Miller Electric

This is a wakeboard slider box for doing skateboard style rail sliding on your wakeboard. I wanted to build the slider box so it could be easily transported to and from the lake, would float instead of being anchored into the lake floor, and was stable enough that it wouldn’t tip over when the boat wake went past it. The slider box is 24' long, 2' wide, and sits 20"" out of the water. I also designed a drop down keel that hinges down from one side to help with the stability by lowering the center of buoyancy and center of gravity. Build Description I started with two 24' lengths of 1 1/2" tubing for the top. I cut a 10 degree angle on both lengths at about 8' and then used 1" tubing every 16" as cross bracing and for an area to attach my plastic to. Once the top was together I made a under frame from 1 1/2" tubing making rectangular cut outs for where the floats would attach. I then made the drop down fin using the same 1.5" tubing and bolted it to the bottom of the frame with hinges so it could fold up. Next I took some 2" angle iron and made some brackets to bolt the floats on and welded a 6" x 6" steel plate in the center cavity so the slider could be mounted on posts if I decided to do that in the future. Lastly I welded some tabs made of 1.5" flat bar into all the open cavities so I could attach plywood skirting for safety. After all the metalworking was done I attached some 1/2" plastic to the top and rounded the edges for safety and then installed the plywood skirting. I took it to the lake and have had a blast riding it ever since. Materials and Tools Millermatic 251 welding machine, chop saw, drill, table saw, router, angle grinder, spray gun, some basic hand tools