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Re: Strip: New builder!
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 10/5/2014, 5:25 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: New builder! (Mochaboy)

I was originally going to scarf the 9ft boards then rip a single 18ft board,

I've done that, but the scarfs show as diagonals on the boat surface, which would probably upset some folks. Most of the scarfs I see are individually cut 'the other way' so that only a vertical line shows on the surface. If you scarf full boards to get that result, there's a lot of waste, unless I'm missing something.

Scarfing 'as you go' or butt-joining works pretty well, and avoids 'rasslin' with long strips in the shop - an issue if you rip a bevel on one edge of the strip.

i agree with you that ripping an 18' board requires a better setup than a tablesaw and a couple of roller stands. It doesn't ake long to put together infeed and outfeed 'tables' with a sheet of plywood and some 2x4.

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Strip: New builder!
Mochaboy -- 9/29/2014, 9:31 am
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Etienne Muller -- 9/29/2014, 10:26 am
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Gero Verheyen -- 9/29/2014, 10:37 am
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Mochaboy -- 9/29/2014, 10:48 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 9/29/2014, 11:21 am
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Mochaboy -- 9/29/2014, 11:33 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 9/29/2014, 12:58 pm
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Mochaboy -- 9/29/2014, 1:02 pm
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Gero Verheyen -- 9/29/2014, 1:23 pm
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Mochaboy -- 9/29/2014, 1:32 pm
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Gero Verheyen -- 9/29/2014, 1:34 pm
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george jung -- 9/29/2014, 2:42 pm
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Mochaboy -- 9/29/2014, 3:00 pm
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george jung -- 9/29/2014, 7:00 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 9/29/2014, 11:07 am
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Mochaboy -- 9/29/2014, 11:40 am
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wysedav -- 9/30/2014, 8:07 am
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Phil -- 10/4/2014, 2:33 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/4/2014, 3:17 pm
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Mochaboy -- 10/4/2014, 10:00 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/4/2014, 10:32 pm
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Phil -- 10/5/2014, 1:44 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/5/2014, 5:17 pm
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Mochaboy -- 10/5/2014, 5:33 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 10/5/2014, 8:40 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/5/2014, 9:47 pm
Less IS more...
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 10/6/2014, 11:17 am
Re: Less IS more...
John Roberts -- 10/7/2014, 6:43 am
Re: Less IS more...
Marc Upchurch -- 10/7/2014, 7:51 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/6/2014, 2:55 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/6/2014, 12:59 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/6/2014, 5:51 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 10/6/2014, 6:41 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/7/2014, 12:24 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/5/2014, 5:25 pm
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Mochaboy -- 10/5/2014, 5:38 pm