Scarf joints

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The scarf joints on the rubbing strakes are a bit open...I have notions of glueing and cramping them tight to tidy them up ..problem is how to cramp them ..Ideally a 3.5 m G cramp would be useful but screwfix don't do them..I could glue and screw them down...but would like to hear any bright ideas .. Cheers!! That's Monday over!!!
 
i had the same problem on my previous boat. Rather than try screwing through the scarf which I thought would split the wood I screwed a bit of wood about 2 foot six long over the scarf after cleaning it out and epoxying.

This kept the screws a foot away from the ends and pulled the scarf down nicely..put plastic bag or similar between the scarf and the scrap wood .Finally drill out the screw holes and plug with teak pellets.
 
Sash clamps are just two heads that fit to a wooden bar. So you could make your own bar of whatever length you wish.

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You just replace the supplied beam with a longer one. The ends are merely fixed with pins through holes in the beam.

This one at tooled-up.com at about £20.00
 
I have several sash clamps in the workshop..theproblem with using them is that the topsides of the boat are in the way..so the sash clamps would have to be curved hence my aside re the 3.5 M G clamp(That was not to be taken seriously by the way!) .Graham's idea was what I had in mind ,I will give it a try..would epoxy stick teak? I will use a bit of polythene between the surfaces of course> Thanks.
 
Will they go back together or have they shrunk back?? If so you may be surprised how invisible a small wedge epoxied into the gap will be...Iain
 
In reply to sailorman..That sounds posible but there may not be enough width on the strake for the G clamp to hold,,but I will try. Iain...I don't think there has been any shrinkage ..The gap in the scarf will pull in if I can get enough grunt onto it. Thanks for all the replies ...Will let y'all know how it goes.
 
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Just weld some extensions to the jaw faces. When the jobs's done, grind the extra bits and welds off and your back to square one.

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Exactly right.
JJTOP
 
A real cheapo solution would be to arrange two vertical timbers alongside (are you ashore or afloat?) then use Spanish windlasses top and bottom. The timbers need to be strong enough to resist the considerable advangtage you can obtain with the windlass. This arrangement would clear the cabin roof.
 
Did think about the Spanish windlass method,but the boat will prob. be in the water when I do the job. Anyway...I have plenty ideas now to do the job. Thanks all.
 
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