> I have been trying to figure out quick way to cut scarf joints for
> potential upcoming kayak stich and glue project (don't like block plans)
> and played around with my radial arm saw miter and looks like I can cut
> scarf with the saw. Only concern I have (never having glued scarf joint
> together and build boat with it) is trial piece was pretty ragged looking.
> I assume once you glue joint together with thickened epoxy that any flaws
> would be pretty well filled in and joint would be strong. Any comments on
> how critical the final quality of the cut is on joint strength or other
> comments on cutting scarf joint using this or other methods is
> appreciated.

I have a jig to cut scarfs into strips on the RAS. It is two layers of plywood with air channels thru the middle, so that the shop vac holds the peice to the jig. I wish I could post a picture it'd be worth a thousand words. This thing works great! No clamping or anything like that - just stick the peice on, position, and cut. It can handle 1-1/2" strips edgewise, or stacked strips scarfed on the face. With a 6:1 ratio on the jig I can make a 12:1 scarf just by blocking it against the fence at a different angle. It clamps on the front edge of the table.