On 10/31/2015 7:49 PM, J. Clarke wrote:


Needing a special tool makes it non-knock down in many cases. Do you
give your kids a drill when they are off to college?

Well if you need it to be knock down in those cases obviously this is
not the fastener to use. It seems inconcievable to you that there might
be a use for knock-down furniture other than sending a kid off to
college.

I used one example but that does not mean I don't know of others.
Temporary store displays, trade show booth and two more of many examples
that I can conceive.



As for the bannister, if I was building a high end house I'd
use it. Details like that make a high end house just that.

You'd use a screwed-together butt joint on a bannister in a "high end
house"?!?!?!?!?!



I'm suggesting a hidden fastener. If it has the strength needed it
would look good. Never used one so I can't say for sure.

Why would a bannister need to be removable?


Were did I say removable? Oh, I didn't, but you like to argue for the
sake of arguing so you add in your own ideas. I only said hidden
fastener. OK, you can finish with a snarky comment.