rickety rail

tjmac · Backside 180 Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Posts: 780 City: valley

my friend and i built a rail today and its like 19 feet long and we have five 5 foot supports about every 4 feet and when we flipped it over to put stabelizers on the bottom it wobbles. i have pics on my phone ill try to get up. any one know what to do about the wobblyness??

*Nate · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Mar 2008 Posts: 1230 City: Nokomis

hammer it into the ground?

tjmac · Backside 180 Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Posts: 780 City: valley

were gonna be puttin it in like 4 foot deep water but i was just wonderin if the wobblin with affect it bein hit or if it will be good in the water

tjmac · Backside 180 Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Posts: 780 City: valley

heres the pic

mattttt60 · Backside 180 Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 648 City: 941

that will breaak soooo easily ur gonno need to atleast make supports goin from the legs to flat bar

tjmac · Backside 180 Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Posts: 780 City: valley

mattttt60, what do u mean goin from the legs to the flat bar????

mattttt60 · Backside 180 Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 648 City: 941

tjmac, ya

tjmac · Backside 180 Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Posts: 780 City: valley

mattttt60, no what do u mean buy that, i dont understand

sandiego4real · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 518

You need supports from post to post.If you hit that now it will just fold Crazy Eyes

tjmac · Backside 180 Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Posts: 780 City: valley

so do u guys mean it sould look like this(modified with paint)

mattttt60 · Backside 180 Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 648 City: 941

sorry haha, and actually more like this

tjmac · Backside 180 Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Posts: 780 City: valley

o i gotcha. that makes sense. we could but we dont have a power saw, we broke the one we had cutting the legs. the blade is loose and wiggles. it just happened we didnt do anything. how would we get the things in?? like would we have to undo the whole rail or just slip them in? and could we cut the boards without a powersaw?

ride_high · Faceplant Joined: 23 Jul 2008 Posts: 16 City: atx

what kinda saw is it? if it is a circular saw tightening up the nut on the outside of the blade should stop the wobble. there s usually a button to push to lock the spindle so you can tighten the nut without turning the blade. but seriously man, havent you ever heard of a hand saw? your just cutting 2x4s. sack up and saw that shizzle.

doesnt anyones dad teach their kids to build stuff anymore?

JAM · Backside 180 Joined: 18 Sep 2006 Posts: 604 City: nOtown

ride_high, haha kids play video games now, instead of building tree houses
you could run another 2x4 along either side of the rail. turn it vertical and screw it in the the rail and the legs.

and id spike your supports if the ground is pretty solid

TommyC · Posted: Aug 19, 2008 12:10 pm Post subject:

ride_high, i dont think so

tjmac · Backside 180 Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Posts: 780 City: valley

ride_high, he doesnt have a handsaw. we looked all over his garages and couldnt find one

mr.foonis · Posted: Aug 20, 2008 9:33 pm Post subject:

lol run to home depo and buy one!! its like 5 bucks, im sure u could do that Very Happy

tjmac · Backside 180 Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Posts: 780 City: valley

well we would have loved to do that but the fact that we're 14 plays a part in not runnin up to home depot

mr.foonis · Posted: Aug 21, 2008 7:58 pm Post subject:

oh lol u thought u at least had cars...
my bad Embarassed

Bustamove · Frontside 180 Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 351 City: Miami

buy threaded poles and metal brackets and stainless screws and just use that, they wont break and it works really well. It will also go into the ground better than wood.