What could be an excellent lightweight cabinet material would be surplus commercial aircraft floorboard material. Probably available from Boeing's salvage yard/store. Balsa wood with an aluminum skin on each side.... I'll check with a friend who works there. Jim On Thursday, February 10, 2005, at 06:57 PM, jbange wrote: > > What are you building the cabinet out of? I've been looking into > building a > lightweight removable cabinet out of extruded aluminum "angle iron" > (for > the frame) and Aluminum Composite Panelling like those guys did with > that > syncro featured here > <http://vanagon.com/info/vehicles/lightweight_syncro_16.html> , but I > can't > find any suppliers for the ACP who sell it by less than the > truckload... > For that matter, what is the regular Westy cabinetry made out of? > > John Bange > '90 Vanagon "Geldsauger" > > The first lemming to lead his peers off the cliff is a bold and decisive leader. |
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