From: "735769" <735769@ican.net>
To: <baidarka@lists.intelenet.net>
Subject: Re: baidarka Wood problems
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 06:38:33 -0400
Jim wrote;
>>
>
>Although the finger joint method will work for joining wood into long
pieces, I
>believe a scarfed joint is much stronger. I have no empirical evidence for
this
>but have read extensively on the subject. I have seen the scarf joint
>recommeded many times by professional boat builders but have never heard of
the
>finger joint being recommended when it comes to strength.
No question about it. Scarfs have much more strength. The advantage of
finger joints comes from the speed and ease of doing them. You have to
exercise care in where and how you use them.
Cheers,
John Winters
Redwing Designs
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