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Wood Duck 14' Scarf Ought Oooohhhh...
Gent's,
Almost finished cutting out all the pieces for my wood duck 14 build and noticed a mention in another thread of a 5" or greater scarf.
I followed the plans diagram to a T and it shows a 2 1/4" scarf area...wonder if I miss read this on the plans?
Do you need a longer scarf area for joining these pieces?
The scarfs are located pretty close to the middle of the pieces where there's not alot of twist happening..
Am I good, or do I need to rethink this?
I've already cut all pieces with the 2 1/4" overlap for scarfing....a fix at this point might mean a different type joint.
Paul in NH
4 replies:
RE: Wood Duck 14' Scarf Ought Oooohhhh...
Two Rivers,
Was asking about plywood parts..I didn't catch that they were refering to strips...maybe a hybrid for my next build, but this being the first, I'm sticking to all plywood parts.
I can't imagine I'd be in any trouble, as one of the discussed methods was a butt joint reinforced with glass...thickened epoxy is tough stuff, so this shouldn't be a problem...right? :)
RE: Wood Duck 14' Scarf Ought Oooohhhh...
It's 8:1 NH so you'll be just fine with your 2.25" on your plywood. Enjoy the build.
RE: Wood Duck 14' Scarf Ought Oooohhhh...
Awesome! I feel much better now...
Thanks rhogan and gent's,
RE: Wood Duck 14' Scarf Ought Oooohhhh...
» Submitted by TwoRivers - Sun, 8/7/11 » 8:52 PM
The manual for the 2 Shearwater hybrids I built says to use an 8:1 scarf joint. By my calculations, that's a 6" long scarf in a 3/4" wide strip. That other thread was discussing deck strips, by the way. Are you asking about scarf joints for plywood parts?