Building motor bed, alternatives to plastic

Hi all
As I wrote in an earlier post I am building a motor bed this summer. I am now curious if there are alternatives to lamination.
Is it doable to make a structure all steel instead of laminating? I am thinking two strips of steel plate to take the screws from the engine, two similar strips laminated to the hull, and then a system of strips or sturdy pipes between them to make the construction rigid. My engine weighs 200 pounds and the bed will only be about two inches high in the back and perhaps ten inches high in the forward end. A steel structure could even be put together with nuts and bolts instead of welding, and the whole damned thing could be taken apart (when the motor is lifted out) and removed for cleaning and repainting, or in order to gain access to the area. I have access to all kinds of shapes of steel: tubes, rod, L-shape etc. I have access to lathe, and a pretty precise steel cutter. I have friends that weld if need be.
It's just a thought. In the wooden boats in my club many have variations of this bolted to the wood in the hull. As to the advantages compared to laminating a solid structure. I don't know. I hope to have a discussion on the doability for its own sake. Oh, and don't ask for pictures. There are none. It's all in my head. Just imagine an empty hull, slightly v-shaped, with a propeller shaft sticking into it. And a diesel engine.
Kindly
Runhammar

 

Is this a wooden hull?

 

"alternatives to plastic?"

Wood

 

Here is a link to your previous thread re your motor beds -
Building a motor bed https://www.boatdesign.net/threads/building-a-motor-bed.67758/

I think that Gonzo gave you very good advice here, and this would probably be the easiest way of building your new beds.

 

So sorry to ask, but pictures of what's outside your head would be helpful. You know, reality. It would be very helpful in order to help you. But you would have to take some, are you willing?