Here the 5 pieces are all nicely scarfed and dressed, ready to glue together.

I glued up the mast in stages over a two week period. It's just too ambitious to try to glue it all at once; there is a risk of the wood slipping as the epoxy hardens, ruining the work.

Here are three scarfs. I staggered each layer so the scarfs would be spread out.

The end showing how the layers are glued.

Here I've rounded the mast somewhat. I knocked off the corners with a tablesaw to make 8 sides, then used a belt sander to make passes to knock off the 8 corners. There is still some ways to go, maybe with a mast lathe. At this point I found a good vendor of spruce masts on the web.

Strip planking has reached this point as of tonight. I should be starting to meet the sheer this weekend.