Booleans and Shelled solids

 From:  hhal (HHAL9000)
9939.1 
Is it possible to boolean shelled solids and if not what is the work around.I'm trying to slice up this shelled solid with boolean difference but with no luck.I also tried trim but that didn't work either.
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