laminating plywood

[springer59]

Hey everybody, just needing a little more info on bindind,er...lamanating larger than 4X8' size pieces of plywood to say make a finished size of about 9X10' for a roof structure on my 25' luhrs sportfisher.Wondering about where to stagger the joints, ect. to get the strongest laminate for the thinest layers that i can,so if Wood, or Y.D. or Ondavr could spare me a couple of minutes on that it would really help me so much &thanks in advance. Springer

 

[Peteco]

Re: laminating plywood

You could also consider epoxy laminating over a foam core, you can use the home depot or lowes pink or blue stuff and glass over it. Would be the lightest weight solution.

 

[Woodonglass]

Re: laminating plywood

9x10. Here's how I'd do it to yield a 9x10 foot sheet 3/8" thick.


Click the Pic to Enlarge.

 

[springer59]

Re: laminating plywood

thanks W.O.G. , thats what i was picturing in my feeble mind , but was thinking i left out it's a flybridge (dang mineral spirits fumes) so i belive 2 layers, 3/8ths EXT ply w/same schedule of lay-up should work. Right? The flybridge is only 1 piece & 'bout 200 lbs at most "all dressed out".It will be supported w/ 6 2x4 crowned "joists" from the cabin wall sides. About to start a VERY long restore thread on it in about 2-3 weeks w/ lots of pics.Just trying to get some a jump on some of things I know I will be facing in the near future.

 

[archbuilder]

Re: laminating plywood

not sure if this will work without seeing what you are working with, but could you use "fiberglass beams" to take place of the plywood? I did that with cardboard tubes under my bow. It is amazing how stiff the bow deck is now.

 

[archbuilder]

Re: laminating plywood

Luhrs, thanks for putting up this post.....I got to thinking at lunch after I posted......what we are doing is similar, why I didn't think of it before, but I'm going to build a deck for my pontoon that is similar to what I did above.....I have been wrestling with how to build the deck without wood for 2 months now.....thanks for getting me thinking!

 

[Woodonglass]

Re: laminating plywood

Yep, 3/8 should work too, but... If you use epoxy with 6oz cloth on both sides and between both layers it would be strong as heck. Not sure you need a full 3/4" thickness but... If you believe it is required, go for it.

 

[springer59]

Re: laminating plywood

Thanks Wood, Yeah I need the strength ,#1 son is 6' 270 , & nimble as a hippo.LOL.
Arch; The beams under it are exposed so i will stain them & re-assemble mostly like stock, although I really like that idea & may use ir elswhere on da barge! I,going to try this post a pic thing,(moderators;my comp skills lack a little so please be easy on me!)

 

[springer59]

Re: laminating plywood


Well , gotta work on that some more but there are six of those "beams" also supporting the roof.

 

[archbuilder]

Re: laminating plywood

Got it, I figured it might be something like that. You did get me to thinking, did some sketches today on how I want to do my pontoon deck, thanks for the inspiration!