How To DIY Skate Spot // Beginner Ledge

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  • Опубликовано: 22 июл 2024
  • Subscribe: bit.ly/2ISqPTj in this video I'm building a DIY skate spot, specifically a beginner ledge for skateboarding. This is the easiest way to build a ledge spot at home or your local slab.
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    ▬ Contents of this video ▬
    0:00 - Intro
    0:32 - Picking Up Supplies
    2:44 - Prepping Spot Build
    3:36 - How To DIY Ledge
    9:43 - How To Bondo
    11:57 - Skate Session
    13:19 - Outro
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  • @icanttreflip8131
    @icanttreflip8131 3 года назад +43

    Watched your video and then went out bought the material and just finished. Cant wait to skate it

    • @ZackDowdy
      @ZackDowdy  3 года назад +5

      This warms my heart and soul.

    • @gepettowins
      @gepettowins 3 года назад +2

      that is pretty sick, maybe i will try this

  • @myhousehaswheels
    @myhousehaswheels 3 года назад +34

    Brooooooo best free angle iron, bed frames.

    • @ZackDowdy
      @ZackDowdy  3 года назад +11

      Now that’s working efficiently

    • @bloodywanker231
      @bloodywanker231 3 года назад +4

      Oh shit man. I bet I can get bed frames easy from Goodwill or any resale shop. I'm gonna look into this in the spring!!!

    • @myhousehaswheels
      @myhousehaswheels 3 года назад +6

      @@bloodywanker231 u can find them on OfferUp or Facebook marketplace for free usually too

    • @SuperBakersk8er
      @SuperBakersk8er 3 года назад

      Almost garenteed to find some laying around too

    • @josef9001
      @josef9001 2 года назад

      Yep. Been using bedframes for 25years. And their better. The edges are a bit rounded.

  • @zamir4618
    @zamir4618 3 года назад +15

    HELLO FROM IRAQ

  • @ZackDowdy
    @ZackDowdy  3 года назад +28

    Had a blast making this skate spot, thanks Andy for cruising out and skating it!

    • @raulluevano5709
      @raulluevano5709 3 года назад +1

      How much did it cost in total

    • @ZackDowdy
      @ZackDowdy  3 года назад +2

      @@raulluevano5709 Somewhere around $50, could be cheaper if you used angle iron from a mattress, and found some supplies from offerup, etc.

  • @KyleAndersonSkates
    @KyleAndersonSkates 3 года назад +31

    Love it! So simple! One thing for any super beginners going to the hardware store looking for angle iron, don't make the mistake of getting angle aluminum!! it's cheaper but does not grind!!

    • @ZackDowdy
      @ZackDowdy  3 года назад +12

      Yes, solid advance thanks Kyle!

    • @gavinbander5
      @gavinbander5 3 года назад +6

      Good tip.

    • @trevynfaulkner1718
      @trevynfaulkner1718 2 года назад

      @@gavinbander5 get your angle iron from a metal supply, You can more per foot that way than paying for a precut piece at chain stores.

  • @jacobc6260
    @jacobc6260 3 года назад +19

    Nice job dude, I'm planning on making a diy park in an abandoned building

  • @natedangergolf
    @natedangergolf 3 года назад

    best skate channel on the website

  • @theboys9291
    @theboys9291 3 года назад +2

    idk how you only have 10k this chanel is quality

    • @bigt9688
      @bigt9688 3 года назад

      Forealll I’m trippin out sending this guy to tha homies. I’m hella hyped cause he’s not even crazy at skating but I love how much you can tell he’s in it 4 tha culture he loves the shit

  • @dangelobarr9950
    @dangelobarr9950 3 года назад

    Great job, Dowdy! Killin' it

  • @benb3753
    @benb3753 3 года назад +1

    love the videos, once its warm enough to start using bond and liquid nails, im definitely gonna build one of these

  • @cleveeakin2351
    @cleveeakin2351 2 года назад

    thanks Zack, you make it all easy and i cant wait to make one myself. you got me hyped!!

  • @scotishdude
    @scotishdude 2 года назад

    Thanks!!
    Good shizz!! - I'll make one of these at my diy spot - big love from Australia

  • @davejs1671
    @davejs1671 3 года назад +3

    Great videos!! Get a cut off wheel for your angle grinder. Same or similar material to the grinding wheel you were using but thinner so it cuts much faster. There are also some metal ones made now that cut well and last longer but are more expensive.

  • @XSProgression
    @XSProgression 3 года назад +8

    Dope build Zack! Thanks for the tutorial! Your homie killed it and your smith grind was 🔥

    • @ZackDowdy
      @ZackDowdy  3 года назад +2

      Thanks G! I have a lot to learn from Andy for sure.

  • @steventhehistorian
    @steventhehistorian 3 года назад +4

    Awesome video. You're on a real streak lately with these DIYs. I love watching your process of transforming dull parking lots into skate gems. I remember once when I was a kid some invisible hero built a small wood quarter pipe and left it in the public parking lot in my neighborhood. It lasted about a month before it disappeared. I'm sure it was dismantled and thrown away by some community official/ activist... but for that month that ramp became a magical place for us to skate. I learned to drop in on that ramp. I've been thinking about how I might pass the favor forward to the next generation in a way that won't result in me getting a trespassing charge or result in an immediately destroyed/stolen obstacle. I feel like I'm close to coming up with a plan thanks to your channel.
    I'd like to offer one more thing, if I may.
    Most people who are reading this are probably already familiar with safety around chemicals, but it's worth repeating: Always wear gloves and safety glasses when working with uncured Bondo, or any epoxy resin. Repeated skin or inhalation exposure to the curing agents in epoxy resins can result in developing a permanent allergy to the stuff. Some people tend to develop allergic dermatitis after only a few small skin exposures.
    There is no cure for this. Generally people who develop the allergy become unable to work with even tiny quantities of epoxies without experiencing an allergic reaction. The allergy also tends to get worse with each exposure.
    So, for the sake of all you DIY skate spot hobbyists, don't touch, breathe vapors from, or hover your face over uncured epoxy resins!

    • @bmxriderforlife1234
      @bmxriderforlife1234 2 года назад

      I love doing little shit like this so riders have spots. I skate and bike. But mostly bike.
      Used to have these crazy hard steel pegs and wax out the ass just for going sketchy street grinds and smoothing out the ledge over time. Can basically break it in rideable for skaters if you don't chip the edge.
      Just gotta avoid peg chingers and bonking the edge but not that hard. Gotta get a rub brick. Probably way faster and probably let me make more spots rideable even if I leave em rough.

  • @LeonPaxton
    @LeonPaxton 3 года назад +2

    Definitely need to built one of these in my area!

  • @charliewilliams8694
    @charliewilliams8694 3 года назад +1

    Sick video man

  • @gcroller93
    @gcroller93 3 года назад

    I'm a Blader but been enjoying all the d.i.y content dude 🤟 just subbed

  • @angelokefalas3750
    @angelokefalas3750 3 года назад +2

    Another Killer video! Metal cutting wheel for your grinder. They are the thin ones. Will Cut through angle iron like a hot knife through butter! Keep'em coming! Next time use the right wheel!#DIY! 👊😜🤘

    • @ZackDowdy
      @ZackDowdy  3 года назад

      Thank you Angelo, I knew there had to be a way. Gotta get a metal cutting wheel.

  • @PickledHumann
    @PickledHumann 3 года назад

    Your DIY videos are amazing man. Def subscribing

  • @wolfgangpeterson7526
    @wolfgangpeterson7526 3 года назад +3

    Super inspiring I have a diy spot with the kicker you made and the bank to parking block, this is definitely the next addition keep up the good work

    • @wolfgangpeterson7526
      @wolfgangpeterson7526 3 года назад

      Also what was your total cost of all of it?

    • @ZackDowdy
      @ZackDowdy  3 года назад +1

      Epic!! Would love to see a photo, total cost was around $55 but honestly if I was more patience and got the cinderblocks from offer-up could’ve saved a lot.

  • @freshest_skate_clips1606
    @freshest_skate_clips1606 3 года назад

    We just got our Diy bull dozed by our city, but this video motivates me to go spot hunting tomorrow. We wont give up!

    • @ZackDowdy
      @ZackDowdy  3 года назад +1

      So sorry to hear about that, love your PMA though. Can't stop, and wont stop!

  • @cjtoxicity
    @cjtoxicity 3 года назад

    Wow nice, greetings from Colombia

  • @tauzena6717
    @tauzena6717 3 года назад +8

    LOVE IT, MERRY CHRISTMAS ZACK

    • @ZackDowdy
      @ZackDowdy  3 года назад +1

      Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and New Year!

  • @lousergiacomi6817
    @lousergiacomi6817 3 года назад

    Thanks for what you do!

  • @devon2570
    @devon2570 3 года назад +5

    What about if we wanted to make a wood box ?

    • @ZackDowdy
      @ZackDowdy  3 года назад +11

      Should I make a video on that? Similar process but a wood form.

    • @tillhemwell3415
      @tillhemwell3415 3 года назад +4

      @@ZackDowdy yes!

    • @kallamcollins8856
      @kallamcollins8856 3 года назад +1

      I made one a while back. Just cut a pallet in half then nailed one half on top of the other and stuck angle iron on with liquid nails. Super easy and cheap. 👌

    • @ZackDowdy
      @ZackDowdy  3 года назад +1

      @@kallamcollins8856 I gotta try this!

  • @SkateCrisis
    @SkateCrisis 3 года назад

    Nice work!

  • @austinmoss472
    @austinmoss472 3 года назад +1

    I enjoy the subtitles for all your videos where it says your name is Zach Daddy

  • @bobisbob9876
    @bobisbob9876 3 года назад +2

    I think I might do this next summer

    • @ZackDowdy
      @ZackDowdy  3 года назад +2

      You got it! Super fun, you can make it any size or length really.

  • @nikosoup7999
    @nikosoup7999 3 года назад +3

    Maybe put some angle iron on that down bubba looking thing behind the ledge next? idk if it’s got a good run up or nothing just if you got the ledge up maybe u can get that next

  • @CastroMKE
    @CastroMKE 2 года назад

    4:30 surprised you didnt rub brick and lacquer up that ramp ledge. that ramp alone and the drop next to it is a sick little fun spot.

  • @gavinbander5
    @gavinbander5 3 года назад

    These ledges are the best. The one near me recently got taken down however. I’ve got to recreate it somewhere.

  • @austincline
    @austincline 3 года назад

    Banger

  • @fuckingfork6353
    @fuckingfork6353 3 года назад

    I just made some ledges by me skateable for the first time on christmas :3

  • @Lou-if1th
    @Lou-if1th 3 года назад

    So sick!!! Nice job!!! Maybe next diy manual skate pad

    • @ZackDowdy
      @ZackDowdy  3 года назад +1

      Thanks Luis, I was thinking for the next ledge it'll be a big concrete one that doubles as a manny pad.

  • @nedia5674
    @nedia5674 3 года назад

    awesome

  • @wurm6635
    @wurm6635 3 года назад

    weekend project confirmed.

  • @poulsentyler
    @poulsentyler 3 года назад +2

    That's freaking sick thanks for making a ledge! Awesome to see you push yourself and do something different. How long did it take to cut that excess angle iron with the hacksaw?

    • @ZackDowdy
      @ZackDowdy  3 года назад +1

      Appreciate it Tyler, it took around 15 minutes but that’s also me moving the tripod as I cut haha.

  • @adda89
    @adda89 3 года назад

    I might do this at my local public skatepark, all it has is a crappy fibreglass qtr pipe and jump box and one metal curb high "ledge" not much going on..

  • @MultitaskingGuy
    @MultitaskingGuy 3 года назад +3

    Does it have to be cool ranch or will any rito work?

    • @ZackDowdy
      @ZackDowdy  3 года назад +3

      All the ritos! Hot Cheetos are the guilty pleasure

    • @MultitaskingGuy
      @MultitaskingGuy 3 года назад

      @@ZackDowdy same

  • @sunset_sk8r11
    @sunset_sk8r11 2 года назад

    If you use a quicker drying adhesive should you still wait 24hrs?

  • @blicky888
    @blicky888 3 года назад +1

    youre so underrated

  • @nektariozvotshs3207
    @nektariozvotshs3207 3 года назад

    How many cans of sika pro u used for this ledge totally?

  • @elliotmachin5452
    @elliotmachin5452 3 года назад

    What deck are you skating in this video. Love the shape.

    • @ZackDowdy
      @ZackDowdy  3 года назад +1

      It's a welcome deck, not sure the exact one but was a hand-me down and I'm having a lot of fun on it for sure! Basically smaller nose with a square tail.

  • @griffindomm3872
    @griffindomm3872 3 года назад

    Did you have to use wax?

  • @gepettowins
    @gepettowins 3 года назад

    this didn't necessarily inspire me to make a ledge but it did inspire me to try wearing button-ups under crewnecks again

  • @HomeIdeasYT
    @HomeIdeasYT 3 года назад +1

    Great :)

  • @alexanderyagudin2651
    @alexanderyagudin2651 Год назад

    What is the size of the ledge ?

  • @falcosk8
    @falcosk8 3 года назад +2

    rad

    • @ZackDowdy
      @ZackDowdy  3 года назад +2

      Thanks Falco! 🤘

  • @IWETROBOTICS
    @IWETROBOTICS 3 года назад

    Awesome, am a beginner

  • @NosNeverMongo
    @NosNeverMongo 3 года назад +1

    Can you do a video on how to make pole jams please? 🥺

    • @ZackDowdy
      @ZackDowdy  3 года назад +1

      Yes!

    • @NosNeverMongo
      @NosNeverMongo 3 года назад

      @@ZackDowdy thank you!! I wanna add it to a diy I'm trying to start

  • @Xx__Pro00_Gamer_xX696
    @Xx__Pro00_Gamer_xX696 2 года назад

    Can you build a manniepad with bricks

  • @cornfarts
    @cornfarts 2 года назад

    You think an old bed frame with angle iron and plywood would make a sturdy box?

  • @tillhemwell3415
    @tillhemwell3415 3 года назад +2

    Can you tell the height?

    • @ZackDowdy
      @ZackDowdy  3 года назад +2

      It's two cinderblocks high, smaller than it looks really. Around 2 ft.

    • @tillhemwell3415
      @tillhemwell3415 3 года назад +1

      @@ZackDowdy thanks

  • @hunterdouglass723
    @hunterdouglass723 2 года назад

    How much does this cost in total

  • @fisherwasheretoo
    @fisherwasheretoo 2 года назад

    1000th like

  • @MultitaskingGuy
    @MultitaskingGuy 3 года назад

    Andy quit wearing the yellow helmet?

  • @mateorobertson3199
    @mateorobertson3199 2 года назад

    The old Panini trick

  • @junebug6198
    @junebug6198 3 года назад +1

    Is that behind Michels?

  • @hunterdouglass723
    @hunterdouglass723 2 года назад

    I’m gonna make one like 8 ft

  • @MichaelaBrooke18
    @MichaelaBrooke18 3 года назад

    Ledges and paninis!!!

  • @JoseArreguin1
    @JoseArreguin1 3 года назад

    Price?

    • @ZackDowdy
      @ZackDowdy  3 года назад +1

      Came out around $50, but you can make it cheaper for sure.

  • @Jox2003
    @Jox2003 2 года назад

    No like for the cool ranch Doritos

  • @Idekeimdrn
    @Idekeimdrn 2 года назад

    Dude's kinda look like Stacy Peralta

  • @bloodywanker231
    @bloodywanker231 3 года назад

    If your thinking about building a ledge STOP! Stop thinking and start building!!!

  • @giantasiansticker8068
    @giantasiansticker8068 2 года назад

    Bruh that ledge is going to be so heavy

  • @jordanhoward7567
    @jordanhoward7567 3 года назад

    Vandalism 101

    • @ZackDowdy
      @ZackDowdy  3 года назад +2

      Feeling threatened? Move along Karen 😂

  • @ihatekykparesyts415
    @ihatekykparesyts415 3 года назад

    call it a bench when normies askWTF youre doing