The owner of keen ramps, Cory keen shows us a thing or 2 about building ramps as he try to build a 3 x 8 foot mini ramp in just 1 hour while giving away trade tips and secrets.
I have been debating on getting my kids a mini ramp but debated on if I could do it myself. I have an extensive carpentry background so I now know I’m good lol
nicely done. I built myself a 4'x16' miniramp in high school. Had a 5'x4' extension on both ends, and an 5' to 4' escalator on one of them. Awesome experience. Wish I had the money at th etime for Skatelite, but found that G1S Fir 1/4" plywood provided a relatively good riding surface up here in Canada for the money. Makes me want to buy a new house and build another one in my 30s
I built similar. It was in the middle of essentially a kudzu jungle in NC. I spent a whole summer just making a concrete & 4x4 foundation for it. That was something like 60 3 ft deep postholes. I covered it whenever possible with a huge tarp. it wa skateable for roughly 10 yrs. Within another 10 the jungle had reclaimed it, and the 4x4 posts of the foundation, completely and there was no sign it was ever there.
The most unbelievable thing about this video: "This is my oldest shirt. I think I got it five or six years ago" Damn dude. I have shirts like 15 years old.
@@flykingduke2145 I honestly can't tell if you're being sarcastic. But. In the case you're being dead ass, I don't put ketchup on hotdogs. "Who goes there?" I don't know but I know It doesn't go there.
This is inspiring as hell because I've been putting off building a mini-ramp for 15 years thinking it would be an insurmountable task. Amazing! Thanks for the tricks/tips/hints!
My old man built a 12x16 ramp with a 4" transition with a 5" extension on one side in vancouver and because of the rain the last time I was involved in re-sheeting we put tar paper between each layer 3 layers, two of ply and 1 of paperface to cost save away from skatelite. Rain and masonite don't mix. The ramp was pretty damn noisy when rolling on it, which wasn't really an issue, but that was pretty much entirely eliminated by first the tar paper, but second, and more substantially, putting each sheet of plywood at a 45 degree angle and alternating direction every layer. Added benefit to the 45 degree layers is there is legitimately no flex whatsoever. Not something you notice until you actually roll it, but it felt way better afterwards and if he had neighbors that cared you could roll all night barring the coping noise. Only downside is the amount of extra work cutting the 45s.
such a good idea to have all the wood pre-cut and drilled/counter-sunk instead of just doing it as you go. then later in the workflow when you get problems like twisted/warped timber you fix it the right way instead of working around it..if i ever build a ramp again seems like the way to go
Sooo 60 min divide by 6 people...will we see a 10 minute half pipe install, i wanna see a half pipe install done like F1 tyre changes ftw!! Good job guys.
Me and my dad are gonna make a mini ramp. And this video helped. So we are not buying one from u it’s just we don’t have the money right now but hopefully we will get something from u guys in the future. Thx for the video!!!
Best mini ramp build (assemble) video ever! Dale is a kook! (Jk) I frame with guys that will one hand carry 2 sheets 3/4" or 4 sheets 1/2" up a 32' ladder and run up a 12/12 all day BEASTS! I've been doing pro assembly for most of the last year ..this is my dreamm job. Would love to build parks but concrete isn't my thing. You guys should hire me for Utah.. I have the finest Makita tools btw ..lots of them 🔥
I’m actually attempting this right now, semi-inspired by the free ledge video and my wife saying no to spending 500$ on materials. It’s based on pallets stacked up like a staircase and then cut off on the back end to the correct length. Personally I used some leftover ply I had to cut the template which I screw into each ramp side to stagger the pallets correctly, but not sure it needs that much care. Not sure how it’s gonna turn out as no matter what you do it’s pretty hard to come by free decent sheets of plywood. Also you trade expense for a ton of weight which is good in that you get more structural integrity than one would expect from a mini ramp built from refuse. But if you don’t have a ton of space and want to be able to store the thing... well let’s just say I’ll see how it turns out. I would love to see keen ramps do a free mini ramp video though to get some inspiration or even try my idea. They’ll be done much faster than me working on it in my spare time.
At 26:17 You can either buy a senco gun, or senco attachment for whatever drill you have. A lot of companies make their own brand now also. I use them all the time for dryall and decking. You will fly through the sheathing install! Great video, I grew up building ramps and then got into flipping houses. Thank you skateboarding!
@keenramps. The main thing I wanted to see was how you make the prefect angel for your quarter / half pipe. But your side peices were already made Any tips you can give me?
I carry 7 its the magic number..no? Try what up. Lol 😆 I been waiting for this one for a while you guys are awesome 👌 work thanks rinerliner thats me lol
The triplet game of name that guy. That would be funny awesome, do bald caps and same clothes. Going to get a slappy curb for sure, when Ohio warms up. Always dream about a kidney pool, vert ramp, and spine mini. Wanted those since I was a kid. Keep up the great work Man.
Just edit this to show him carrying some 2x4s, screwing a few, banging something with the drill, screwing some plywood, then the owner dropping in, it’s a Facebook Short
Better ply, the support beams closer to the transition. Smoother transition. There's a number of possibilities just depends, be easier to help with video or pics of the ramps
Make sure you’re getting 3/8” ply rather than 1/2” and bend it the short way. Plywood only bends the 4’ way. It’s also a good idea to have ribs at least every 8 inches and then “T” up the 2x4s as shown in this video where ever the seams meet (aka where the end of the plywood on a transition meets another sheet of ply). Hope this helps!
@@keenramps yep we used 1/2 inch. And our ribs are like 12" oc haha. You'd laugh at the bend in the ply as you skate it. Shouldnt be too bad to fix. I want to resurface it entirely now.
What's the name of that skate academy? I just bought a 3.5x12 from you guys, installed. If Dan is the one who comes and installs it, I'll pay for some lessons too ;)
How long would it take from absolute start to finish with cutting the transitions, cutting the lumber, pre-drilling, etc? Anyway, just for assembly, this is pretty impressive. I work best with coffee and punk rock
We do them in batches so it’s hard to give an exact time estimate. Cutting the sides takes approximately 30 min, countersinking the top layer another 45 or so, cutting the ribs approx 20-30 min; pre-drilling the holes about 20 min, painting the ramp is approx 30-45 min. Roughly 3 hours to prep this size ramp with a helper. You thinking about building your own?!
@@keenramps just finished up a quarter pipe with a roll-in, bank and manual pad with ledge for a buddy. One issue I had though is that certain spots in the plywood seemed to bubble when I bent it. How do you handle that? I'm sure it's just crappy quality plywood. I live in Mali so these might be the first ones built here. I'm getting ready to do a miniramp and then a skatepark after that.
I never did skatelite i did masonite, complete waste of time, gets destroyed fast, and it actually traps moisture in the underlying layers so the ramp rots from the inside out
