Re: Good wood for tts [TANKS]

[henry <hrake-at-shaw.ca>]

how about teak or iron wood.Henry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Tyng" <STyng-at-acptrust.com>
To: <tanks-at-rctankcombat.com>
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 6:26 AM
Subject: RE: Good wood for tts [TANKS]


> Chris wrote:
>  
> > 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?
> 
> Any fine grained hardwood will work well.  Oak will work OK as long as
> you pre-drill for any fasteners (it splits easy).  The maple and cherry
> I've used in my TTS's were both from salvaged sources.  The maple from
> an old butcher block and the cherry from old retail display cases.  I
> have a ton of oak that was salvaged from old library book shelving.
> Another source for salvaged hardwood is old shipping pallets.  These are
> generally made of hard wood.
> 
> 
>    Steve Tyng
>