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plywood better than aluminum for flooring
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<blockquote data-quote="bassboy1" data-source="post: 235468" data-attributes="member: 55"><p>The trick there is that you have wood building techniques, and metal building techniques. When building with wood techniques (build a frame, skin it with aluminum sheet), the plywood might be lighter, but once you start building with metal techniques (your aluminum sheet <em>is</em> the frame), your weight drops drastically. </p><p></p><p>The downside to this is that not everybody has a press brake or a TIG welder, nor the experience in working with thinner sheet aluminum, which does often negate some of the potential weight benefits, but they still can be achieved. </p><p></p><p>Dawson</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bassboy1, post: 235468, member: 55"] The trick there is that you have wood building techniques, and metal building techniques. When building with wood techniques (build a frame, skin it with aluminum sheet), the plywood might be lighter, but once you start building with metal techniques (your aluminum sheet [i]is[/i] the frame), your weight drops drastically. The downside to this is that not everybody has a press brake or a TIG welder, nor the experience in working with thinner sheet aluminum, which does often negate some of the potential weight benefits, but they still can be achieved. Dawson [/QUOTE]
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