Posted by mitchell on January 24, 2003 at 07:13:57:
In Reply to: Spliced longitudinals/finger joint posted by Ken on January 17, 2003 at 04:07:25:
A finger joint won't be strong enough for a structural member such as battens, chines, sheers, keels where you need a good scarf joint to spread out the loads. Finger joints would be fine for interior joinery work. regards, mitchell in CT