scarfing

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for all you that think scarfing takes too long. I timed friend Keith today as he made a 4" scarf on each of two pieces of 1/2" plywood, 48" across. Took him 20 minutes to get this far with a power planer, just a couple more minutes with a belt sander finished it off.

 

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I don't mind cutting scarfs. I'll stack up all my pieces in stairstep fashion and go at it with my jointer plane. I usually have a sacrificial piece on the very bottom of the stack to prevent tear out.

You can avoid the belt sander if you use a really sharp plane. I do mean REALLY sharp. If you look at your plane iron and can see the cutting edge it isn't sharp enough. :wink: