: I don't just scarf strips, I scarf anything I have a mind to. The idea being
: I want to keep my scarfing ability sharp. So even if a scarf is not
: technically necessary I'll do it anyway. I have a homemade 7° (8:1) mitre
: that fits on my table saw. I have a homemade 7° fence for it too. I've
: also spent many nasty hours hand planing scarfs on full sheets of plywood.
: That is one part of my repertoire I don't intend to repeat any time soon.
: All my scarfs are the traditional cross-grain type that are in the how-to
: books.

Btw, for plywood scarfs, up to I think 3/8" (been awile since I've scarfed plywood) the guys with West Epoxy have an adapter for a Skil saw that works very well and is very fast, think it's called the "scarfer". Very simple bracket that bolts to the base plate and relatively inexpensive. Does make an awful amount of sawdust and requires a carbide blade or very frequent sharpening of a steel blade. I used to use it alot scarfing 28' long pieces of plywood.

Bill H.