Snow park rake

Construction of a snow park rake for use in your back yard or in my case the new Afriski park being designed and built by members of snowboarder.co.za in Lesotho's Maluti mountains. Visit Afriski.com and snowboarder.co.za for more information about snowboarding in South Africa.

Step 1 Supplies

In South Africa we use the METRIC system so all measurements will be in SI units i.e. mm or millimeters (jfgi).

I used a piece of scrap metal roughly A3 which is 430mm x 300mm and 3mm thick.
Some paper for rough calculations.
Pen, ruler and 90 degree set square.
Hacksaw.
Three drill bits 5mm, 8mm and 11mm in diameter (I prefer to progressively widen holes drilled in steel than go to the final diameter).
Steel file.
Workshop.

Comments

[trf]

Im just curious...like can you explain how to use 1? i hate it when the run for my jumps gets worn in and iced over and id like to be able to groom it easier but im not sure how...can any1 give me any insight on building and mantaining a jump (maybe even an ible *winks*)? lol

[bgugi]

i'm sorry, but i don't quite understand the concept of a 'snow park rake'... would you suffer my ignorance and give a bit of knowledge of the function of snow park rakes?

[explosivemaker]

.....I was wondering that too so I yahooed it....I guess they use them when building snowboarding ramps (halfpipe/etc.).....

[ilovetea]

Whats its main purpose is to smooth out kickers to rails (or jumps) before or after people ride them. They sometimes become slushy, snow that peoples wet and takes on bad textures leading to your ski's or snowboards digging in. (which is bad since it can become dangerous) Here's an image of a park:
http://heartfilms.img.jugem.jp/20070714_186990.jpg
and @explosivemaker they use these to make halfpipes: http://img.tradekey.com/images/uploadedimages/offers/4/5/B30148-20060202142745.jpg
Otherwise it would take too long to shape.

[explosivemaker]

........yup.....I have seen them before......I was just providing a general (not too in depth) explanation to bgugi's question........thanks for your comments