Checked out the results of our first scarf joint gluing last night. Not bad for our first attempt. We put together one 45" piece, one 96" piece and one 65" piece into one long piece of plywood. One of the two joints was quite good - very flush surface. The other one has a good bump on about half - perhaps it slid when being clamped. I sanded a little but am afraid to do too much for fear of going through the veneer. I think I'll call it good enough and move on.

The most disappointing thing though is how much epoxy soaked through or under the masking tape into the wood along both sides of the joint. I didn't pre-saturate the wood with epoxy so I suppose that will show up badly on the finished product. Any suggestions on how to lessen the effect and how to do better on the next three pieces? A different kind of tape perhaps or is it going to soak through the wood laterally no matter what you put on the top?

Pretty soon we can start lofting!!!

Patsy