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[Eric Patterson]

Dave

In that case I think lining the panels up and meshing the steps could be tricky. The flat slopes of a scarf joint are somewhat forgiving which is a good thing when manipulating sheets of plywood. If there were a lot of little steps on the joint you'd either line them or just let epoxy fill the gaps. The more I read about it the more I think a flat simple scarf will be easier in practice. I still can' think of any benefit other than getting the CNC to do the work. If I had that luxury I'd still smooth the faces after it stepped the plywood ends down for me.

Eric

 

[Huntindave McCann]

Dave

In that case I think lining the panels up and meshing the steps could be tricky. The flat slopes of a scarf joint are somewhat forgiving which is a good thing when manipulating sheets of plywood. If there were a lot of little steps on the joint you'd either line them or just let epoxy fill the gaps. The more I read about it the more I think a flat simple scarf will be easier in practice. I still can' think of any benefit other than getting the CNC to do the work. If I had that luxury I'd still smooth the faces after it stepped the plywood ends down for me.

Eric

Eric,
The resulting steps would be nothing more than surface roughness. The quality of the surface would be around a 250 surface finish. It would be the difference of a trowel finish or a broom finish in describing concrete work.
Maybe Ian is envisioning a coarser number of cuts. What I would lable as a series of lapjoints. This seems to be what you are getting, from my feeble attempt to communicate.

 

[Ian Booth]

Dave and the rest of the the replies,

Thanks for the responses. Yes, as in the drawing Dave attached is what I was thinking. I thought it might be easier but as many of you profess, the scarfing is not hard at all. I think I?ll go that route. Also, I will keep the motor well, as it does seem to have a benefit.

Thank you

 

[Phil Nowack]

Not sure this applies... I got rid of the pods and put the motor mount in the traditional transom position on my Scaup. I love it.. Can't imagine any other way.... Not sure that the results would be the same on a BBIIIView attachment IMG_20150426_171316165.jpgView attachment IMG_20161111_133344999.jpgView attachment IMG_20161127_155304387.jpg

 

[Steve Sanford]

Dave et al ~


When I wrote my earlier reply, I was musing something similar: "It all depends on how any steps...."



The realization that enough minuscule steps get you awfully close the inclined plane provided by scarphing brought back unpleasant recollections of integral calculus....


Nevertheless, an enjoyable thread all the way!


SJS