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[FrankenWashie]

Thanks for the reply FranenWashle

My concerns with dowelling is - will wood glue be strong enough & will the screws pull out of the dowel as they will be in the end grain?

I'm considering using an epoxy resin that I've used to repair my boats, which is strong when it dries but is quite thin & runs every where before it cures. So it should run into all the crevices & maybe using a syringe to insert it in the screw holes.

The neck is moving across approx. 1.5mm so when the screws are reinstalled they would mostly be in the original wood of the neck.

Happy to be wrong!

What do you think?

I've done this with 3 or 4 now and I'm yet to have a problem with pull out in the dowel (nothing like tempting fate!)
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I tend to make them a tight fit, and notch the sides before i put them in to allow for glues to penetrate and grip.

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I've done this with 3 or 4 now and I'm yet to have a problem with pull out in the dowel (nothing like tempting fate!)
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I tend to make them a tight fit, and notch the sides before i put them in to allow for glues to penetrate and grip.

OK you've convinced me I'll give a go.

Thanks for your help
Cheers Ron

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Well it's back together & happy with the end result
Strings are running parallel to the edge of the fret board. It also fixed the string height issue it had on the treble side & made the whole thing much nicer to play
I use the body stain to colour the shim. I just hope it fades the same as the body did!