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Old 05-31-2016, 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by murrmac123 View Post
Always nice to give credit and acknowledgement where such is due ... so I will just mention the redoubtable William Cumpiano, who first pioneered this neck joint using barrel nuts.

Even though using barrel nuts is a million times better than his previous neck joint (as detailed in his book) I still look forward to the day when he realizes that the hanger bolts as used by Collings (and by Mario Proulx) is the ultimate method as far as bolt-on neck joints are concerned.
Yep, that's where I learned the tenon reinforcement trick as well And apparently he learned it from Michael Millard. I should have just linked the original page instead of going to the trouble to edit the photo, now that I think about it... http://www.cumpiano.com/#!an-improve...dy-joint/c1umc
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