I use mainly CA for framing, I love the stuff, it's quick, it wicks down deep into good fitting joints ..... and I can have a completed structure in minutes .... but beware !! I wear a carbon filter mask, and keep fresh air coming into my workshop. Also if I've glued up a large area / structure with ribs ... formers etc with a slower setting CA, I leave the workshop for about 20mins with the door open (my workshop is seperate from my house) and go make a coffee . The odd quick drop of CA on a small item is ok if you glue up and put it aside for a few minutes, ... but take it from my experience .... long unprotected exposer to CA fumes is simply ...... BAD ! ....... you may think as I did, that the fumes don't bother you now, but it will effect you later with prolonged use.
My next favourite is epoxy. A good selction of 5mins, 12mins, and 30mins bottles. And some epoxy thinners for thinning and brushing onto firewalls as a fuel proofer.
And also never underestimate a good PVA or alphatic glue, they work very well on wood. This is good if you have a fiddly job where you need to still be able to move around any glued up hardwood, balsa or ply parts to get a good fit, and don't mind leaving it clamped / jigged up overnight to set. And if you are still not happy with the fit of whatever you are constructing, providing its within a few minutes and it hasn't set you can take the structure apart, clean off the PVA with a damp cloth and start again.
Happy building, now it's back into my workshop
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