Hi Joel & Toivo,

Thanks for those tips and kind offer of assistance. I read the "about" page on Schreyer's Wiki and he appears to be a very impressive character. His bachelor's thesis was written about the wood / metal interface and following my post made on this site a little while back under "heavy duty scarf joint" I have taken the opportunity to contact him direct to try and learn more. He is a Phd student and lecturer based at UMASS in Amherst and it would be good to encourage him to post in our "on line fold".

Regards

Ken Hume