On Thu, Jan 26, 2006, David Van Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Dear Greg, > > I think the problem is in the original construction, they were > normally dovetailed into the side of the pegbox and therefore > scarcely relied on the glue joint at all. Given where you are now > though, I'd go with the dowel idea which will give you a much greater > gluing area plus some long-grain connection.
I would suggest another alternative, consider a tenon into each part, in the spirit of the dovetail. I dislike dowels on general grounds, they serve well for allignment guides on pieces intended to be disassembled for maintenance but I dont like them for glue joint reinforcement. -- Dana Emery To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
