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Old 04-18-2022, 03:31 PM   #145 (permalink)
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Home Depot aluminum

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He said 2 or 3mm abs thickness. Aluminum sheets are really wobbly. Worse than abs. I was at home depot checking out different materials. Steel was solid, but geez I didn’t realize it was that heavy!!!! No possibly way I could do a steel underbelly
All I've found there was rolls of 24-inch-wide flashing, in the roofing section.
It could be used on 'curves', with formers, stringers, and hat-section bonded or riveted to the inside surface, otherwise, it would be way too flimsy.
We have a few metal recycling centers which still allow salvage.
Retired, commercial, aluminum signs sometimes show up, and the material is thick enough to span 24" between supports. The diffuser on the truck is a single piece, with t-section pop-riveted on the backside.
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