laminating veneer ribs and layers


Toby

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I guys.  I'm new to the forum and have a lot of hardwood veneer that I expected to build a canoe or kayak from.  I'm thinking of ways to design the layers of laminations, like for ribs, with the grain direction controlled and sheet (layers of a lamination) cut on a laser for each layer of a plywood structure member.  I expect to use epoxy but bought a gallon of fiberglass to try some experiments with saturation.  Has anyone used thin veneer to laminate structures....aircraft or boat ribs?  My veneer is 1/40".   Thanks Toby

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Commercially manufactured beams LVL's laminated veneer lumber, are made of veneer strips glued together under extreme pressure with all the veneer with grain running in the same direction creating a super ridged thin beam. I think if you do this correctly it should work. Good luck it sounds like a lot of work.

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On 2/9/2022 at 6:20 PM, Toby said:

I guys.  I'm new to the forum and have a lot of hardwood veneer that I expected to build a canoe or kayak from.  I'm thinking of ways to design the layers of laminations, like for ribs, with the grain direction controlled and sheet (layers of a lamination) cut on a laser for each layer of a plywood structure member.  I expect to use epoxy but bought a gallon of fiberglass to try some experiments with saturation.  Has anyone used thin veneer to laminate structures....aircraft or boat ribs?  My veneer is 1/40".   Thanks Toby

I use 1/16" veneer. It is thin enough to bend and it will take less sheets to achieve the desired thickness.  You just have more layers to glue.  For a bent lamination the West System of epoxy is the best which I have used.

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When you said "gallon of fiberglass", I'm assuming you're talking about polyester resin.  I have a lot of experience with that and epoxy in saturating fiberglass cloth, and other uses.  I would strongly suggest to stick with epoxy for the lamination of the wood layers.  

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