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    Drawers: Metal vs. wood

    Mostly expertise building stuff, and my willingness to include triangles. 18ga 3/4 is easy to get here in Denver. I called several yards and all had 24' sticks in stock.
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    Drawers: Metal vs. wood

    I ran my design past a mechanical engineer buddy of mine. He recommended 3/4" square tube.
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    Drawers: Metal vs. wood

    Does anyone have days points about metal being heavier? It keeps coming up, but I have a hard time imagining that thin wall metal tube is much heavier than solid wood.
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    Drawers: Metal vs. wood

    I just picked up a F150 and am planning out my sleeping platform/drawer system. I've done a ton of metal fabrication, but am seeing very few drawers made out of welded tube. Is it that most people don't have the tools and ease of construction, or is there something better about setups made...
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