NJ SHREDDER 28

Hey guys. I want to make a box that I can just mess around on in my backyard and stuff. I have woodwork in school, so really I have all the materials and tools to make a nice wooden box. My question is, will a wooden box like warp, swell up, or split if left out in the snow? Also, where can I maybe get that like flexible, smooth white plastic stuff that most mountains put on the tops of their boxes?

alaric

I built a wood box, painted it, and it's holding up great. Hasn't warped or split or anything. As of now, we only have old countertop as out sliding surface, but we're hoping to get UHMV (i think that's what it is), it's just wicked expensive

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Dcp584

Why don't you just try plexi glass like a 1/2" sheet see how much that costs. It's not exactly the same as what is at the resorts but I think it would work close to the same. You know what I mean.

boarderaholic

IF you get plexi-glass, countersink that thing. And be warned that the repeated impacts will probably shatter it. The thing that most parks use is called lexan, and it's the stuff that hockey arenas use, and it's EXPENSIVE.

alaric

Exactly... originally our box had PG, and it shattered within like a week. We got another sheet and it was gone again in about a month. This old countertop is working well enough for now, hopefully we can get something better soon.

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NJ SHREDDER 28

Okay so I'm not going for the hockey arena stuff, but I have a new idea.About a year ago we got our countertops redone, and we have a like 1.5 ft x 3.5 ft piece of granite (maybe 2 inches thick) lying around. Would that be durable enough for a box and have a good feel/speed to it? Also, if you think it would work, what would be the best way to go about attaching that to wood??

Okay wow sorry for being slow. Alaric I just fully read your reply. By countertop do you mean granite?? If so could you give me some feedback/construction tips on it?

alaric

Yeah, it's granite. By no means is it amazing, but it works. What we did, and I'm not sure if this is the best way to do it, but it's how we did it. We screwed a piece of plywood on top of the box, then put liquid nails on top of it, then put the countertop on. Then we screwed a few, but not many screws in, and countersunk the screws so they wouldn't catch. It usually works well. Sometimes you'll get a sticky spot, but we just throw snow on it and it works.

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Dcp584

How thick was that plexi glass you used?

NJ SHREDDER 28

Okay I got a few questions:

1) Is "liquid nails" just like Gorilla Glue or something like that?
2) How the hell do you screw through granite?
3) By countersinking do you mean putting the screw heads below the top of the granite and then covering them with something, so that the top surface of the granite is flat?

alaric

I would think so... not positive though.

Predrill w/ a titanium bit, then screw em in... I didn't do that part, was sick, but I'm fairly sure that's what the other guys did.

EDIT - I just found out the countertop already had holes in it, so really those screws were easy to screw in. I'd asume a drillbit would work to predrill... if not, I'm sure liquid nails would hold well enough

Yup. We don't even cover them with anything. If ya do it right, the screws will be pretty much even, but just a little lower than the granite

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