There is a builder (of another design wood aircraft) that has found a very affective way to scarf plywood, both for the wing spars and fuselage. His address is http://home.HIWWAY.net/~langford/kmarkl.htm look under spars. Mark has a lot of good ideas about working with wood and fiberglass. Dave Moore At 09:19 AM 10/2/2000 EDT, you wrote: >FlyBaby > >Hello Luis, in the EAA "HOW TO" series book "Aircraft Building Techniques >WOOD" page 24 show plans to build a hand held scarfing sander using a drill, a >small sanding drum (available from Sears) and scrap plywood. >I have made scarfs on plywood for wooden boats using a small had held plane , >it takes a very sharp blade, a nice flat work bench, a straight edge to check >your progress and lots of patience. >If you are using the newer glues such as epoxy then I don't think that the >warning about not sanding the joints to be glued is as critical, you can use a >scraper to go over the sanded joint if it makes you sleep better. > >Ray Romeu > >\ >"MotorcycleShopper.com" <mshopper@cfl.rr.com> wrote: >FlyBaby > >Hi guys: > >I've been making practice scarf joints without a lot of success. > >First I made a jig where I placed a belt sander upside-down on a bench and >built a table and guide fence on it. That did not yield acceptable results >as I had no way to keep constant pressure on the plywood. > David G. Moore mailto:dgmoore1@gte.net Henderson, Nevada