Just so happens I have some beautiful figured maple. I hadn't thought
about using that. I guess it wouldn't hurt as it wasn't very expensive
to by the slab. But I would have to laminate it unless I scaled down
the dimensions. Its only 2½" thick.
Why is the pith bad? I don't know really what it is or why it matters.
I didn't know PT wood was that bad. Well, I defintely have a bunch of
it for the yard then I guess. I've been using it for legs in my office
and such ( un-turned ) as I only paid $1 per stick and each is 4-6' long.
Since I'm only talking about 2' pieces I can see your point. Well it
matter that the wood is probably still slightly "wet:"?
This kind of information is why I love this resouce. TYVM!

Troy

Walt & Jenne Ahlgrim wrote:
Do not use the pressure treated wood
1. It is full of nasty chemicals
2. Pine is a bad wood to turn to soft
3. The pith is always in the center of the 4X4
4. PT wood is not dried before or after treatment.

I would raid a fire wood pile and find some maple.


Walt A


On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 16:32:32 -0500, Troy
wrote: