: Thats sort of where I am leaning. I can find clear cypress but not really
: long lengths. So there is not much way around scarfs. Well butt joints but
: they don't set will with a wanna be furniture maker.

: I did make two or three jigs for cutting scarfs. I made one for the table saw
: but it was dangerous. Reworked it to use on the bandsaw but the blade
: would walk and didn't make a good straight cut.

: Finally made one for the Radial Arm and it works well but you can only cut
: the end of the board. So you have to trim the wood to rough length first.

: I need to build another jig for the table saw and make sure that the scrap
: fall off and it not caught behind the blade like the first one. That was
: dumb!

Just cut it sorta rough then hand plane till it's the way you want it. The softwoods you're working with plane easily. You can sand it too if you've got a belt sander, it's a pretty fast way to make reasonable scarfs.

Bill H.