leaving it to the sides is really smart. the City is basically leaving it alone as a courtesy because youre taking care of the area and not effecting what the ditch is built for. A lot of people dont do that and stuff gets destroyed constantly. Always a chance the City will do something regardless but I do think that choice has helped a lot to preserve the spot. good on ya.
I haven't skated in years, and I don't know about construction....but it's fascinating seeing the process you share. Props to you man for all you do for your community,
If you do the ground. Do a thin coat of really watery concrete to smooth out the ground... a little goes a long way. just a lot of work do it sectionally.
Hey Zach, you inspired me with your diy vids. I went out and found a carpark that nobody cares about behind the Sydney Fish markets, it had heaps of untouched curbs and the security even saw me doing crack repair and said cheers! Keep killing it
It's amazing how discouraging something like that angle iron theft can be. Appreciate your honesty and attitude in dealing with that. Love this video, first time seeing your content so the algogods are working for you. New subscriber, looking forward to more! Thanks man!
Damn Zack, love to see this series watching the diy spot grow. I gotta say you were the one who inspired my to do my first DIY build. I live in a small town in Portugal that pretty much has no skate scene, probably less than 10 people actively skating in the community, and the local park has gotten super bad. After around 2 years of municipality meetings that led nowhere in terms of a skatepark renovation I got to building a ledge in an old farmer's market lot a couple months ago. Now I'm hoping to start on a manual pad next weekend and hopefully some quarters/wallrides in the future!
@@ZackDowdy thanks man! I hope it will be a cool addition. I'm thinking of placing a sheet of plywood on top of the cement blocks to make it smoother, I did the same in the ledge to level it out with the angle iron and it worked wonders
Zack might need two bring two ICE's next time he comes with angle iron lol. Also in the future if your budget gets increased, maybe look into those pulling wagons / garden carts... They're Around $100ish and some can hold 350+ lbs and some are up to like 700+ lbs. would make lugging stuff down a breeze I'd assume.
if budget increases, putting together an aircrete setup to inject the foam makes your concrete many times lighter and makes your materials go many times further - however - you do have to buy foaming agent, people have tested different dish soaps to optimize cost and avoid using industrial foaming agents, which are often toxic to people/environment. Use full strength or mostly full for stress bearing and use aircrete to fill in whatever's left. Also it can probably be adjusted so that if it's only half or a quarter foamed aircrete it will be stronger but still save weight and stretch materials further, and just do it all with one mixture. Once aircrete is mixed, though, a large volume can be carried by most people pretty easily and things like preformed panels or shapes are ultralight compared to regular garden sculptures or features made of standard cement.
Recently got the news that my local DIY got trashed unfortunately and with no prior warning from the new owners of the property. Glad you posted this video when you did, makes me hopeful for the future!
love how this thing keeps growing, keep at it! I was thinking you could use painterstape(im not sure if thats a correct english word, its what we use to paint only on areas where we want our paint) on the angle iron to keep it clean.
If next time you can weld some bolts into the angle iron to ditch on the concrete gaps, your angle iron will last way longer in place. Thanx for your work 💪
Awesome 👍 work! In 🦬 NY local skate people took an old slab over and started putting up ramps and slides ... police or town didn't stop it... So then people start using concrete and no one messed with it... It had the name "needle park" because of..well. It was a building where addicts would do stuff... But after the building was gone... It became a slab.... And locals built👍 skate park. It needs a new name... As needle park is yuck.. it's located about a mile away from Ralph Wilson park, where there is A professional built skatepark... If ever in town for bills game ....ask where the skateparks are...we even have. "" food court skatepark"". . Inside of a still running mall! 😮🎉 yes....! . No lie no capno bs..... in an old mall ! Skate all winter indoors
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You probably know this but you should be able to get angle(or any steel for that matter) cheaper by the foot at an actual steel supplier, they might even have scrap drops they want to get rid of cheap. The big box stores really mark it up.
Oh man that angle iron is a burn! Next time look up a metal supply store and look in the remince area. Then you will pay buy the pound. Lowes and home depot metal is expensive and not a lot of options. If you need a flatbar welded i will hook you up doughty little north of LA
Just throwing this out there for the next time you need angle iron, hit up metal suppliers near you! CALL MULTIPLE. You can usually get twice to triple the length for the same price or less than you'd get at lowes or home depot. Also i wood work and have welder, im in socal too. Lmk if you need any help with tools or an extra hand, im down for whatever as long as i can skate the diy lol
I wonder how often people LOVE their builds….but like I do ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS think “I’d do THIS and I’d do THAT different if I could do it all over again.” (Mine has to do more with hips and matching footers)
I love the DIY motivation and energy you have, but you are wasting time, energy, and money in a lot of ways. Could definitely be building these spots more efficiently and effectively with some different methods in place. For the design of the ledge, stack bocks laterally then fill with concrete as you already did, you can use mortar mix instead of caulking for the joints. You could pin-on the ledge with rebar dowels if you have an impact drill or rotary hammer too. Been watching your videos and I think they are great, you're doing good work. I understand you are working on a budget and learning as you go but these are just observations and some unsolicited advice lol. Big up dowdy, keep it running👊
Nothing takes away the urge to build or maintain a spot than giant juveniles who leave their trash or trash thongs .. it's like "clean up after yourself, yo' momma don't work here". If you love a piece of art go over it with automotive clear coat to keep the babies scribbles from sticking
nothing i love more than seeing the diy grow
One of my favourite series on RUclips at the moment
leaving it to the sides is really smart. the City is basically leaving it alone as a courtesy because youre taking care of the area and not effecting what the ditch is built for. A lot of people dont do that and stuff gets destroyed constantly. Always a chance the City will do something regardless but I do think that choice has helped a lot to preserve the spot. good on ya.
I've used bed frame rails salvaged from the garbage as angle iron just need a saw or grinder to cut them
I haven't skated in years, and I don't know about construction....but it's fascinating seeing the process you share. Props to you man for all you do for your community,
If you do the ground. Do a thin coat of really watery concrete to smooth out the ground... a little goes a long way. just a lot of work do it sectionally.
Been thinking about that! Channel St did some recently and it's nice.
That's just going to chip out.
Use floor leveler/ ThinSet mortar.
Or hydraulic mortar.
That's what it's made for.
@@vorpalblades this is the correct answer
Hey Zach, you inspired me with your diy vids. I went out and found a carpark that nobody cares about behind the Sydney Fish markets, it had heaps of untouched curbs and the security even saw me doing crack repair and said cheers! Keep killing it
Recap was a nice touch. Long live The Lizard
I love the reverberation/echo of the sound from the skating from the course!~
This is looking amazing man! I’ve been working on some similar stuff myself!
Love to hear it
Hopes this helps get a few supplies! 🛹🤙🛠️ Love the DIY content!
Thank you so much for the support!
It's a cool project and I can see you put your heart and soul in it. Total respect!
I love the Skate Park you have built so far especially the ledge it looks really good I would Definitely skate it❤😊
So glad to see this back dude! I’ve learned a lot from you with some DIY spots I did and you inspired me to do. Thanks homie!!🔥🔥🔥
I need to hire this guy
Mr Ledgerson! Came out so chill! I need to some shred dowdyside soon! Been too long!
Favorite series on youtube
Beautiful! Nothing better than a nice ledge!
If you build it they will come! Stoked on the build and some nice art work. Heck yeah!
It's amazing how discouraging something like that angle iron theft can be. Appreciate your honesty and attitude in dealing with that. Love this video, first time seeing your content so the algogods are working for you. New subscriber, looking forward to more! Thanks man!
Damn Zack, love to see this series watching the diy spot grow. I gotta say you were the one who inspired my to do my first DIY build. I live in a small town in Portugal that pretty much has no skate scene, probably less than 10 people actively skating in the community, and the local park has gotten super bad. After around 2 years of municipality meetings that led nowhere in terms of a skatepark renovation I got to building a ledge in an old farmer's market lot a couple months ago. Now I'm hoping to start on a manual pad next weekend and hopefully some quarters/wallrides in the future!
Means so much to hear this, much love!! Manual pad will be a fun obstacle to build.
@@ZackDowdy thanks man! I hope it will be a cool addition. I'm thinking of placing a sheet of plywood on top of the cement blocks to make it smoother, I did the same in the ledge to level it out with the angle iron and it worked wonders
Always awesome!
I also fix honeycombing when I find it at the few DIYs I work on…I use the rapid set “all crete” leftover from repair work and setting coping 🤟
You're a legend! This spot looks so fun! Very inspiring!
Love the determination! Ledge is looking badass! Keep up the good work bro!
Painters tape on the angle iron until you are done using the trowel, less clean up 🧽
Zack is an internet road dawg. Massive respect.
Really nice work. It came together rather well.
GREAT BUILD, WITH A CLEAN FINISH. LOOKS LIKE YOU WILL BE HAVING FUN, LOL.
Zack might need two bring two ICE's next time he comes with angle iron lol.
Also in the future if your budget gets increased, maybe look into those pulling wagons / garden carts... They're Around $100ish and some can hold 350+ lbs and some are up to like 700+ lbs. would make lugging stuff down a breeze I'd assume.
if budget increases, putting together an aircrete setup to inject the foam makes your concrete many times lighter and makes your materials go many times further - however - you do have to buy foaming agent, people have tested different dish soaps to optimize cost and avoid using industrial foaming agents, which are often toxic to people/environment. Use full strength or mostly full for stress bearing and use aircrete to fill in whatever's left. Also it can probably be adjusted so that if it's only half or a quarter foamed aircrete it will be stronger but still save weight and stretch materials further, and just do it all with one mixture. Once aircrete is mixed, though, a large volume can be carried by most people pretty easily and things like preformed panels or shapes are ultralight compared to regular garden sculptures or features made of standard cement.
Lizard diy reminds me of 'the dead frog pool' we used to skate because there were always a ton of dead frogs in it .
Recently got the news that my local DIY got trashed unfortunately and with no prior warning from the new owners of the property. Glad you posted this video when you did, makes me hopeful for the future!
Sorry to hear that
Awesome man keep up the good work, subbed
Very sick, racking my brain for somewhere I can try this! Def a fun hobby
Suggestion, look for old bed frames to salvage angle iron. Its not as wide but might work??
Love these DIY builds, Keep 'em coming!
Keep up the good work man!
The channel 5 tee is super cool. Andrew is the goat
love how this thing keeps growing, keep at it! I was thinking you could use painterstape(im not sure if thats a correct english word, its what we use to paint only on areas where we want our paint) on the angle iron to keep it clean.
it's usually called "painter's tape" yeah. alternatively i think "masking tape" is the same kind of tape, or basically the same
slinging adobe in blistering heat is devotion and passion!
Dowdy. Underneath your caulk gun is a built in poker for starting your caulk tubes. Hope you don't mind the comment.
It folds out. 😎
This is sick!
that ledge looks sick
You can add some fiberglass to hold the mix better and makes it harder and last longer
The lizard diy yoooooo
good job!
I actually liked that camera angle.
Good to know!
inspiring, much respect from the UK
Use portland as the top coat its concrete without the rock it’s super smooth good patching material too
If next time you can weld some bolts into the angle iron to ditch on the concrete gaps, your angle iron will last way longer in place. Thanx for your work 💪
Biggest compliment for a builder is organic use what you built.
the LIZRD! hell yeah
Episode 10 _BACK AT IT AGAIN_
When building the walls would turn two end blocks on the bottom row give you more support and also make the top layer staggered ?
Seems like a lot of work for cinder block ledge. Arnt they traditionally stacked 90 degrees utilizing the flat surface then smoothing out the cracks?
LZRD DIY is sick
Awesome 👍 work! In 🦬 NY local skate people took an old slab over and started putting up ramps and slides ... police or town didn't stop it... So then people start using concrete and no one messed with it... It had the name "needle park" because of..well. It was a building where addicts would do stuff... But after the building was gone... It became a slab.... And locals built👍 skate park. It needs a new name... As needle park is yuck.. it's located about a mile away from Ralph Wilson park, where there is A professional built skatepark... If ever in town for bills game ....ask where the skateparks are...we even have. "" food court skatepark"". . Inside of a still running mall! 😮🎉 yes....! . No lie no capno bs..... in an old mall ! Skate all winter indoors
Hello from New zealand! How can I donate? I'd like to donate the cost of the angle iron. SHAME ON THE LOWLIFE THAT STOLE FROM YOU!
Hope all is well in New Zealand! I appreciate the support, you can donate by using the "Super Thanks" option located under the video by tapping the three dots next to "Download". I'm considering starting a Patreon for the next episode.
think you could make a concrete mold of a bench to make, thats a heck of a challenge
Super dope🔥 what shades are you rocking?
Wow Dokumentary, i love it
Dowdy diy? DowDIY! Lol
Haha!
That's how the pros do it 💥🤙
When he said "sorry for the angle" such a skater thing to say
would be sick to see you do a hubba!!!
So cool
Lizrd Easter egg at 6:26
You probably know this but you should be able to get angle(or any steel for that matter) cheaper by the foot at an actual steel supplier, they might even have scrap drops they want to get rid of cheap. The big box stores really mark it up.
Moustache era is gunna be a good era for you, Dowdy. Trust me!
Legendary
Adding more obstacles is how you get it all torn out. Oh yeah and filming it all and posting it is a great way to get it torn out too lol
hello from France. The techniques are not good, but it's always better than doing nothing.. Bravo
Dude. You make me want to move to California so I can purely help you build.
🔥
Oh man that angle iron is a burn! Next time look up a metal supply store and look in the remince area. Then you will pay buy the pound. Lowes and home depot metal is expensive and not a lot of options. If you need a flatbar welded i will hook you up doughty little north of LA
0:29 why do you put the cans in the breezeblocks, please?
How come you didnt fill the void between the cinder blocks with debris?
Go to a local steel yard for the angle iron. It’ll be like 2$ a foot
Just throwing this out there for the next time you need angle iron, hit up metal suppliers near you! CALL MULTIPLE. You can usually get twice to triple the length for the same price or less than you'd get at lowes or home depot. Also i wood work and have welder, im in socal too. Lmk if you need any help with tools or an extra hand, im down for whatever as long as i can skate the diy lol
You should bring a pop up canopy down with you when you go there for shade
Inspiring
Professional
seen other YTers make a amazon wishlists, to help with donations
you could nextime shim the edge, then fill, and file
YOOOOO!!! scrape the barcode stickers off the angle iron so people won't steal and return to Lowe's. 🔥🔥
I wonder how often people LOVE their builds….but like I do ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS think “I’d do THIS and I’d do THAT different if I could do it all over again.” (Mine has to do more with hips and matching footers)
Long live Lizard DIY!
There's a lizard diy out in Austin Texas! Just held their 3rd annual Curb bash
You should write “it’s me” at your DIY’s
Now we want to see you skate that thing.
Why didn't you just add 2 more cinder blocks instead of creating the gaps and having to fill them?... Love the series but just curious!
I may be wrong but I'd guess cinder blocks are kinda expensive
@@Seekingbeez nah, would be just as much as those few bags of concrete. Not to mention all the time spent mixing, pouring and troweling.
I love the DIY motivation and energy you have, but you are wasting time, energy, and money in a lot of ways. Could definitely be building these spots more efficiently and effectively with some different methods in place. For the design of the ledge, stack bocks laterally then fill with concrete as you already did, you can use mortar mix instead of caulking for the joints.
You could pin-on the ledge with rebar dowels if you have an impact drill or rotary hammer too.
Been watching your videos and I think they are great, you're doing good work. I understand you are working on a budget and learning as you go but these are just observations and some unsolicited advice lol. Big up dowdy, keep it running👊
Bed frames is good angle iron
pls plant busses or trees LL ALONG SIDE !! so it forms an canopy up top like a natural roof top !!!!!
This must have taken serious time to put together - thanks for the video and thanks for the love!
Spread the word, be heard.
That thumbnail...when you order Man-Ramp from Wish.
Come on people PRESS LIKE BUTTON 2k watches to only 200 likes 👍
Shout out channel 5
Lizard Wizard
You should check your local metal supplier next time. Metal is way cheaper there then Lowe’s or Home Depot
Nothing takes away the urge to build or maintain a spot than giant juveniles who leave their trash or trash thongs .. it's like "clean up after yourself, yo' momma don't work here".
If you love a piece of art go over it with automotive clear coat to keep the babies scribbles from sticking