The most recent deliver of oak was all straight grained and the frames under the engine which are going in at the moment have some pretty tight curves so I decided to laminate them. I started out using resorcinol as its the standard where oak is concened but keeping the temperatures high enough proved too difficult so I used epoxy instead. The issue with epoxy and oak is that the acids in the oak prevent the epoxy from curing. My remedy is to wash the oak with alcohol which, after testing the bond,seems to do the trick. The epoxy bond is as strong if not stranger than the wood itself.
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| Laminating in situ using the hull as a former. |
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| The finished product prior to cleaning up. | | | |
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