Metal skateboard VS wooden rail would be dope. Reverse them roles!

My 7 year old daughter screaming, “Bodied” from the backseat when Glo goes down is a highlight of my day. She passes the vibe check

I learned my boardslides on a wooden rail, I had made a little 3 foot box out of scrap 2x4s and plywood, I then stacked 4 2x4s on top of eachother. This video just reminded me of a fundamental memory thank you braille

Can I just say I love that you guys are flipping the script a little. Your greatest content is educational, funny and looks ridiculously fun. Like having skateboarding dreams from childhood recreated on KZfaq.

I’m a carpenter and I love watching you work, Gabe. Check out a reasonable flux core welder and move into some steel for these things. Nigel cracks me up…😂😂😂!

Use PVC coverings on the trucks and you may be able to grind it. Just saying 💙

The pure joy and hype was felt! Congrats

Use a heat gun to heat up the wood so the wax soaks into the wood , don’t burn the wood with the heat gun .

Add some 90º wedges to the legs for lateral support. Get screws that are about an inch longer, and maybe add a rubber non slip pad of some type on bottom to prevent sliding

Y'all killed it in this episode. So rad

Great start to my day...thanks Braille...😂😂 amazing skating and tons of laughs

Nigel’s energy is great, all you guys have dope energy

Great video guys, loved the energy. & loved the great build Gabe. Nice shreddin’ boys.

HUGE success!! So proud of you Gabe!

Not one to leave a comment, but real recognize real!! Just paused at 4:41, this thing looks sweet!! Love the channel, love all y’all!! Sweet build Gabe!!

Sick job Gabe. Idea 1) Dip the screws in wood glue while constructing it, and try a wooden railing with thick varnish or epoxy coating. Content Idea: make a grind rail using pvc pipes. They come in many thicknesses and I'm sure with your skills, You can make it happen.

Boardsliding that would be a lot of fun maybe using a Santa Cruz ever-slick hm🤔

Pretty sure we all already knew this. But Gabe is a GENIUS! Amazing build my man. Really enjoyed this video 👏🏾. Now let's get a longer version of this wooden rail going 😂

With a little support on the legs that rail would be perfect. Def need a wood rail 2.0 vid next

You guys never disappoint, what a fun vid, nice work Gabe!!! That rail is fire!🔥

My friend in my teen years made a wooden rail by gluing two long pieces of wood together. He told me that his friend did a 50-50 and that the trucks completely stuck on the rail. Because of this, he fell completely forward and his face slammed on the rail, which caused it to turn red according to my friend. They laughed it off too from what I remember my friend said. I know nothing about woodworking, but it seems like a wood rail is feasible for grinds only if the wood is that glossy slippery kind with a finish on it or something to stop the trucks from sticking. It seems the wood would have to be hard and sturdy wood too so the trucks would not dig in to the rail and so it would not chip. I have no idea how easy or possible that is to make, especially on a large scale. At any rate, I enjoyed watching and hope to see more interesting creations from the "Braille Laboratory".

I love the making process! Gabe is a madman !

Fantastic editing in this one guys! When wooden rail's obituary from 10 am -11 am came on the screen, I almost died. 😅😂🤣

Right On!!! Those blue prints were on point.

Adding some rubber to the bottom of the legs would help with it moving around. also use 4x4s for the legs so they are solid and use lag bolts instead of screws. Another idea could be to get big enough pvc or abs cut it long ways and cap it. The best thing would be to get a piece of channel to cover it for doing grinds instead of slides.

When I started skateboarding, my friends and I made 2x2 wooden rails, there was no money for iron and we only had sticks, a saw and nails.

Nigel is back 🎉 🎉🎉 always a great one when he is in the video

Day idk of asking Braille to bring back skate roulette. That was fun.

8:22 can we say he had a glow up on this wood rail 😂

Shoutss to the editing in this vid its great

Glows pants male me think of Alvin and the Chipmunks, like Simon stole Alvins drip or something 😂

Future woodworking advice: Rip cuts (cutting along the grain) are best done with a table saw and crosscuts (cutting through the grain) is best done with a miter saw. This is a lesson I learned well into my woodworking hobby when I had a chunk of wood from a table saw thump me right in the sternum because I was tying to freehand a crosscut...way scarier than a popsicle from a heelflip imo hahah

Great video! Looked fun.

Glad the boys are back with 🔥

4:58 that bit got me you have to use this joke more 😂😂😂

ALL SERIOUSNESS GET HARD WOOD DOWLS OR EXOTIC WOOD ITS SUPER HARD AND HAS NATURAL OILS WITHIN Hickory, maple, red oak, ebony You may be able to grind ebony

gabe - you gotta reinforce with wood glue, also have the screws coming in from both directions for added strength. nice build!

nice and cool video idea Braille

sick video, I see you with the new filming style and the bgm

The pvc truck hacks would "grind" that

As a kid a buying metal rail was too expensive and I had no clue how to work with metal to build my own so we made rails similar to this. Basically a long 2x4 for the main part with short 2x4s drilled perpendicular to the bottom so it wouldn’t tip. Then for the rail we used PVC. Drilled holes every 2-3 feet in the top of the pvc and then screwed that onto the 2x4. Worked great for grinds with inline skates and decent for skateboard slides. Grinds on a skateboard not so much. You’d catch on the holes in the PVC or sometimes just explode the PVC altogether. Haha.

Okay, with out continuing the video I already love the idea!

This is a perfect idea for beginners. It's easy to build, low-cost materials, and if they find out skateboarding just ain't for them, they're not. stuck trying to resale an $800 rail. I'd say Gabe killed it on this one! 🤘💙b💙🤘

Reminds me of the old skate parks with the wooden rails and pvc cope. When I was 14, our park only had wooden rails and all wood ramps in a parking lot of an old grocery store.

Awesome video!!!

That build was wild. Love seeing Glo and Nigel back at it too

Don't worry about a weight loss Glo. Gabe drilled the screws into end grain. Even a child could pull them out. lol

This is amazing!! ngl didn't think it was gonna work

There's a species of wood that's supposedly the hardest and densest, Lignum Vitae. There's also a treatment that can be done to densify existing timber that involves chemical treatments along with high pressure compression. So in theory, you can make a wooden rail that's stronger than steel ones. I hope someone from the fanbase has access to these methods and materials, eventually making a rail that will absolutely survive your guys' tests. It also needs to be said that the legs need some more support to prevent it from falling apart. As for the actual rail, it might need to be thicker to support more weight. I also saw a comment about treating the wood with heat and wax to give it a smoother feel.

I made a wooden rail with some right-angled iron bars screwed into the top to make it grind and slide like a square rail, because I didn't have the tools to make a metal one. Worked like a charm!

Love Glo. Love Nigel. Love Gabe. Love Derek, love the build. Love braille ❤💯

Another awesome video.

In the 90s everyone made wooden rails, and then one day it happened, someone's dad welded up a metal one and it was glorious, and eventually someone steal it for snowboarding...

Skateboarding has always been about DIY and using whatever materials you have available. I had a wood rail in my garage in the ‘90s. Worked fine for slides and stalls, not so much for grinds.

That was a blast

i like the creative stuffs! : )

Angle braces are your friend. And the reason it butters up so nice is because the wood grain can soak up the wax whereas with metal, you just get a topcoat.

glo was so close to being the first dude to sack a wooden rail

I need Gabe to make a new floor is lava with his new skills

I noticed the rail spins on the floor. This might be one for Ricky: start board slide, the rail is rotated 180 degrees, slide off rail, roll out to where you started.

Hey Gabe, try a half lap joint for the feet and put the screws in from the side, might help it last longer. I love doing board slides and that looks like a ton of fun!

The diet is working Gabe, I see you! 👍💪

This video was great 😂

Yall need to try with some of them legendary walmart plastic trucks. Wax trucks and wood rail and bet ricky can get it to work

Hmmm, I suggested the "don't break the" tournament with a bunch of identical cheap decks (still waiting on that, hint hint 🤣) but what about a "don't break the" video where it's the obstacle what you are trying not to break? A flimsy ramp could work (maybe every round remove a rib from the frame) but a wooden rail would lend itself quite well to the idea as the more you grind it, the more damage it 'wood' (ha!) receive, like build it with supports on the ends and maybe one in the middle so there are plenty of unsupported spans that could eventually snap. You wood (I'll stop 🤣) have to get the diameter of the wood for the rail just right so it's strong enough to skate, but thin enough that with some damage eventually it would break...

This is awesome dude

With more time it will work really well. Quality wood and pegs instead of screws; sand the grind surface with fine grit till its smooth as glass.

we used to use old railroad ties and screw angle iron on it

I had one of these. Made it myself. Speed and wax and shifting your weight back will allow for grinds on the trucks.

Gave make the middle support like a half inch smaller then the end ones maybe more or less depending the spot it’s sitting I like to help ur really doing better n better gabe!

Glue and screw my friend glue and screw. Also, it should slide a little better as you skate it, then it will get really bad. Wood gets harder as you compress it, to a point. Then, as the fibers get damaged, they will come apart. Essentially though, that's how our ancestors made wooden spears. Heat them in a fire and rub them on a rock to harden the point. Lastly, I'd make sure you're using a hardwood for the rails. Closet rod like that comes in pine or oak. Pine is cheaper, but oak is way harder and would be better suited.

that was awesome to watch. as a kid my dad made me a rail just with a 2X4 and it worked really well just like this. jumping into 5050 stuck just like yours but a roll on 5050 was doable. I bet you guys could get it on this

Putting in my order now for the BRAILLE RAIL, lol.

This was sick! Version 2 needs to be longer and have a foot of rail past each end leg like Glo said and then it’s pretty much perfect!

Being a broke skater my first rail was made from round wood fenceposts and 2x4s it taught me board slides….. so this hits home…. I also used literally bar soap for wax

Braille is so dope!

We build a small ramp with a wooden supposed grind rail off it when we were children, probably around 1991? I don't know. I don't remember it working well, although it was no worse than trying to grind and slide British curbs which, if you grew up without a skate park like most of us in the UK back then. In fact, the skate parks manual pads and such offer almost no resistance and it's difficult for me to make the transition for some tricks.

I think if you grind the trucks up and down the wooden rails with your hands with pressure, it'll compress the wood and I feel the wood will only compress so much. So once it's compressed grinding across it might be better, it might not dig in as much.

Big thanks to whoever did the audio in this one. Love the compression as I have hearing issues.

We love you too !!!❤❤

Flat pack, self assembly, Gabe rails coming to the Braille shop soon!

🔥 lol the gta walk

You should put some risers. Grip, rubber, pads, or something under the raill to help it from sliding or moving on the floor, but the build is fumominal

Gabe ..add some triangular bracing to your vertical supports and feet and you will be g2g 🔥

Great idea. For rollerblading you make them with PVC piping, and it slides like butter, zero friction. The trucks would destroy it though.

I gotta speak for all of us when I say Ricky needs to see this as well jd, and every other braille crew members! I think mogley would luv it

Let's GOO!!

YOOOO!! PLEASE MAKE LONGER ONES AND PLAY A GAME OF 'SKATE' ON IT!!!

Gabe and team… Don’t you know any Old School skater??? I mean, really old school… like 80’s skater. That’s how we started (actually discovering) rail slides!!! With wood and no wax!!! Hahahaha. Kudos for your great work guys!!!

Wooden rail is fully OK.. you just NEED metal on top. Either a metal tube cut in half, or U-Channel metal attached somehow (side bolts). Just trying to slide on wood will work for a day (add wax). Ain't gonna hold up without metal on the top grinding bar though. Check this out... very stable metal rail, but on top 2 of those wooden bars that seem so slippery. Will need to be replaced often, but they're cheap.

just had an idea maybe you can use recycled soda cans to line the railyou can screw them in on the underside.. may be alot of work but its a super budget grind rail

That's super dope epic video

My suggestions: PVC rail Copper pipe rail Glass rail Carpeted rail Concrete rail Plywood rail Extra wide rail Pro gamer rgb led rail Skate board deck rail Slip and slide rail Aluminum wrapped rail Gold painted rail Mirror finish rail Two rails in a stack

Solid rail Gabe! Maybe put some non-slip pads on the feet? Looking forward to the next vid! :)

Breh pvc instead of the wooden Dowell rod type stuff, ive made rails like this since back in the 80s ... Just use tapered wood screws and screw the pvc to a 4x4 ...

Gabe thank you for another great amazing video ! Your the best builder ever , you are better than BOB 😅

Make one out of iron wood. It's used in like escrima fights for batons and stuff. It can really take a beating

Version 2.0 I suggest you use a hardwood 4x4 fence post for the legs as well as the rail portion. You will want to actually shape the top of the 4x4 but leave the bottom flat so it can attach to the legs of course. And some 2x4 or 1x4 stabilizers for the legs of course. Then you have to actually sand the top of the rail down properly (going from lower grit to higher grit) and then put some sealant on it and then polish it with furniture polish. You might even be able to get a light-footed grind on the trucks with that.

already made it :D have fun

My first rail was a 4x4 with 8 inch legs so I could make it 12 inches tall. Screwed a broomstick in the center of it for whatever reason. Slid so beautifully. A lot tricks learned on that thing as ridiculous as it sounds. Bottom line is...skate whatever you have. You can learn on anything.