How To Build A Half Pipe

Materials Needed:

20x Pieces of 2x4

4x of ply wood

Level

Lots of screws

8 pieces of thin ply wood

            16ft PVC pipes

            Saw (Preferably electric)

            Electric Drill

First thing you need to do is figure out the dimensions of the half pipe that you want to build. I built a half pipe that was 4ft tall and 8 ft. wide. Once you figure out your dimensions you need to cut around 18 of the 2x4 to 8ft wide. Now you put away all of the 2x4’s for later in the project. Next you need to make the transitions for the half pipe. This is done by getting a 7ft piece of plywood and fixing it to one point outside of the plywood. From here you need a pencil to outline the path the 2x4 takes along the plywood. Once you have the stencil you need to cut it out with preferably an electric saw.  Once you have two identical pieces you ne to connect them by putting the 2x4’s in between. Around every 8 inches you want to put one 2x4 going across. Also it is good to keep in mind that you want at least 2 screws in each 2x4. Once you work your way up to the top of the ply wood you want to star adding verticle supports to connect an deck to where you can stand on. This is a very simple part and doest need much explation. Just keep in mind it needs to be stable enough to not move when people are skating on it.  Once you have the first transition done all you need to do is repeat the entire process to make another transition on the other side of the halfpipe. The flats are very simple to make to all you need is around a 8ft width and I would recommend around 10ft for the leghth. Again I recommend putting a 2x4 every 8 inches.

Once you have all three separate parts to the half your going to want to cone ct the skelton together with a good amount of screws. Use your best judgement to how many you should use. Next you need to get thin flexible ply wood to go over the skeleton. Once you put the plywood of the skeleton make sure you screw in all the corners . On top of the plywood your going to want to put more expensive high grade wood. I recommend using skatelite. This is especially built for skating on however it can run you around 400$.