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Re: Skin-on-Frame: strongest joints
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 1/8/2012, 3:46 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: strongest joints (ancient kayaker)

: I must admit I have always used scarf joints for solid wood, and
: since my first boat I also scarf ply. Not as hard as I feared .
: . .

: On solid wood it is easy to get a perfect scarf joint that is
: virtually invisible. Most of the joints on the brightwork on my
: own builds cannot be seen without a magnifying glass, but my ply
: scarf joints aren't that good yet . . .

West epoxy makes a really nice tool for plywood, called the "scarfer" it's a jig that attaches to a skill saw, makes perfect scarfs in plywood easy.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: strongest joints
james Adams -- 1/1/2012, 9:51 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: strongest joints
Bill Hamm -- 1/2/2012, 1:52 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: strongest joints
ancient kayaker -- 1/2/2012, 9:44 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: strongest joints
Bill Hamm -- 1/3/2012, 2:53 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: strongest joints
ancient kayaker -- 1/3/2012, 9:53 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: strongest joints
Bill Hamm -- 1/8/2012, 3:46 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: strongest joints
ancient kayaker -- 1/8/2012, 11:26 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: strongest joints
ancient kayaker -- 1/3/2012, 10:01 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: strongest joints
Bill Hamm -- 1/8/2012, 3:47 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: strongest joints
ancient kayaker -- 1/8/2012, 11:28 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: strongest joints
Bill Hamm -- 1/9/2012, 1:32 am