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Grain and single scarfing
By:mike allen ---}
Date: 3/31/2000, 4:11 pm
In Response To: cove and bead (Butch)

> I am a first time builder and am wondering; will I be ok using strips that
> aren't cove and bead? also, I am having a tough time finding any 20' cedar
> boards. Any suggestions? Butch

If scarfing it seems to me the best grain choice is to take the two adjacent strips as they are ripped off the larger board and cut the angle in the ends as the strips are in the exact same orientation as they come off the original.

Then when you flip the top one to glue on the under,the grain will virtually match exactly(except for the length of the scarf) so that it appears as if the strip is continuous. The less sanding and fairing you do, the better the grain will be continous as there is likelihood of deviation from the vertical.

This will work best for only adjacent pairs of strips off a bd at a time.

haven't tried it, but worth a try.

-mick

Messages In This Thread

cove and bead
Butch -- 3/30/2000, 3:17 pm
Grain and single scarfing
mike allen ---} -- 3/31/2000, 4:11 pm
Re: cove and bead
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 3/31/2000, 8:49 am
Re: cove and bead
Edgar Kleindinst -- 3/31/2000, 7:34 am
Re: cove and bead
Kent LeBoutillier -- 3/31/2000, 6:20 am
Re: scarf splicing strips
Dave Houser -- 3/31/2000, 1:57 am
Re: scarf splicing strips
Walter H. Klaus -- 4/2/2000, 8:54 am
Sanding disk
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/2/2000, 6:46 pm
Re: Sanding disk
Walter H. Klaus -- 4/3/2000, 9:44 pm
Re: Sanding disk
John B. -- 4/2/2000, 7:28 pm
Re: Sanding disk
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/3/2000, 1:13 pm
Re: Sanding disk
John B. -- 4/3/2000, 7:22 pm
Re: Table Saw Sanding disk Source
Dave Houser -- 4/2/2000, 9:35 pm
Re: Table Saw Sanding disk Source
John B. -- 4/3/2000, 7:48 am
Re: scarf jig
Don Beale -- 3/31/2000, 12:13 pm
Re: scarf jig
Spidey -- 3/31/2000, 3:14 pm
Re: scarf jig
Don Beale -- 4/1/2000, 1:27 am
Re: scarf jig
Spidey -- 4/1/2000, 2:07 am
Re: scarfing jig
Hank -- 3/31/2000, 9:33 am
Re: cove and bead
Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/30/2000, 11:37 pm
Re: THAT explains it!
Spidey -- 3/31/2000, 12:48 am
Re: THAT explains it!
Hank -- 3/31/2000, 9:25 am
Actually, it is more like this
Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/31/2000, 4:42 am
Re: cove and bead
Eric Schade (shearwater Boats) -- 3/30/2000, 7:36 pm
Re: cove and bead
Dean Trexel -- 3/30/2000, 5:13 pm
Re: cove and bead
Vaclav Stejskal -- 3/30/2000, 4:34 pm