Rick I would agree with all of that except the mahogany ply. It does not have anything like the strength of Birch. We are not allowed to use it structurally in the UK because of this. Peter Drake Hereford UK ----- Original Message ----- From: <rahu...@peoplepc.com> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 5:07 PM Subject: Re: KR> A master list of weight-saving build techniques?
Rob Priddy wrote: "Which woods/foams/glass are the lightest variants that could still be structurally sufficient? Those are the things I'm looking for. Techniques that lighten it, not money spent that lightens it."