More progress on the “wave” ramp. The compound curve required scoring the plywood, and then filling the cracks with thickened epoxy. 6’ radius on the left and a 7’ radius on the right, tightening up to a 5’ radius breaking wave. The ramp is pitched slightly to shed water, and so it goes downhill into that pitched wave section.
It’s been so hot here (Ithaca NY) that I can only work a couple hours in the morning. But it’s getting there.
I picked up a 8’ (actually 182”) mini half that was built but never used. The decks are only 20” and the flat bottom not even 6’ long, as this was designed to be in a garage. It’s 30” tall with 6’ transitions, perfect for my 59 year old bones.
I’m putting both ramps together, so that I’ll have a 15’ wide ramp, and extending the flat bottom to at least 8’. I’ll put an additional 4’ on the platform, because I like a big deck.
The other side of the ramp is weird, I call it a “wave”. It has a 5’ transition on one side and a 7’ transition on the other side, which kind of mushes over on top. It’s supposed to give a surfy feeling to it. Not sure how this will work or feel, but I want to try it.