Bolt On Neck Question?

[vandenboom]

Don't think Kim was joking Rick.
I've been using 1/4-20 lag/hanger bolts (screw one end, thread the other) that I screw into a 13mm dowel that runs the full length of the heal and I only use a very short tenon. Cheers
Dom

Dom - I am unsure about the screw/dowel attachment. Are you saying you just screw the thread directly into the wood of the dowel after sinking in the heel, or is there a concealed nut embedded in the back of the dowel before you sink it?
Frank

[Dominic]

Frank, no hidden inserts, the screw end is simply screwed into the dowel. The dowel gives the hanger bolts some side grain to bite into and hold the thread. This is a very strong joint but you need to carefully pre-drill so you don't split the heel.

The dowel also helps strengthen the heel block area.

Cheers
Dom

[Rick Turner]

Dom,

The writer/editor in me can't help but change "heal" to "heel"...

Sorry, mate, but that just gets under my skin worse than visions of sheep and chaps...and that's already not a pretty thing...

[Allen]

I was just thinking that I really need a set of those chaps. So cool.

[Dominic]

Stickin (sic) to the big issues in this thread aren't ya Rick.

[Dennis Leahy]

door-to-door lanolin salesman?

[Rick Turner]

He's a backdoor man...

sorry, mates, couldn't resist...