Defn: One of the crooked timbers which are scarfed together to form the lower part of the compound rib of a vessel; one of the crooked transverse timbers passing across and over the keel.
Shipbuilding) Defn: A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the bottom of a vessel.
The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end.
Scarf weld, a joint made by overlapping, and welding together, the scarfed ends of two pieces.
Probably this is one of the best varieties of the scarfed joint.
One of the simplest forms of scarfed joint is known as the half lap, in which a portion is cut out at the end of each beam or joist, equal in depth to half the full depth of the beam, and of equal length to the required scarf.
Scarfed joints are generally of large size, and they are usually made by placing the work upon sawing trestles owing to the bench being too small to accommodate the large timbers.
The cross piece is upset in the middle and scarfed by using the peen of the hammer as shown.
The other piece is scarfed on both edges to fit into this opening.
The ends of the pieces to be joined are scarfed as explained in the flat weld.
The lower end is scarfed into the keelson, and receives the scarf of the stem, through which it is bolted.
It is composed of several pieces, placed lengthwise, and scarfed and bolted together.
The gunwale frame was first made of four small sapling poles roughly scarfed at the butts.
On the other hand, the elm-bark and other temporary canoes of the Malecite and Iroquois had crudely scarfed gunwale members, as did some northwestern bark canoes.
It is stated that the gunwales were made up of an inner and outer member and all were scarfed in the middle to taper each way toward the ends, the outer member serving as an outwale or guard.
Each gunwale was formed either of two small saplings or of split poles, with the butts scarfed at the canoe's midlength.
That the gunwale joints were scarfed is reasonably certain.
When the heat is taken from the fire it should meet the anvil with a blow, the scarfed face being downwards, to jar off any dirt, cinder, &c.
The main points in a welding heat are, to heat the iron equally all through, to obtain the proper degree of heat, and to keep the scarfed surfaces as free from oxidation, and at the same time as clean, as possible.
The lap of the two pieces, when scarfed in this manner, is shown in Fig.
One of the crooked timbers which are scarfed together to form the lower part of the compound rib of a vessel; one of the crooked transverse timbers passing across and over the keel.
This of necessity is usually made of several pieces of woodscarfed together and fastened with treenails and whalebone lashings.
These are spread apart amidships, but bent together fore and aft so as to be scarfed into the stem and sternpost (see diagram, Fig.
Scarfed tricolor Municipals do now again meet it, in the Quai Saint-Bernard; and plead earnestly, having called halt.
The ends of the ground poles and stringers may be either scarfed and treenailed, or laid side by side and tied with withies or strips of suitable bark.
The tire should now be reversed, and the curvature increased by resting it on two points of support and striking heavily between them on its inner surface till the scarfed ends close upon and begin to overlap each other.
A joint to resist vertical cross strain is stronger when scarfed vertically than horizontally.
A joint to resist cross strain is stronger when scarfed in the direction of the strain than across it.
The end of the bar is scarfed as described and the point of the other bar or piece where the weld is to be made is hammered so that it tapers to a thin edge like one-half of a circular depression.
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