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Yvan256:

Has anyone built a cabinet using "foam PVC" panels instead of MDF/plywood/etc?

I'm looking for something very lightweight yet strong enough to build a portable cabinet.

mgb:

I've never done it but it seems possible enough.
It seems to me that it would work well with a Viewlix design.
Of course I assume your looking to use an LCD.

SavannahLion:

I've never heard of PVC foam but I can see how its possible. I did a quick Google and its apparently used for fabricating some aircraft parts. From the descriptions, it's worked pretty much the same as Styrene (not foam), even going so far as to be vacuum formed. I'm not sure what airplane components would be fabled with it, but if its FAA approved, I don't see why not.

I don't know how much abuse it can take though. Do you intend of putting a shell, like fiberglass, on it?

Yvan256:


--- Quote from: SavannahLion on March 23, 2011, 08:00:40 pm ---I've never heard of PVC foam but I can see how its possible. I did a quick Google and its apparently used for fabricating some aircraft parts. From the descriptions, it's worked pretty much the same as Styrene (not foam), even going so far as to be vacuum formed. I'm not sure what airplane components would be fabled with it, but if its FAA approved, I don't see why not.

I don't know how much abuse it can take though. Do you intend of putting a shell, like fiberglass, on it?

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My goal would be for foam PVC to be the structural component. The cabinet I'm designing is quite complex with moving parts, my best bets so far would be foam PVC or an aluminium frame with coroplast or similar panels on it.

Burn4Evr:

I'd think its possible but would get expensive (at the thickness you would need), and personally wouldn't trust it 100% for structural parts. Also I know it comes in multiple densities, but I am assuming the denser the more expensive it would be.
I think having aluminum "bones" and foam PVC "skin" would work, especially if you could cover it with really thin plexiglass.

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