"jotis" ) writes:
Hello -

I would like to build a dinghy or small sailboat using the cold-molded
plywood method, sometimes called laminated veneer.
4. Adhesives - must if be epoxy? How about using the "construction" types
glues?

for a small boat kept under cover when not in use the construction
polyurethane or the plastic resin (urea formaldehyde) are okay. the
plastic resin has to be a tight fit and over 70 deg F to cure. I've used
both on small plywood boats (not cold moulded). I don't have many clamps and
prefer to screw-and-glue instead for gunwales, chines, etc. TF Jones
wrties about a cold moulded kayak bottom made with cedar veneer and
plastic resin which was still tight after 9 years. It was kept in a shed
when not in use.

you can test glues by buying small quantities and gluing up small pieces.
I normally do that with any new building method or material.
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