doweling a butt joint

[David Love]

Having looked up pocket hole, it's basically a diagonal hole drilled
between two pieces that are butt jointed, but it is designed so that a
screw can be inserted (usually 15 degrees) to connect the two.  I don't
prefer using screws in this situation (added belly bracing) because should
the screw under the panel ever work loose, it is impossible to tighten.  A
dowel would serve the same purpose as a pocket hole and screw arrangement
and might even be stronger in terms of shear strength depending on the size
of the screw versus the diameter of the dowel.  I would be curious, still,
to know what the other method is called (drilling down the length of the
seam and inserting a dowel (or dowels) such that half the circumference is
held within each butt-jointed piece).  

David Love
davidlovepianos@earthlink.net


> [Original Message]
> From: gordon stelter <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 7/24/2004 8:28:46 AM
> Subject: Re: doweling a butt joint
>
> What is pocket hole?
> Thump
>
> --- James Grebe <pianoman@accessus.net> wrote:
> > a pocket hole
> > James Grebe
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> > pianoman@accessus.net
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>
> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 9:48 AM
> > Subject: doweling a butt joint
> > 
> > 
> > > I've seen two methods of doweling a butt joint. 
> > One is to drill
> > diagonally
> > > from one piece to the other and insert the dowel,
> > the other is to drill
> > > straight down the through the seam so that 1/2 the
> > circumference of the
> > > dowel is located on each piece.  Which is better?
> > >
> > >
> > > David Love
> > > davidlovepianos@earthlink.net
> > >
> > >
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