The half-lap joint, strong and simple. Maybe not monkey simple.
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0:00 Intro
0:54 Control Piece 1
2:57 Half-lap 1
13:15 Cleaning the joint
15:38 Half-lap Variation 2
19:57 Dove-lap
23:05 Test 1
25:30 Test 2
27:33 Test 3
30:14 Test 4
32:55 Outro