Joining mopstick hand rail
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Make sure joints are over a bracket .
Pah. You may as well just mortice a loose tenon in on the underside.
Anyway, I'll see your overcomplicated and over-priced domino idea and raise you a Japanese scarf joint.
Perhaps?
2 dowels and woodglue.
Make a template for the dowels with a piece of scrap ply.
Make a template for the dowels with a piece of scrap ply.
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Scarf joint - helps hide the joint and gives you a greater glueing area than a butt joint.
Multiple dowels or often a single Domino are a way to support the joints and prevent rotation of the pieces. I've used bought in stair handrail joiners in the past, but whilst rigid they are relatively expensive. As I already had a Domino (often used for tasks like mitre joints on solid wood cappings, etc, it made sense to try it out on hand rails. It is certainly the fastest way I've found to do the job.
BTW, @^woody^ when I eventually sell my Domino it will probably fetch the same as I paid for it. Not many tools you can say that about
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