Re: Good wood for tts [TANKS]

[JOHN PITTELLI <jplily-at-yahoo.com>]

Chris, 
      I used poplar for the Comet and coated them with
resin. Seem to be doing fine so far. By the way, the
Stug is looking good mate. 
   John

--- chris barthelson <barthelson88-at-hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>         I'm currently building  some TTS MkII tracks
> and I can't find a 
> suitable wood for the outer cleats, I was going to
> use maple but the quote I 
> got was $193 Aus for three lengths 1220x100x25! the
> guy might as well just 
> come to my house and punch me in the face. So maple
> is out of the question, 
> cherry is out (they don't stock it) oak is also out
> (cheap but not as strong 
> as I'd like). So does anyone have some suggestions
> on a suitable wood?
> 
> Chris. b
> 
>
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