[Usittne] Corrugated metal ideas?

[Robert Mack]

Hi all. We are looking to make some wood chairs with backs covered in corrugated metal. Ideally, we would do this with metal of a thinner gauge than actual roofing, for weight/cost/ease of use. But also, due to the abuse these chairs will probably receive (and the fact the director will probably try to use them as percussion instruments of a sort), we don't want to use corrugated plastic sheeting instead. I'm toying with the idea of purchasing thin gauge sheet metal panels and creating a jig to corrugate them myself.  Thought I'd pass this along in case any of you have experience working with a lightweight corrugated metal material that you can share. Maybe the real deal will be just fine, not sure yet. 
 
Thanks.
 
Rob Mack
Technical Director
Department of Theatre
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA 01610
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