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Diane,
I don't know that the thingy is called.... it looks sorta like a two sided tack. Press one side into your box, then align your neck and press it against the box. This will give you points so that you can drill the neck and the box from the outside and have it align. If you get everything "just right", why not bolt and glue? It will be super strong and you won't have to mess with inserts in your neck... Simple small size lag bolts will do to align and tighten enough for the glue to finish the job?
I did that on my last built, a cat bowl reso and it worked fine.... can handle a lot of tension well...
the best,
Sam
Diane, is the internal brace removable still? The brace, box side and heel surface are all parallel. I'm just thinking out loud but perhaps you could remove the brace and drill a thin (1/8") hole along the centerline. Put it back in the box and insert a nail (nail should fit snug thru the hole) through it to mark the location on the box to drill another hole. The hole in the box need not be as thin as the nail. You could then carefully position the neck and again use the nail from the inside of the box to mark the location of the hole on the heel.
At that point you can decide how you want to secure them, I'm a fan of threaded inserts but a lag bolt would work also. You would then remove the brace and use the proper size bit to enlarge the hole and also enlarge the hole in the box if needed. Next use the proper size bit for your method to drill perpendicular into the neck heel.
Did that make any sense?
BTW, again you've shown us a spectacular instrument in progress. I really like that wild soundhole on 2 planes...
Ted
http://www.boltdepot.com/hanger-bolts.aspx I did the same as you Diane and this is what I used. It doesn't really matter if they are square in the neck as long as you make the bolt holes in the box a little bigger so you can adjust the neck to the height you need. I used 5/16x18 hanger bolts that were 3'' total length. Hope that helps.
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