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   dgreen | May 29, 2008 12:03am | #1

    

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   sykesville | May 29, 2008 12:20am | #2

   very cool joint indeed. thanks for taking the time to post,
   jack

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   PADDYDAHAT | Jun 01, 2008 05:13am | #5

   Don, I am a fair hand at joinery, not even very good but I work at it. While having an unbelievable "corporate" lunch at Inagiku* in a dirty old alley in Tokyo, I noticed the 3" cap board at the bottom of the soffit over the chef's -oops -the tempora workers area . (the soffit trapped the heat and aromas for removal)

   These long boards used a long scarf joint that had three sloped fingers and a dovetail key across them as a lock(much like the 1/3 division of our T&G or M&T  joints)

   I later found that they cut these on site by hand. My next thought was that I could do that IF I started with a 12' stick and didn't have another within 7 or 8' , maybe. These joints were almost invisible they were so tight and with a proper flow of grain. Paddy

   *It is probably the best tempura restaurant in the world. pfh

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   BruceS | May 29, 2008 03:50am | #3

   Thats very similar to shipbuilders scarf joint with a water stop. With the addition of the locking tongues.

   Work Safe,  Count to 10 when your done for the day !!

   Bruce S. 

    

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   BruceS | May 29, 2008 04:41am | #4

   Scarf joints were used on Wood Ships for framing members that were too large for single pieces of lumber.  keel, keelson, frames, stem, apron, stem knee, forefoot, shaftlog, horn timber, frames,thwarts and more.

   Work Safe,  Count to 10 when your done for the day !!

   Bruce S.