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Re: Hello - and help with a bad scarf joint
By:Karl Kulp
Date: 8/5/1998, 1:00 pm
In Response To: Re: Hello - and help with a bad scarf joint (Brian C.)

> I'm building a CLC Patuxent 19.5 and, it being my first as well,
> I had a couple of bad scarfs as well.

> The one that had a 'lip' showing (ie it was overlapped too much
> ) I took it apart with a spatula and rescarfed no problem.

> The one that low ( ie it was not overlapped enough ) I filled
> in with thickened epoxy and sanded it smooth. The lines are fine,
> the hull is fair, and it looks good enough to varnish!

Would your spatula be similar to the scarf-spanner I found in the kitchen drawer?

:-)

Messages In This Thread

Hello - and help with a bad scarf joint
Don Herring -- 8/2/1998, 8:25 am
Re: Hello - and help with a bad scarf joint
Brian C. -- 8/5/1998, 11:12 am
Re: Hello - and help with a bad scarf joint
Karl Kulp -- 8/5/1998, 1:00 pm
Re: Hello - and help with a bad scarf joint
Brian C. -- 8/6/1998, 10:39 am
Re: Hello - and help with a bad scarf joint
Jay Babina -- 8/3/1998, 4:30 pm
Re: Hello - and help with a bad scarf joint
Don Herring -- 8/2/1998, 7:52 pm
Re: Hello - and help with a bad scarf joint
Mark Kanzler -- 8/5/1998, 11:18 am
Re: Hello - and help with a bad scarf joint
Mike Scarborough -- 8/2/1998, 1:17 pm
Re: bad scarf joint
Don Beale -- 8/2/1998, 10:44 am
Re: Hello - and help with a bad scarf joint
Brian -- 8/2/1998, 10:41 am