It'll work! Finger joints are just as strong as scarfs arent they? And it looks great! I like the random pattern idea... I bet it'd be cheap to have a shop joint enough peices to rip a boat out of.

: Rehd: I gave it a try, and I don't think it came out bad for the first
: attempt. I joined together two pieces of oak, and I also joined together a
: piece of cherry and a piece of yellow poplar.

: I finger jointed the ends of the 3/4" board before I ripped the strips.
: I put a dime in the picture to give a perspective of what the strips and
: finger joints would look like.

: Think it will work?

: John