Here's my new luge. It's made of both wood & aluminum. To answer the first posts that I foresee:
1. It's not really a "boom" luge, the "pegs" are just leg supports, not footpegs
2. The riser above the front truck is due to a last-minute lack of threading on the screws, so I had to improvise and put a 0.5" khiro hard riser on top. I can think of about 100 ways to solve this problem, but at the time I was running out of time and materials.
3. It's a recreation luge, I know there are at least 2 or 3 IGSA safety infractions on this design.
Location: buying used stuff off of SF, so i can look "gnar" with my pre-thrashed gear
Age: 20
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Re: My new "hybrid" luge
dude, that is sweet! i wanna build one!
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:o Hey guys can you help me with this?
:neutral: Well you see that's a pretty common question, you can find they answer if you put some effort into it.
:o No, that was useless to me just tell me so I don't have to put that much effort into it.
:rolleyes: Yeah yeah, screw you too pal. Teach a man to fish...
:mad: You're assholes!
gday, thats the kind of design of was thinking for my first luge! looks good! one question though, is it basically two pieces of aluminium with ply in the middle? is so how'd you keep the back one so short while still keeping strength, may be a stupid question im not sure?
Location: buying used stuff off of SF, so i can look "gnar" with my pre-thrashed gear
Age: 20
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Re: My new "hybrid" luge
any chance you could post schematics or blueprints?
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Originally Posted by DELETED
:o Hey guys can you help me with this?
:neutral: Well you see that's a pretty common question, you can find they answer if you put some effort into it.
:o No, that was useless to me just tell me so I don't have to put that much effort into it.
:rolleyes: Yeah yeah, screw you too pal. Teach a man to fish...
:mad: You're assholes!
It involved a lot of laying down on the plywood to see how it would fit. The 6063 aluminum overlaps the plywood by 7". I drew the lines on the plywood to line up the aluminum first. I drilled holes in the aluminum and attached the 5 wood screws to the plywood by hand for precsion, then drilled a 3/8" hole near the ends to bolt the 6063 to the plywood with fender washers. That way the aluminum was well lined up before the bolts were put in for the real support. A 2x1 strip of oak with angle aluminum on the sides run the length for support, along with bondo on the bottom. I'll work on some diagrams, and do some more photos.
Last edited by bgh gierco; 07-26-2007 at 05:04 PM.
Nice mate, nice. Made how to go about things alot clearer in my head.
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It involved a lot of laying down on the plywood to see how it would fit. The 6063 aluminum overlaps the plywood by 7". I drew the lines on the plywood to line up the aluminum first. I drilled holes in the aluminum and attached the 5 wood screws to the plywood by hand for precsion, then drilled a 3/8" hole near the ends to bolt the 6063 to the plywood with fender washers. That way the aluminum was well lined up before the bolts were put in for the real support. A 2x1 strip of oak with angle aluminum on the sides run the length for support, along with bondo on the bottom. I'll work on some diagrams, and do some more photos.
I always wanted Exkate M80's...is there alot of vibration on it?
No, it's quite smooth. It rides like a wood sled. As for the M80's, I think the best attribute is how predicatble the slide is. When you come into a turn to hot you barely know you're sliding because it doesn't suddenly break away like a square-edged wheel would.
Thats tight! I have been riding on a topmount speedboard still to busy to make a luge... I was going to just make a regular buttboard but this is making me think it might be fun to make a street luge...
My new "hybrid" luge
