At 05:21 PM 8/24/2006, you wrote: >I am currently building a wingtip bow using Gorilla >glue. I am doing so because I laminated some capstrip >yesterday with the stuff and tested to failure today. >Results: the wood failed, not the glue. >The only reason I used it on the bows was because of >the clamping pressure needed to maintain the curves in >the jig, which results in almost total squeeze-out. >Currently, some builders use laminating resin onthe >bows. I do not trust the strength of this stuff, so I >opted for the GG. >Scott >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
When I laminated my windshield bow and turtledeck bows from ply strips I used West Systems epoxy with a layer of KR cloth between each layer of ply. Light clamping pressure kept from squeezing out too much resin and the glass layer between each layer of ply has to add to the strength considerably. At least I assumed it does. So far no problems at 250 hours of flight time. Larry Flesner
