Originally Posted by
HandsomeRyan
This is a bad idea. It breaks down with exposure to light and it shatters when it fails. I would not suggest it for this type application.
Aluminum could be pop riveted to the steel frame.
It seems to me that if all those struts were made of plastic, none of them would be bearing much weight. If one shattered, the other would continue to support the weight for the rest of the day, and it wouldn't be a catastrophe.