QUOTE(mikea100 @ Jul 1 2011, 04:45 PM)
John,
you're absolutely right about fasteners, I consider that superior to welding. I live in NYC area and all the bridges and high rises use fasteners. I was thinking of doing that, but some places are difficult to access with fastener gun. I also consider adhesives superior to welding - this is based on my own research, I've been wrong many times before. They use adhesives on new carbon fiber Boeing 787, Airbus has been gluing tail stabilizers for a while now. The disadvantage to gluing is the wait for it to set and cure - not good for mass production evironment where time is money. In my case it's not a problem.
Thanks,
Mike.
The new Aston Martins are aluminum unibody that is glued together.
They were showing the process on HD theatre (I think) and the engineers said that it is stronger than welding.