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Re: strong composites for belly pan
I am pretty sure McMaster still ships to Canada. Mabye not all parts, but you can get it to a major centre anyways (we can make orders in Waterloo, but Kincardine is perhaps another story).

Have you considered cutting the pan out of metal mesh? I have seen it done by RAWC before, and the results look fantastic. Its possible you could weld it right in too. That wouldn't require much heavy machining by my reckoning.
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