8066 hey dude, it’s just a bit of 50mm scaffolding pole. I searched on gumtree and someone was selling a couple of 8ft lengths. 50mm or 60mm are pretty standard coping sizes
great stuff
Excellante , cheers ....
Hey John! Great video! I just started building a mini ramp in my garage and I've found your videos to be very imformative and inspiring! I'm in a similar situation as you were, my local ramps are all pretty whippy but I really want something I can skate and progess on for a long time. I'm going with a 2' overall height and a 6' radius. Stay rad!
Nice
Great vid👍👍
Yeees we are back, back in the garden shed, looking back. 👍
Your progress is worthy of admiration, Jon. The extension is a great idea.
Many thanks dude! Yeah, extension is on the way ?!!
You've certainly got a great repertoire of stunts now at your disposal. Great job, can't wait to come round and give her a spin!
Brilliant, can’t wait, is this not the kind of thing that the healthy options would like to have a spin on ??? 😂
@@JonBishopSkate I can picture it now. I reckon some time in 2022 for our next UK visit fingers crossed.
Really lovely ramp Jon I bet it has gave you a lot of mini ramp CHAOS!!!!!
Ha, yeah there has been some carnage 😂
the pool look is sick
Really like the idea of a moveable tombstone! Look forward to seeing how you get that to work
Ha!! I recon it could work?? I remember seeing the old school pool dudes built plywood extensions to kick turn above the coping? I thought it might be worth a crack as I can’t think of the best place for an extension as it’ll change from trick to trick?
Love your videos, I've learned tons more with you than with anybody else. Keep up the work!! I'm looking forward to seeing more of your awsome content🤙🏻🤙🏻
Many thanks for tuning in dude!
Great stuff Jon, I have enjoyed watching your progression on the mini ramp. In fact I’ve enjoyed all your content over the past year, keep up the great work 👏👏
Many thanks for tuning in Ben!
Love the pool look so good looks well built too
Another great video. Looking forward to seeing your extension. Going to build myself one aswell
Love this man inspired me to start skating
It was a good idea to build the ramp with the dimensions you did. Else you probably wouldn't have learned so much so quickly. You had a headstart on me (started riding the ramps again in March 2020) and I had to learn on a steeper concrete Ramp. I consider myself quite decently talented (skater buddies already call me a fast learning skateboarder) spend quite some time in the park and am a few years younger. But you have way more tricks in the book than I do. I'd love to have a ramp like yours to learn new tricks on. For frontside stalls I had to go to another park with a baby quarter to find the courage to dropping back in for example.
Hi John stockboard is a good replacement for plywood made from recycled plastic comes in 3mm 6mm 9mm 12mm and 18mm you Can put a layer of 6 mm on top of your plywood if it ever goes bad it wood make it bullet proof or Make a hole ramp out of it no maintenance ever no Messing around with covering it up just a big squeegee wipe off the water and skate squeegee will be good for your plywood to
Hey dude,
Yeah I looked into it I think, but I was concerned as to how the surface would be to ride? The stuff on the local indoor skate park resi ramp is similar black plastic and that’s like an ice rink ???
Everything is when it's wet but just give her a couple of scrapes with the squeegee I have an 18 foot
Sorry 18inch squeegee to scrape it down and it will be dry in no time a big gas torch that are used for roofing can dry it in minutes you can also painted with masonry paint
Great stuff!! Careful with the extension. I built a 2x4 quarter with a fairly steep trans. Hit the coping with a bit of gusto and it can tip backward a bit. 'Emotional!!'. Make sure the extension is bolted/fixed 👍
Great advice, yeah I anticipate carnage as per 😂
Porch & patio floor paint has been working well on my mini. Might be worth a try to compare durability. Does get a little slippery when it's in need of a recoat.
Sorry, I didn't see your last session video until now. RIP
Many thanks for the input dude !!
@@JonBishopSkate Thank you man for the inspiration! I've gone from decades past detention ramp drawings & daydreams to reality. I'd recommend anyone considering building their own who's got the skill required to go for it. 80's & 90's kids aren't getting old, we're just bigger children building better toys
@@keele9916 yeah, it really is a dream come true. My childhood dream was a BMX ramp in the 80’s. I didn’t skate then and it didn’t happen, but this fulfilled the dream, all be it 30 years later for skating !!
For the next paint, you should consider using boat paint. That's most resistant against wear and tear. I am dreaming of having my own Miniramp, too. Maybe ... someday... :-)
Cool,
I had a ginger cat. Absolute sweetheart.
I had one too. He was my soul mate. I posted a couple videos on him.He died and I'm still torn up about it years later
Yeah I love Tommy the cat. He’s been with me for 15 years, he’s still in good nick, I’m grateful for every day !!
You should try to learn blunts, your ramp is the perfect size for it
Yeah, one of the first videos I recorded on the ramp was the Blunt Rock !
isn't it actually really bad for blunts? Wouldn't one want a steep transition to easier get into the blunt and not having to pop as much when coming back in?
@@badsn, for me, first learning any blunt trick is super sketchy. So I prefer to learn them on smaller quarters first. It is harder to pop out of it though.
One comment about your point of using soft wheels.... works great for some stuff, but the moment you try anything with reverts, you're begging for flat spots.
Learning Nosestall reverts basically turned my slightly softer wheels into triangles.
Yeah good point, I agree, I don’t really like the way they feel for the lock in either?? but they are defo quieter.
Love the fake tiles!
Awsome ramp 🤙 I am just on with building my own using ure specs but am going 10ft wide. Just a quick question what grade of ply did you use cheers and keep up the awsome vids. 👊
Hey dude,
I used BB grade birch. I just got the best I could find?
6mm 8by4 sheet is only 45 euros so cheaper than marine ply
Great video! I’ve been playing with the idea of building a miniramp this year and was wondering about the upkeep. I just have a quarter I keep in the garage right now. What are the dimensions of your ramp?
Hey Dude
Dimensions -
Height to Coping just under 3ft
18ft coping to coping
22ft long,
Just over 8ft of flat bottom,
2 ft platforms,
8ft wide
6'6" Transition Radius
Materials -
3 x 18mm 8' x 4" sheets
10 x 9mm 8' x 4" sheets
36 x 2"x4" 8ft long beams
600 x 70mm deck screws
400x 100mm construction screws.
5 litres of Grey Skies Masonry Paint
5 litres of Wood preserver (Cuprinol Duck Back)
Paint Roller and brushes
2 cans of Rustoleum Lacquer
1 tube of Gorilla Grab Adhesive
4 bags of Post Crete
15 x Breeze Blocks
Great video Jon! Can I ask how much you payed for your birch plywood per sheet? There was a leak in my shed with the recent snow and my 3mm hardboard layer got destroyed :( It's been a pita getting new sheets back on as they won't fit where the old ones did. I also discovered that guides recommend 'tempered' hardboard, not standard which I had, which would last longer. I might look into birch in the long term but at around £50 a sheet (I'd need 10 or 11) it wasn't really a cost i'd factored in...
Yeah, it’s good to shop around, not sure about any of that shed stuff TBH. The 9mm 8x4 sheets I got were around £30 plus vat from the merchants, from B n Q and the likes it’d be a lot more ??!
@@JonBishopSkate Cheers! Sorry I didn't make that very clear haha, the hardboard was the top layer of my ramp, which is inside a shed. Got a new layer of it on but next time I might go for birch. Just did my first coping trick yesterday which was a fakie tail stall.. not much of a trick but it's something.. It's 4ft so pretty scary to me but soo much fun!
@@Asator66 wicked, yeah it’s proper scary 😟