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<font size="-1"><font face="Courier New, Courier, monospace">Hi, Larry <br>
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If the problem is from the expansion in different directions of the
dowel and the wood, <br>
might it work to use a round rod of something which is not wood? <br>
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Of course, one could use something like brass rod, but then if someone
needed to <br>
cut through the joint later, it might be troublesome. Perhaps something
like the polyethelene <br>
which Bill Spurlock uses for his cauls and other tools? Does it come in
dowels? <br>
<br>
Susan Kline<br>
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Larry Fisher RPT wrote:
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<div>I’ve always enjoyed doweling a glue joint when possible. Even
an eighth inch dowel across the break can improve the bond if only from
a mechanical aspect. Recently however, this young man I mentioned
earlier reported seeing a glue joint fail from what he considered to be
the tension created by the cross grained conflicting expansion and
contraction .......... or at least that’s the way I understood his
explanation. The object of discussion was a grand leg whose
laminations were separating. I’d welcome any additional thoughts or
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