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<blockquote data-quote="base_v5" data-source="post: 264316" data-attributes="member: 4696"><p>My father-in-law had an old 1970s pop-up camper sitting on his farm for years. When I saw it and realized it was made of all aluminum, I knew I'd struck a goldmine for my tinboat project. I took a trailer to the farm, cut the camper up and brought it home. Now I have a lot of material to get me going. </p><p></p><p>I have read several threads about people using .125 and/or .063 for their floors, and I feel like .125 would be the better route to go, unfortunately the majority of the aluminum is .063. So I figure I can simply double up the sheets to make it thicker where I need it. I assume I can just rivet the sheets together and then install in the floor of the boat, put some carpet or hydro turf down and be done with it. Anyone see any issues with doing this?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="base_v5, post: 264316, member: 4696"] My father-in-law had an old 1970s pop-up camper sitting on his farm for years. When I saw it and realized it was made of all aluminum, I knew I'd struck a goldmine for my tinboat project. I took a trailer to the farm, cut the camper up and brought it home. Now I have a lot of material to get me going. I have read several threads about people using .125 and/or .063 for their floors, and I feel like .125 would be the better route to go, unfortunately the majority of the aluminum is .063. So I figure I can simply double up the sheets to make it thicker where I need it. I assume I can just rivet the sheets together and then install in the floor of the boat, put some carpet or hydro turf down and be done with it. Anyone see any issues with doing this? [/QUOTE]
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