: : Is a "butt block" simply a piece of wood that spans the two pieces of wood being joined? I don't quite follow your description and why, or how, you are wrapping tape around this block.

: Yes.

: Wrap tape or plastic wrap around the block before installing it.
: The tape is so glue does not make the temporary block a permanent one.

Actually you can avoid worrying about the tape if you have a channel cut out where the two pieces are going to meet and that way no glue will be able to touch the but block. Just a thought. hawk@global.california.com