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Re: S&G: An Olde Butt Joint question
By:Geoff
Date: 9/7/2010, 7:22 pm
In Response To: Re: S&G: An Olde Butt Joint question (Bill Hamm)

: None of these methods are near as strong as a scarf that's awfully
: easy to do, hard to understand why the panels aren't just
: scarfed.

Thanks Bill,
I appreciate your thoughts and understand, but that isn't possible with the Pinguino kit since the wood is cut exactly to size and designed for a butt joint - scarfing would reduce the length and throw everything out. I would have probably enjoyed the scarfing but the splines offer an equal challenge I think and are a possible alternative to a taped butt joint.

Perhaps I will test a scarf joint in my experiments or maybe just wait for my next build! This is my first S&G but I enjoy woodwork, indeed I taught it for a while.

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S&G: An Olde Butt Joint question
Geoff -- 9/6/2010, 1:50 pm
Re: S&G: An Olde Butt Joint question
Sodbuster------WebKitFormBoundary6pLaVD9X7Zfw4+Pi- -- 9/6/2010, 2:17 pm
Re: S&G: An Olde Butt Joint question
Wesley Ewell -- 9/6/2010, 7:08 pm
Re: S&G: An Olde Butt Joint question
Robert N Pruden -- 9/9/2010, 6:09 pm
Re: S&G: An Olde Butt Joint question
Geoff -- 9/10/2010, 6:25 pm
Re: S&G: An Olde Butt Joint question
Geoff -- 9/17/2010, 4:20 pm
Re: S&G: An Olde Butt Joint question
Geoff -- 9/7/2010, 9:17 am
Re: S&G: An Olde Butt Joint question
Bill Hamm -- 9/7/2010, 12:00 pm
Re: S&G: An Olde Butt Joint question
Geoff -- 9/7/2010, 7:22 pm
Re: S&G: An Olde Butt Joint question
Sodbuster -- 9/8/2010, 8:16 am
Re: S&G: An Olde Butt Joint question
Bill Hamm -- 9/8/2010, 11:58 am
Re: S&G: An Olde Butt Joint question
Bill Hamm -- 9/8/2010, 11:39 am
Re: S&G: An Olde Butt Joint question
Wesley Ewell -- 9/8/2010, 11:57 am
Re: S&G: An Olde Butt Joint question
Bill Hamm -- 9/8/2010, 12:09 pm
Re: S&G: An Olde Butt Joint question
Bill Hamm -- 9/8/2010, 12:01 pm
Re: S&G: An Olde Butt Joint question
Sodbuster -- 9/8/2010, 2:12 pm
Re: S&G: An Olde Butt Joint question
Bill Hamm -- 9/8/2010, 3:31 pm