<div dir="ltr">On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 10:44 PM, byzytym <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:byzytym@att.net">byzytym@att.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div>Good info. </div>
<div>I think you are going too tick on the metal though. I'm talking about
thin and light.</div></div></blockquote><div><br>The problem with thin metal is that it dents, fasteners rip through, and it rusts through way faster than you'd think. Think about how thick a 50 gallon drum is and how quickly they rot at the site.<br>
<br>Ok, grab your latest Quoth. Open the cover, 1st, and 2nd pages. Those 3 pages combined are about .010". 4x8 feet of that, in steel, would be somewhere around 13 pounds, but would last a few months. Wind would shred it pretty quick.<br>
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<div>Can you price the sheets of the stuff you are talking about and see if
larger sheets are available ? I'm guessing that have the right UV
inhibitor or gelcoat will cost more ??</div></div></blockquote><div><br>I'll see what I can dig up. I need to go find some stuff anyway. Don't really need the UV inhibitor if we paint it. House paint (at least the half decent stuff) has it.<br>
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<div>You will have to spell out the UHMW. Again, those of us that do not
use the terms every day do not know what the hell you are talkin' 'bout.</div></div></blockquote></div><br>Didn't spell that one because it's long and multisyllable grunts aren't my bag ;)<br><br>Ultra-high molecular weight. Same stuff pickle barrels are made of. Nothing short of a miracle will keep paint attached more than a nanosecond, but it's tough stuff.<br>
<br>Another possibility is Tyvek. It's something like paper, but won't tear. If we came up with the right method to attach it, it may work out since it's cheap enough to replace it every couple of years.<br><br>
If I was making the decisions, I would weld a frame out of 2" square tubing, then mount FRP or ABS panels on floating studs so the framework can move some without stressing the walls. Throw in some cedar slats for a floor and it'll last longer than me (and I'm fairly well pickled after close to 2 decades in Swein camp :P)<br>
--<br>Gundy<br></div>