I, too, botched a panel on my first boat, but it was a Pygmy butt-joint and I just ripped of the fiberglass tape, sanded, and re-did it. It looks blotchy, but it's aligned.

If the joint is still farily 'green', how about melting the joint apart with a hot wire? Support the panel on edge, get a propane torch, 2 scraps of wood and a wire. Wrap the wire around the scraps (dowels or sticks), hold it over the torch, then press the wire down into the joint. Heat and repeat until the wire works its way thru or you get fed up and get the saw out. I don't know if this will work, but heating wires helped soften the epoxy when pulling stitches on my Tern.

Good luck!

Dean

: I used West epoxy to join two pieces end to end with a scarf joint (3/4 inch
: by 3/4" cross-section, 3" long scarf). Unfortunately during cure
: the clamp fell off and the joint is now off center. I was told by the
: kitmaker that if I used a heat gun I could remove the epoxy. I was able to
: remove the surface epoxy but not able to separate the joint.

: Should I use a coping saw to attempt to cut along the lines of the scarf and
: then rejoin?

: Other techniques?

: Thanks for your help.

: Regards, Steve Brown Cohasset, MA