On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:42:08 -0400, "Ernest Scribbler"
wrote:

"Bruce" wrote
Normally if you butt joint you grind out a shallow vee nearly to the
depth of the original material and extending about 4 inches back from
each side of the joint. You then laminate in progressive widths of
cloth until you fill the vee. You have then effectively turned the but
joint into a continuation of the original material.

I'd call that a scarf joint. No butts about it...


well, technically a scarf is a single slope ( ----/ /----- ) where the
joints I am talking about are (-----\/-----).

Bruce in Bangkok
(brucepaigeatgmaildotcom)

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