Originally posted by unisys12: Aluminium - One other thing that sort of makes me want to stay away from using aluminium is the fact that I can't weld. I couldn't weld cast iron when I was in school. I would be sure to turn a nice sheet of aluminium into a puddle of molton liqiud in no time flat! And I surely wouldn't want to use JB Weld cause I think that might turn out looking tacky. I don't know...
No need to weld. Once you have a temaplte, you can buy flat sheets, cut them so that there will be overlapping flaps and use a rivet gun and rivets to assemble it - easy.
The only tough part is finding out about the ceramic coating.