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Re: Strip: Best length of boards\strips?
By:Jay Babina
Date: 7/24/2014, 10:57 am

With all due respect to anyone's methods, I can't see grinding scarfs when you can cut them in a second.
Everyone these days has a chop saw. I just made a triangle out of 1 x 1 stock with a scarf angle. One edge is against the fence (clamped - spring clamp) and you put a strip(s) against the slight angle and cut. The strip is coming straight out from the blade and suspended on a stand or whatever. I can put 5 strips against the angle fence. I clamp them with a spring clamp and cut all 5 at once in one second. Perfect scarfs. I will shoot a picture of this simple set up and post it. This whole grinding and planing scarf joints is just old stuff before chop saws where a staple.

I suppose you could set the saw a a slight angle, but this simple jig allows you to use a spring clamp to hold the strip and not get your hands close to the blade.

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Strip: Best length of boards\strips?
Robert W -- 7/23/2014, 4:31 pm
Re: Strip: Best length of boards\strips?
JohnAbercrombie -- 7/23/2014, 6:48 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 7/23/2014, 8:12 pm
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Allan -- 7/23/2014, 11:49 pm
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Jay Babina -- 7/24/2014, 10:57 am
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george jung -- 7/24/2014, 11:25 am
scarf cutting *PIC*
Jay Babina -- 7/24/2014, 5:07 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 7/24/2014, 8:08 pm
Re: Strip: Best length of boards\strips?
Allan -- 7/24/2014, 6:20 pm
Re: Strip: Best length of boards\strips? *PIC*
Jeff Horton -- 7/24/2014, 10:37 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 7/25/2014, 9:09 am
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Stephen Barney -- 7/25/2014, 10:41 am
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ancient kayaker -- 7/25/2014, 12:20 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/26/2014, 10:22 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/24/2014, 8:57 am
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george jung -- 7/24/2014, 8:16 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/24/2014, 10:56 pm
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Paul Davies. -- 7/24/2014, 11:05 pm
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george jung -- 7/25/2014, 9:40 am