Just asking Larry. I've seen both techniques and just wondered.
On , Larry&Sallie Flesner <fles...@frontier.com> wrote: > I don't think the real question here should be the weight but the > strength / characteristics of the two materials. The compression / > tension characteristics of the two materials will differ considerably > and you can't just substitute one for the other based on weight. I'm > no engineer but I'd bet a lot of money that the compression strength > of a thin layer of glass, even with a foam core, is a lot less than > plywood. You could either over build, with a great weight penalty, > or have a structural engineer design a structural to handle the loads > using the new material. Why not just build to proven plans? > Larry Flesnr > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://mylist.net/private/krnet/ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
