Ross Fore end splice

[tbonesmith]

Epoxy glues are superb wood adhesives, the down side to them is the heat range that they remain complete hard at. Most epoxies will begin to soften at around 60 degrees C and at 80 degrees you can feel the difference. This can be a problem on dark coloured boats laid up in epoxy resin, as in the sun they heat up pretty warm. This is the reason that epoxy layups are often post cured at elevated temperatures, which alleviates this and raises the softening temperature to above the the post cure temperature.

I have not found it to be a problem on anything, but maybe this is why standard epoxy glues are not appropriate for aircraft, as aircraft may operate over a wider range of temperatures than those at which epoxy will maintain it optimal hardness.

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