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Default Joining Timber

On 3 Jul, 23:28, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:
Best way to do end to end joints in 4 x 2 ? In other words to make 2 x
2.4's into a 4.8 ish length.

I was thinking either lap joint & glue & bolts or those spiky washer
things - joint doesn't have to be in line, just resist deflection. Timber
on edge.

Any thoughts?

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Dave
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Place a short piece, say 1metre, alongside the two that you want to
join so that it overlaps the joint by 0.5 metre each side and then
glue and screw the short piece to the two long pieces. OK, at the
joint area you will have a piece of wood that is 4" x 4". Plenty of
PVA glue over the joint area before you screw the lot together. When
that sets you can even back the screws out and then try and break the
joint by jumping on it.

Chris.