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Scarf Joints in Plywood
One of these days, I'm gonna dust off the Hatz project, and when I do, I'll
need to make some scarf joints in 1/16" ply. Suggestions? KB |
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Earlier, Kyle Boatright wrote:
One of these days, I'm gonna dust off the Hatz project, and when I do, I'll need to make some scarf joints in 1/16" ply. Whenever I need info about ways to make wood aircraft parts, the first thing I think of is Sequoia: http://www.seqair.com/skunkworks/Woo...s/Methods.html Bob K. |
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Bob Kuykendall wrote:
Earlier, Kyle Boatright wrote: One of these days, I'm gonna dust off the Hatz project, and when I do, I'll need to make some scarf joints in 1/16" ply. Whenever I need info about ways to make wood aircraft parts, the first thing I think of is Sequoia: http://www.seqair.com/skunkworks/Woo...s/Methods.html Bob K. Another scarfing fixtu http://www.oneoceankayaks.com/stitch.../scarfjig2.htm -- J Kimmel www.metalinnovations.com "Cuius testiculos habes, habeas cardia et cerebellum." - When you have their full attention in your grip, their hearts and minds will follow. |
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Scarf Joints in Plywood
"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message
. .. One of these days, I'm gonna dust off the Hatz project, and when I do, I'll need to make some scarf joints in 1/16" ply. Suggestions? KB Kyle........ It's not a big deal and you do not need a fixture. A scarf for 1/6" ply is 1" wide. Make a pencil line on each area to be scarfed 1" back from the edge. Draw a bunch of lines from that mark to the edge to give you a visual when you are removing wood. Using a quick-clamp, clamp the ply to the workbench in front of you so the right edge of the ply is at or just a BCH over the right edge of the work surface. Using a razor sharp 5" or 6" plane, taper the edge of the ply evenly from the mark to the edge. The plies will become visible as you remove the material and give you and excellent guide to keep it even. It takes only a few seconds to make a perfect scarf this way and you'll enjoy the process. Rich S. |
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I used my radial arm saw (craftsman). I was able to turn and tilt to
the desired angle. Then set up a fence to just run my plywood through. The down side is, I haven't used my saw for sawing in over a year because I don't want to have to set it up again. I've even considered buying another smaller, saw just for the scarfing set up. |
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Kyle, You didn't mention what parts you were scarfing, but if it is just the leading edge ply wraps you might wish to visit Darin Bishop's excellent Model 12 site. http://www.2wings.com/ Click FAQ, select Wings, and find the leading edge topic. No jigs or special tools, just an sanding block. Works fine, did a set last year. Dan |
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The classic Bingelis library has info on setting up a motor and a
sanding drum, but that's probably overkill for 1/16 unless you're doing a lot of it. If your plane isn't razor sharp, a long sanding block with medium grit will work fine. Just be sure to blow the dust off (do not use a tack cloth). Rich is right - the plies will give you a good visual indication. They should be evenly spaced. You might plan on having some extra at the other end (if possible) in case you mess up and have to cut a strip off the end. Practice on a piece or two. Rich S. wrote: "Kyle Boatright" wrote in message . .. One of these days, I'm gonna dust off the Hatz project, and when I do, I'll need to make some scarf joints in 1/16" ply. Suggestions? KB Kyle........ It's not a big deal and you do not need a fixture. A scarf for 1/6" ply is 1" wide. Make a pencil line on each area to be scarfed 1" back from the edge. Draw a bunch of lines from that mark to the edge to give you a visual when you are removing wood. Using a quick-clamp, clamp the ply to the workbench in front of you so the right edge of the ply is at or just a BCH over the right edge of the work surface. Using a razor sharp 5" or 6" plane, taper the edge of the ply evenly from the mark to the edge. The plies will become visible as you remove the material and give you and excellent guide to keep it even. It takes only a few seconds to make a perfect scarf this way and you'll enjoy the process. Rich S. |
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"flybabybuilder" wrote The classic Bingelis library has info on setting up a motor and a sanding drum, but that's probably overkill for 1/16 unless you're doing a lot of it. If your plane isn't razor sharp, a long sanding block with medium grit will work fine. Just be sure to blow the dust off (do not use a tack cloth). Rich is right - the plies will give you a good visual indication. They should be evenly spaced. You might plan on having some extra at the other end (if possible) in case you mess up and have to cut a strip off the end. Practice on a piece or two. The only down side here, is that sanding is considered to be a poor surface preparation method, for glue joints. I think I recall that fact from the Forrest products publication. The surface should be scraped to prep for glue, at a minimum. -- Jim in NC |
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I've always wondered about that. When gluing wood together it's always
been a good idea to rough up the area's to be glued so that the glue goes in the roughend area and has a better grab. If the area is too smooth it will hold less glue and more possiblity to squeeze out. |
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On 16 Aug 2006 03:56:04 -0700, "Lou" wrote:
I've always wondered about that. When gluing wood together it's always been a good idea to rough up the area's to be glued so that the glue goes in the roughend area and has a better grab. If the area is too smooth it will hold less glue and more possiblity to squeeze out. glue beam laminators have noticed that you can get beams about 20% stronger if the wood surface is freshly prepared just before gluing. they are not certain why but oxidation or some other chemical process occurring on older wood surfaces may be a culprit. on plywoods of course the reason is different. it removes surface contamination from the presses. Stealth Pilot |
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