Anyone use Dibond or similar/alternative?

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I'm interested in finding out of dibond would be a good material to form into a sled, similar to the image below. Would dibond handle sledding stresses? Supposedly it's not affected by summer and winter temperatures.

If it wouldn't stand up to it, are there any other materials which would, and can also be quickly and easily formed (ie, no heat/chemicals/setting/curing etc)?

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Thanks for the insight you've provided. Taking into account what you've said about the particular design I've uploaded, I would create my own design to hopefully address those issues - I can see now the seating position would likely bend very easily if that exact sled was in dibond.

Will try to find alternative materials in case there's something more appropriate (plywood looks good, it's just the equipment/costs involved in forming it which is a drawback at this early stage, although might have to just accept this).

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Yep, I can imagine it is - if I can design to adapt to dibond's limitations I'd like to give it a go, though. Maybe even look at aluminium without any core as an alternative, if it's not too expensive.

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I was a bit worried about the edges TBH, Matt - I've handled this stuff before in it's 8x4 format and got slight cuts. Was thinking about some sort of extruded rubber profile to go around around sharp edges.

I think it might be possible to design a structural shape which would take the weight of a child - but, after what's been said, the effort and complexity of making it up might make it impractical/too time consuming.

If anyone's got any suggestions about other materials which could be formed cheaply and easily, would love to hear them.