Fast and easy Scarfing Video

[Remod]

[Greg Luckett]

Thanks for the link!  There is quite a bit more on boat building than when looked at 6 months ago.  Do a search on kayak building for instance.

[Remod]

Rgr that! Also, if you've followed the John Wellsford boats, perhaps you've heard of "Swaggie", a 21 ft sailboat the builder plans to circumnavigate with,,here's a link to Luis's You Tube vids, 4 of which are construction and first sail of Swaggie.

http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=luisuy&p=r

While I laid the keel for my weekender 2 years ago, and have yet to dig in beyond that (actually, I have collected most of the materials now, and spent many an hour drafting mods, and building a model to see how the changes fit),,,I would also love to build a Navigator, or Pathfinder. But then, I'd also like to build a CS17, or P22,  ???  so many boats, so little time,,, :-\ or money.

[kormorant2]

Would that scarf be long enough to join panels together to form the sides of a boat? I was under the impression from a tv project show that a scarf had to be about a foot long in order to hold for a side. I'm a newbie and trying to learn as much as possible before I start my boat.

Thanks,

Joe

[Norman Colter]

The length of the scarf depends on the thickness of material. I've used a one in eight ratio. 3/8ths material needs a 3 inch scarf. 1 inch material needs an eight inch scarf, etc.

But that method is noisy and dirty. He should have been wearing a dust mask. All he really needed was the sharp plane.

Norm

[Greg Luckett]

Would that scarf be long enough to join panels together to form the sides of a boat? I was under the impression from a tv project show that a scarf had to be about a foot long in order to hold for a side. I'm a newbie and trying to learn as much as possible before I start my boat.

Thanks,

Joe

The length of a scarf joint should be 6 to 10 times the thickness.  For example, a 6mm panel should have a scarf joint between 36 and 60mm, or a 1/2 panel should be 3 to 5 inches.  I prefer to do the 10:1 ratio just because it is easier for me to figure in my head.