Anyone have a good jig or technique for scarfing hardwood?

[rmwarren]

I am looking for suggestions on how to scarf hardwood and sometimes plywood so I can join up longer lengths. There are lots of router jigs on the web, all basically the same, but I thought I would ask the question to see if anyone has a different technique before going that route. The router jig's all look similar to this:

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I will probably use it as much for hardwood as plywood, so something more compact would be preferable.

Thanks.

RMW

 

[flair woodworks]

I use a hand plane.

 

[curt boyer]

Draw the lines for the scarf joint, then rough it out with a portable power planer then fine tune with a hand plane. It's pretty fast once you get the hang of it. The RAS with 24grit can also rough out pretty fast without all the shavings.
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Curt