: Come look at my Disko Bay and show me the flat spots or the dark spots, hard
: to argue with success

: Yes if you just butt joint the wood you could end up with a flat spot, I use
: little backing blocks hot glued to hold everything even while I'm
: stripping, works fine. (btw, your instructions sold me on hot glue) And :um...I don't leave the end grain showing so there is no dark spot?

: Bill H.

I'm sure you did a great job Bill. The question was asked by someone who may not have your skill or experience.

I avoid individual scarves by scarfing boards at the start. I cut boards down the center and match ends
with a scarf across with width. This results in a nearly invisible vertical line on the finished strips.

Long boards can easily be handled in a small shop
by cutting an entry and exit hole in the shop walls. I used this method for years

There are a great many variables to the concise solutions offered on this board
which can make or break the success of that technique.

There are a great many variables which are beyond the control of the most
pragmatic of us. I have, fortunately or unfortunately, depending how you look
at it, run into quite a few of them and have altered my methods to produce the most
consistent results for me.

The devil is in the details. The devil is in the variables.

The best bet, especially with your first build, is to follow the instructions provided in your plans.
If a point is not covered, then this is a good source.
But remember free advice can be worth what you paid for it.

While a smorgasbord approach to strip building techniques gleaned from
this BB can be appealing and support what we want to do anyway,
this is a recipe for indigestion and diarrhea.

Must be time for luch, gotta go!

Rob