Dave Plowman wrote:

There used to be contact adhesives that allowed some movement to position
things.

Depends how you use them

.... either coat both surfaces, wait for it to go touch dry, carefully
position surfaces (with dowels/waxed-paper/etc keeping them apart until
sure) then gradually bring the surfaces together while smoothing out.

.... or coat one surface and immediately press to the other surface
without letting it go off, then it has some give for positioning, but
you need to hold it in place while it dries, which to me negates the
point of a contact adhesive.