Toby Posted February 9, 2022 Report Share Posted February 9, 2022 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted February 10, 2022 Report Share Posted February 10, 2022 Hi, @Toby, welcome in! I believe member @joe mendel recently posted a project in which he created his own plywood from veneer. I'm sure there a few others, as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave H Posted February 10, 2022 Report Share Posted February 10, 2022 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe mendel Posted February 10, 2022 Report Share Posted February 10, 2022 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Z. Posted March 13, 2022 Report Share Posted March 13, 2022 1/40th sounds very thin! The boat in my avatar is made up of 1/8th... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyJack Posted March 17, 2022 Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 1/8 is usually good unless you have a tight radius.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 I made a boat baby crib with bent strips of walnut. They are rivetted, not glue laminations, but I was able to get boat-like curves with 1/8 inch. I agree with others, that 1/40 sounds excessively delicate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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