<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE></STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2995" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=MailContainerBody style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 15px; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Trebuchet MS; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 name="Compose message area" CanvasTabStop="true" acc_role="text"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think your point is well taken here, but in this particular application, we'll have near-zero stress - and I'll be resawing the wood into 1.5mm-thick laminations - so a dowel or biscuit would miss many laminations anyway. A finger joint would help. But like I say, any minimal bonding for me here will work - all I really need is for it to stick together while I handle it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My point point was not how to make a proper end-grain butt joint (clearly this is not the way to do it!), but rather how effective epoxy can be in an application where I think most others would fail. Perhaps I did not make that clear!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Even if the joint is only for alignment, I think I would've used a couple of small dowels or at least a biscuit in the joinery, depending on anticipated stress to the joint and the wood's weight and hardness.  JMO.</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>