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Thanks for showing this Sven-Olof. I have only seen scarf joints on things like trim in houses. A few questions. Why 1:2 rather than 1:8 or 1:10? The latter give longer glue lines and should be stronger. Also, the little diagram you show is of what I think is called a “nibbed” scarf, or some such, while you made a plain one. I assume the nib serves a function. I would guess it helps with gluing and clamping since you can jam the two boards together along their long axis without them sliding past each other.