: I thought about doing that. But you have to have a fair amount of
: stock to clamp on and that that means a lot of waste. I am
: cutting stringers for SOF boats and usually just cutting out
: knots and then scarfing the stringer together to get the lengths
: I need. Many times I am just cutting the end of a board to get a
: scarf on it and if I had to clamp it I would loose several
: inches of the stock.

: With my sled the cutoff just falls on the table. Since the base of
: the jig is right up against the blade it will keep the cutoff
: from being vibrated over behind the blade. Most important it has
: you standing to the side of the blade in case it somehow managed
: to to pick up the cutoff.

: I agree with Bill if you have a bandsaw that is safest way to cut
: scarfs by far. However I had no luck. My blade would bend
: slightly when it touched the wood since it was at an angle and I
: would end up with bad cut. My blade may have just been dull but
: my results were not good enough. I have new blades coming and
: will try it again though.

Hi Jeff,

I use a 3/4" wide blade for those cuts, allows much more blade tension than the narrower blades. It's scary though, think it's 4 tpi.

Bill H.