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Gluing stripe with contact cememt?
By:John Monfoe
Date: 10/16/2000, 4:06 am

I once built a sail boat with a 20 ft mast. I couldn't afford to buy a single whole piece of lumber for the mast so I used 6 pieces of 2" x 6" fastened together with contact cement. 10 years later when I sold the boat, the mast was just like it was when I built it, despite all of the strain and flexing in 10 years of heavy use. Do you think it could work for gluing strips together for a kayak rather then using what you use now? It would be fast with virtually no clamping and I think it works OK in cold weather if you are building in a garage.

John

Messages In This Thread

Gluing stripe with contact cememt?
John Monfoe -- 10/16/2000, 4:06 am
Re: Gluing strips with contact cememt?
David Dick -- 10/17/2000, 7:19 am
Well, if you are absolutely perfect...
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/17/2000, 12:26 am
Re: Well, if you are absolutely perfect...
John Monfoe -- 10/17/2000, 3:47 am
Re: Well, if you are absolutely perfect...
Mark -- 10/17/2000, 4:25 am
Re: Well, if you are absolutely perfect...
John Monfoe -- 10/17/2000, 5:28 am
Re: Gluing stripe with contact cememt?
David Hanson -- 10/16/2000, 3:27 pm