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Re: What other species are available?
By:Bill Mayberry
Date: 5/27/2011, 7:28 pm
In Response To: Re: What other species are available? (ancient kayaker)

: I don't worry about scarfing, it is quick and easy and let's me use
: much cheaper materials effectively. Recently I started using a
: bench sander instead of a miter saw to cut the bevels, I find

The bench sander sounds great but I don' have one. I do have a table saw so I built this jig to cut one side of the scarf...
http://www.christiesop.ca/popups/scarfJig3s.jpg
this is the same jig turned around and used for the other side....
http://www.christiesop.ca/popups/scarfJig4s.jpg
This way the blade doesn't have to be perfectly perpendicular to the table top. Although I try and have it a perfect 90 degrees anyway....
This picture shows my gluing process...
http://www.christiesop.ca/popups/scarfs.jpg
The wood colour between pieces is pronounced because of me using a wet rag to clean up the glue...

: I use Titebond III exclusively for scarf joints in solid wood and
: find it is excellent because of its quick grab and water
: cleanup.
I appreciate your confirming it's a good glue to use and the water clean up is exactly why I used it. I really wanted to use epoxy but the clean up would be messy. I don't have any spare wood on the thickness so planing off the glue is not an option. I used an 8:1 ratio and think it looks fine.

If I have any problems, I'll report them here.

Thanks for your input.

Bill

Messages In This Thread

Material: 15' Clear Cedar for gunwales
Bill Mayberry -- 5/26/2011, 8:52 am
Re: Material: 15' Clear Cedar for gunwales
David Bynoe -- 5/26/2011, 10:27 am
Re: Material: 15' Clear Cedar for gunwales
Bill Mayberry -- 5/26/2011, 1:54 pm
Re: Material: 15' Clear Cedar for gunwales
Roger -- 5/26/2011, 12:41 pm
Re: Material: 15' Clear Cedar for gunwales
Bill Mayberry -- 5/26/2011, 1:18 pm
What other species are available?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 5/26/2011, 9:49 pm
Re: What other species are available?
Bill Mayberry -- 5/26/2011, 11:12 pm
Re: What other species are available?
ancient kayaker -- 5/27/2011, 12:18 am
Re: What other species are available?
Bill Mayberry -- 5/27/2011, 7:28 pm
Re: What other species are available?
Bill Hamm -- 5/27/2011, 8:30 am
Re: What other species are available?
Bill Mayberry -- 5/27/2011, 2:16 pm
Re: What other species are available?
David Bynoe -- 5/27/2011, 11:56 am
Re: What other species are available?
Bill Mayberry -- 5/27/2011, 2:18 pm
Re: What other species are available?
Bill Hamm -- 5/27/2011, 11:17 pm
Re: What other species are available?
Bill Mayberry -- 5/27/2011, 11:56 pm
Re: What other species are available?
Bill Hamm -- 5/28/2011, 12:02 am
Re: What other species are available?
Kenneth Sutherland -- 5/31/2011, 7:30 am
Re: Material: 15' Clear Cedar for gunwales
West -- 5/27/2011, 11:17 pm
Re: Material: 15' Clear Cedar for gunwales
Bill Mayberry -- 5/27/2011, 11:54 pm