jmwoodring

I'm sure he just means an appropriately thick coating on all sides so the piece is totally sealed.

I have been reading some different works on "cold molded" boatbuilding. As Rumars pointed out, there are a variety of similar...

Well said. That's sort of the essence of this exploration. Parker, Devlin, Gougeon brothers have all written excellent books on the...

Both men are correct, but encapsulating large timbers is certainly a challenge. I built sacrificial wooden shoes for my beaching keels...

Ok im with you, the fabric is polyester. I just dont understand why someone would sheath wood to account for its expansion when the...

What's confusing you is the loose terminology that people use. You are actually referring to different problems that are somewhat...

Good example. Constant submersion vs occasional vs deck/uv exposure are all different use cases and failure modes. I did find this...

Sorry for the confusion. The thread is meant to be about epoxy sheathing only. Reuel Parker advocates using a polyester fabric, also...

I've been reading some books on cold molded construction and came across some possibly conflicting information that I'd like to discuss...