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Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer material
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 1/14/2009, 12:42 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer material (Will Clarke)

: Thanks Aaron and Bill. It's a good point about the cost of adhesive,
: especially since it will take a lot, gluing the faces together. Is
: thickened epoxy the best choice? As Bill said, I have the wood.... As to
: clamping, I'm thinking of stacking them and using weight - probably cement
: blocks on a timber (the strong back?) to spread out the pressure.
: Will

As Aaron said, the epoxy will need thickened to prevent it just running out of the joint and yes it's the ideal choice for that job. Most any other adhesive would require a very tight clamping method to make this work. It will require a fair amount of epoxy to do this, might be a tad pricy.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: stringer material
Will Clarke -- 1/12/2009, 9:31 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer material
Bill Hamm -- 1/13/2009, 1:35 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer material
Will Clarke -- 1/13/2009, 8:30 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer material
Bill Hamm -- 1/14/2009, 12:42 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer material
Aaron H -- 1/13/2009, 10:42 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer material *LINK* *Pic*
Tom Yost -- 1/14/2009, 12:49 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer material
Aaron H -- 1/12/2009, 10:26 am