How Do You Build A Skateboard Grind Rail?
Having your own grind rail to practice skateboarding on at home is a great idea. You can store it in your garage, and pull it out when you want to use it. A lot of skaters just buy pre-made grind rails. These are great, but they can cost a bit and aren’t always exactly what you might want. Building your own grind rail is a lot easier you might think! The next few pages will walk you through a basic skateboard grind rail design. You can feel free to change measurements and tweak it as much as you want! But for the basic design, here’s the material you’ll need: • One 6.5 foot long piece of rectangular steel • Two pieces of 2 foot long square steel • Two pieces of 3 inch flat steel that are a foot or more long That’s all the materials you’ll need – so you can see this isn’t going to cost that much at all! Next you need to figure out how you are going to weld the rail together. If you or your kids are students, you might be able to use the tools in your school’s metal working class. Just a
