mike wrote:

"toller" wrote in message
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I have a 10' canoe. The gunnels are a pair of 3/4"x5/8" pieces of what
looks like spruce. (one pair on either side)

One piece has about 2' rotted away. We are still using the canoe, but it
can't be a good idea.

Replacing the entire gunnel would be difficult, both because of the way
the
canoe is build and my inability to cut a 10' strip of wood. So, I would
like to replace the rotten part, plus some good wood on either size, for
a total of 4'.

I cut 2 5/16"x3/4" pieces of cherry 4' long. (somewhere I read that
cherry
is rot resistance, plus I happened to have a suitable scrap of cherry).
I
can easily bend the strip to the required size. So, what I plan is to
install one 5/16" piece to the canoe by screwing it to the other half of
the
gunnel. Then I will glue the second 5/16" piece to the first, holding
it in place with screws and some clamps.

1) Does this make any sense? Will the cherry strips ever relax, or will
they always be under tension?
2) Is Titebond2 adequate, or should I use epoxy?

Oddly, one 5/16" strip is much more flexible that the other, eventhough
they came from the same 3/4" piece of wood and look identical.

Edd has the right idea. Replace the entire gunnels , ash or white oak.
Use epoxy, read Edd's post again , he explains it better than I.

FWIW, I agree that that's certainly the _right_ way to go about it.

mike

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