ORIGINAL: tggilkey
Apologies for the “stream-of-consciousness” discussion/typing!
It was nice to see Aussie Knife Edge’s confirmation of my experience of using less glue!
Sounds like CST is a good source for vacuum supplies also.
That’s all I can think of at the moment. If you have questions or need follow-up or whatever, holler!
Later, Tom
Thanks for the thoughts, Tom. No problem on the format, I work best that way too!
You can definitely use less glue this way. Even with weights and a flat board I would only use 2oz of epoxy max per 60 size wing panel, and that was lots even for a duffer like myself. The really good builders are under 1oz for the same thing, but I prefer a certain bond over 1oz of weight saved. The polyU glues are lighter than epoxy and I believe Terry Brox says he uses something like 10g of glue per 2M wing panel, maybe per skin not per panel. Either way, it's super light.
Now to go shopping with some of that Christmas $$$.
Mark