laminating kiln dried white oak for floor timbers

[captain champlain]

Hello,I am considering laminating new floor timbers out of kiln dried white oak.The floors are 21/2"s thick and about 12"tall,the problem i'm having is they only dry white oak up to 13/4".Not able to wait for air dried.I have had bad luck with west and white oak,does anyone have a sure way to laminate oak. Thanks!

[Rich VanValkenburg]

Lots of opinions will surface on this, but I've had bad luck with recorcinal. I used Weldwood plastic resin for White Oak laminations and encapsulated all with epoxy and polyurethane.

Not too sure about kiln dried Oak in the bilge. I've had it swell 3/4" over a 15" width and 3" thickness (my former sternpost).

[Mrleft8]

Who told you that "they" only kiln dry White Oak up to 8/4? I regularly buy KD12/4 White Oak. http://www.thewoodrack.net/lumber.html

[Thorne]

Resorcinal is the recommended glue, but is VERY picky about temperature and clamping pressure. You MUST meet the requirements for the above or it will fail -- I had similar problems with the Weldwood resin glue. Working with epoxy and other more forgiving adhesives has spoiled us for using the more finicky ones.

[michigangeorge]

I've glued some white oak with WEST G-10 and it seems to be holding well on rubrails. The WEST folks say it is made for hard to glue woods. I would think it should work great for floors but you might want to call the Gougeon co.