As soon as The new bench was complete I sorted the six 24 foot long pieces of Sitka Spruce I have been seasoning for the mast. I'm using the best sectionsfor the long runs of the mast and the others for the boom and the scarfed on pieces. I cut the scarfs so none would line up and they took advantage of the wood where it is best. Studying the plans this morning I determined that I wouldn't have to splice sections for the triangular sections of the mast. These I'll cut tomorrow. Making the scarfs was fairly easy. I pre-cut the angle plane it to near the line and then finished up with a belt sander. To keep the saw at the right angle I screwed a piece of the same wood to the bottom of the saw. This works well when you need to cut from both sides. To join the scarfs, I made Sitka Spruce flour using a flour sifter to sift the belt sanding dust. This I mixed with epoxy. I separated everything with wax paper, spread the epoxy paste, lined up the joints and screwed and clamped everything together.