How to Build a Mini-ramp (Part 2) Drawing and Cutting the Transition

How to get a perfect radius and cut!

[KharonYT]

Hi Vancouver Carpenter, where's ben degros?

[ThomasVermincelli]

About 10 years ago, I was fortunate enough going into high school that my parents agreed to let me build a small 8' wide 2.5ft tall mini ramp in our front yard in a suburban neighborhood where the ramp took up 1/4 of the yard. Being 14 with limited power tool experience and friends who also didnt have power tool experience, the ramp came out pretty janky. We had free-handed the transition and it made some parts of the transition feel a bit like a mini pump track, but it made about a year and a half of great memories before 2 old ladies that used to walk their dog by every day scowling at us complained to the city enough and we got letters to take it down.

Ever since then I knew one day Id buy a house with decent enough land that I could build another, even better miniramp that no old ladies would complain about, and it seems that might happen in the next year or two, so the timing on this video could not be more perfect and I will take these tutorials as gospel haha.

[dominicmoreno]

No pretension on this channel only action. I love it

[AltReality]

No one’s gonna mention the pretty cat that casually appears on the ramp

[seltic]

FINALLY SOMEONE ACTUALLY BREAKS THIS PART DOWN. Thank you sir.
Every other video gives like 75% and then another video will give you 8% and so after ten more videos you can somewhat glue together what a 7ft transition means and how to get it.


Thank you sir. I subscribed. I thought I was but apparently I had only subscribed to the carpentry channel.

[JonnyDIY]

Some serious mathage goin on in this 😄🤙

[claytongouin]

I've built my own ramps and rails as a kid, but this process really educated me. Thanks Ben.

[noervus]

This is extremely good tutorial, specially how you divided it in steps. I created a community on Reddit dedicated to Minis, I am gonna share your vids there, it will be greatly appreciated there!

[Mkvhskate]

Bro, thought you were gonna drywall it haha. I only know your videos for that so I was stoked to see this👏

[galvanizedgnome]

It's time for an ace af1 review. You have come full circle

[amogussiiuuu]

It would be cool if you did a review for Decathlon trucks or boards. They have acquired FuryTrucks company and they are amazing for the price. Also they sell cheap Canadian maple decks.

[KTproductions]

Greetings from Germany Ben! From another skate dad

[himebaughchris]

Nice. Tape measures can move even when locked.

[Dadbot]

Can you just come over to Victoria and make mine for me?
We just got a new skatepark plaza downtown too :)

[stvnd]

I use a string. You just have to tie a short piece at the top of the marker so it stays vertical.

[seltic]

Where is part 3??? I am about to build a ramp over here!!!

[t-stro]

Hey dude. I'm in the process of planning a 4 foot mini as well. A friend of mine is in on helping me. We're having a disagreement on the transition. He is insisting on an 8 foot transition. I think it will be too mellow for my preference. I figured 7 foot radius will give it more of a swooping lift at the coping and also better for rocking the board. I see you went with 6 foot. What's your take on an 8 foot radius for a 4 foot mini? I just don't think it will be good for having too many coping trick options.

[bartborggreve]

Dear Ben, thanks, very helpfull video's! Question: in your first (episode) video you mention that your transition has a 6 feet radius. But in this video you take of (when drawing the line for the transition) the 6 inch for the flat bottom. Wouldn't that make the radius effectively 5, 5 feet? Regards form the Netherlands..

[Herizmaret]

Sir, i want to ask, what brand wheels lightesweight 101A ?

[rsdiegel]

How did he come up with 6' on the radius?