How to Build Sleds
- 1). Insert the boards into a steam box and steam them for at least an hour so they become flexible. It is a good idea to use green boards that already have quite a bit of natural give.
- 2). Remove the boards from the steam box and assemble them onto a circular form, made out of PVC pipe. Carefully wrap the boards around the circular frame so they do not break. Once each board is wrapped around the circular PVC pipe and laying side by side, tie down the ends to the bottom part of the frame to keep the boards in place.
- 3). Leave the boards to dry onto the toboggan bending frame for at least one week. When the week is up, remove the rounded boards from the frame.
- 4). Place the boards so they sit side by side against one another and measure the width of the toboggan. Cut five pieces of wood to match this length.
- 5). Place one piece of wood at the top edge of the toboggan and another at the base of the curve. Place another piece of wood at the other end of the toboggan and spread out the remaining two pieces of wood on the body of the toboggan.
- 6). Drill five screws in each piece of wood to secure the wood to the body of the toboggan. Repeat this step to secure all the boards to the body of the toboggan.