Douglas Fir

[pashbe1]

Do you plan to trailer the boat? If so cold molded or plywood would be the better option. A DF plank on frame boat would have problems with the wet dry cycling. Using the thickness sander to finish your veneers if you cold mold is a great idea since a coarser grit sand paper will leave a bit of 'tooth' on the material. Epoxy loves a gap. If you are going to cold mold and trailer the boat don't bother w/ fasteners at all. All they do is create localized stress points and points of ingress for water in a molded structure. Where you have to use fasteners over drill and pot with epoxy to avoid leaving an avenue for water to get into the laminate. Contrary to popular misconception plywood and cold molded structures are ideal habitats for rot spores so it is imperative to keep moisture content as low as possible and be fanatical about sealing all wood and especially endgrain.

[DJSwan]

Yes on the trailer. My dad was a Marine Corp officer,and I have served a brief time, so land and on the seas. I'm going for the cold molded. Sounds like epoxy is the key. I can get the moisture content to whatever is the best for it. Airdried to perfection. Ahh, so what is the magic number. I'll start tommorrow sorting wood. I don't know boatbuilding etiquett. I would like to learn.

[DJSwan]

Breathing too much dust. I believe has caused me to forget how to spell. Or am using a spell check too much. So how do I do a spell check on this forum? Sorry dad "Marine Corps"