Ahh... hickory over here is stiff hard and chippy... sometimes I buy the chips and smoke a corned beef or a chicken with it.
Do your springs flex good enough without breaking? I know our standard white oak would work perfectly.
Ahh... hickory over here is stiff hard and chippy... sometimes I buy the chips and smoke a corned beef or a chicken with it.
Do your springs flex good enough without breaking? I know our standard white oak would work perfectly.
The whole dog is cherry. Only because it was nice-looking scrap. I would think anything harder than pine would work acceptably.
The springyness (tension?) of the spring is a function of thickness of the slat. I just experimented to get what I felt worked well. I was happy with the results of my second try.
-Steve
So is hickory in England. We don't have any, it's imported from you.
It's stiff, but if you saw it thin it's springy enough. If I hadn't had a broken hammer shaft and a bandsaw to hand, I'd have used riven ash. (although our ash is much better than American ash)
I've heard that about English ash.
Pissed?
I kind of envy you that, actually. My square ones can be a real PITA when the humidity changes. Not to mention all the useless work I could have saved myself! Aut inveniam viam aut faciam
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