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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Scarfing Stringers/Gunwale/Keel
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 4/9/2011, 8:18 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Scarfing Stringers/Gunwale/Keel (Bill Hamm)

: Hadn't thought about timber, I do know about using them for
: boatbuilding, very long tradition using scarfs. Butt blocks
: generally are used as a last resort for repairs on boats that
: are damaged and there is no reasonable way to disassemble them
: to do a proper repair. Often this is a stop gap measure, get a
: bit more use out of the boat till a proper repair can be done.

: Bill H.

Btw, that said, if you're not comfortable making scarfs on stringers on a SOF, doing them with butt blocks on the ends where there is little bend and done with epoxy or perhaps Titebond and they'll work fine. There is much less stress on the ends of a kayak, you're not sitting there :)

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Scarfing Stringers/Gunwale/Keel
Noel Bennett -- 4/6/2011, 8:47 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Scarfing Stringers/Gunwale/Keel
b stupak -- 4/6/2011, 9:23 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Scarfing Stringers/Gunwale/Keel
Kudzu/Jeff Horton -- 4/6/2011, 10:47 pm
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Noel Bennett -- 4/6/2011, 11:22 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/7/2011, 12:49 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Scarfing Stringers/Gunwale/Keel
Brian Nystrom -- 4/7/2011, 7:01 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Scarfing Stringers/Gunwale/Keel
Kudzu/Jeff Horton -- 4/7/2011, 8:45 am
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Mike Bielski -- 4/7/2011, 9:10 am
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Noel Bennett -- 4/7/2011, 10:22 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Scarfing Stringers/Gunwale/Keel
George in Va -- 4/7/2011, 11:59 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/7/2011, 2:09 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Scarfing Stringers/Gunwale/Keel
Justin -- 4/7/2011, 10:49 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Scarfing Stringers/Gunwale/Keel
Noel Bennett -- 4/7/2011, 11:34 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Scarfing Stringers/Gunwale/Keel
StephenHJ -- 4/7/2011, 12:11 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Scarfing Stringers/Gunwale/Keel
Noel Bennett -- 4/7/2011, 11:50 pm
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StephenHJ -- 4/8/2011, 2:12 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/7/2011, 2:11 pm
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Noel Bennett -- 4/7/2011, 7:41 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/7/2011, 8:17 pm
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Noel Bennett -- 4/7/2011, 11:28 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Scarfing Stringers/Gunwale/Keel *PIC*
Don T -- 4/8/2011, 12:09 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Scarfing Stringers/Gunwale/Keel
Farback -- 4/21/2011, 10:03 pm
Off Topic: Fighting Fires *PIC*
Don T -- 4/22/2011, 9:00 am
Re: Off Topic: Fighting Fires
Farback -- 4/22/2011, 1:22 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Scarfing Stringers/Gunwale/Keel
Bill Hamm -- 4/8/2011, 7:45 am
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Noel Bennett -- 4/8/2011, 8:20 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/8/2011, 9:41 am
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Justin -- 4/8/2011, 2:29 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/8/2011, 3:30 pm
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StephenHJ -- 4/8/2011, 9:07 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/9/2011, 4:35 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Scarfing Stringers/Gunwale/Keel
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 4/9/2011, 7:26 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/9/2011, 8:14 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/9/2011, 8:18 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 4/9/2011, 10:10 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Scarfing Stringers/Gunwale/Keel
Bill Hamm -- 4/10/2011, 12:18 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Scarfing Stringers/Gunwale/Keel *PIC*
Tom Yost -- 4/7/2011, 3:44 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Scarfing Stringers/Gunwale/Keel *PIC*
Alan Kepler -- 4/7/2011, 4:16 pm
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Alan Kepler -- 4/7/2011, 4:19 pm
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Noel Bennett -- 4/7/2011, 10:43 pm
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Justin -- 4/7/2011, 7:49 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/7/2011, 8:23 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Scarfing Stringers/Gunwale/Keel
Noel Bennett -- 4/7/2011, 10:34 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Scarfing Stringers/Gunwale/Keel
Noel Bennett -- 4/7/2011, 10:50 pm
Scarf better than butt in my test
Kocho -- 4/10/2011, 9:16 pm
Re: Scarf better than butt in my test
Kocho -- 4/10/2011, 9:21 pm
Re: Scarf better than butt in my test
Noel Bennett -- 4/10/2011, 10:41 pm
Re: Scarf better than butt in my test
Bill Hamm -- 4/11/2011, 12:37 am
Re: Scarf better than butt in my test
ancient kayaker -- 4/11/2011, 12:15 pm
Re: Scarf better than butt in my test
Bill Hamm -- 4/11/2011, 1:31 pm
Re: Scarf better than butt in my test
ancient kayaker -- 4/11/2011, 6:51 pm
Re: Scarf better than butt in my test
Bill Hamm -- 4/12/2011, 1:13 am
Re: Scarf better than butt in my test
Noel Bennett -- 4/10/2011, 10:30 pm
Re: Scarf better than butt in my test *PIC*
ancient kayaker -- 4/12/2011, 12:34 am
Re: Scarf better than butt in my test
Bill Hamm -- 4/12/2011, 1:15 am
Re: Scarf better than butt in my test
ancient kayaker -- 4/12/2011, 2:29 pm
Re: Scarf better than butt in my test
Bill Hamm -- 4/13/2011, 12:50 am
Re: Scarf better than butt in my test
ancient kayaker -- 4/13/2011, 11:17 am
Re: Scarf better than butt in my test
Bill Hamm -- 4/13/2011, 1:51 pm
Re: Scarf better than butt in my test
Kirk Fredericks - Farback Carpentry and Automation -- 4/13/2011, 3:34 pm