... 2011 19:49 from: R A Watson undefined 1505_311445_460000000.jpg Brian, Phil did email me and here is the evidence to prove it. The scarfing is just carried out by putting the two timbers end to end and and cutting away the top of one and the bottom of the other until they overlap in a simple half joint. Sometimes chair screws are put through the timbers to hold the two together without any reinforcement, but as in this case they have been put through a fish plate to give extra resistance to movement. 1505_311442_420000000.jpg Apologies for the insertion sequence but this is the first time I've loaded picture onto this forum. I should point out that we were surveying this set uop for retimbering at the time and the finished product is much tidier. Wally posted: 31 Aug 2011 21:20 from: Brian Nicholls Hi Wally, Many thanks for the reply posting and the excellent photo's. I must say, it's most interesting to actually see one of these joints, and being a non railway person (that is in my occupational career, but ...