I a not sitting on a chair made out of 1/4" material…
For all your massive amounts of creativity, you missed it here and forgive me if you were being tongue-in-cheek, You can easily layup thicker from thinner. Yes, I’d rather just cut thicker material on the saw and cnc but I’d love to see a chair done completely on a .
My brother once made a chair out of typical corrugated cardboard that a grown man could stand on without any concerns of it collapsing. Design + understanding your materials FTW.
I have a ~2" cube of interlocking medium draftboard that I can stand/balance on. I’m also heavier than the average grown man…
Not a chair but complex geometry can be as strong or stronger per pound than thick solid wood.
I recall some friends with a 50’ trimaran that the style needs a massive crossbeam to keep the various hulls from tearing it apart. The beam was 24" x 30" and the 45’ across the width of the boat, but the 24" width was 10 half-inch thick ply equally spaced making it far stronger and way lighter than if it had been solid.
My experience is with airplanes but yeah, I’m sure boats are the same.
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