u/Stiwi8380

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Need advice on plywood

I’ve never built anything really but I wanna make a bed platform in my car for car camping. I got it all planned out, it’s nothing crazy. But I’m discovering there are a lot of thicknesses and types of plywood and they are widely different prices.

The one I’m looking at online says it 3/8” which sounds super thin. But the thicker ones are double the price and I’m cheap. I don’t know anything about the strength of plywood and google doesn’t help much.

I’m a really small guy (5’5 and skinny) i could probably sleep on a bed made of eggshells and not crack them. But if it’s really advisable to go with the thicker stuff my wallet could be convinced. I wanna make the bed platform in 3 sections with hinges so i can accordion fold it away when im not using it, so the less extra support I have to put it the better.

Thanks dad

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u/Stiwi8380 — 8 days ago