To All:
There are times when you need to put something together fast, often while HOLDING the parts in positionby HAND, such as when you are making a jig or fixture. Many times the fixture is made of whatever wood you happened to have available.... 'good' scrape, if you know what I mean. But the jig or fixture itself is NOT scrap -- you want it to hold up, often for a span of YEARS. That's when you reach for whatever quick-curing EPOXY you happen to have on hand.
I've previously mentioned that I use several different adhesives, selecting them according to need, cost, availability, temperature and so on. STRENGTH is never an issue since ALL modern adhesives are stronger (in shear) than the softwoods normally used to build an airplane (or even a jig :-)
If you will go to...
Don't take my word for any of this. Do your own tests and base your opinion on that.
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If you've done any composite work at all, you're probably familiar with 'ice cream' sticks. Retailers call them 'mixing' sticks, 'hobby' sticks and so on, and they often turn up in the Toy Dept... so if the clerk gives you that blank look and sez they don't carry anything like that, don't take it as gospel.
Tongue depressors fall into the same category and those which fall out of date can usually be found for sale as new-surplus, from such outfits as American Science & Surplus. (A tongue depressor is just a BIG 'ice cream' stick.)
I don't know what these sticks are made of; birch or poplar at a guess. But it's a dense hardwood that works very well as 'curbing' around metal fittings. That is, with the fitting in place, you prepare a hardwood 'curb' around the fitting. Do a proper job of it and the 'curbing' will provide such a grip on the fitting that it serves to hold the fitting in place, allowing you to drill the holes for the fasteners. A fast-curing epoxy such as those mentioned above appears to be the ideal adhesive for this kind of work.
-R.S.Hoover