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That's good information. I didn't know, or maybe didn't think about, that stabilizing would strengthen the wood. I don't know why, especially in light of the name. Duh! :confused:

Sorry didn't mean to hijack the thread.

Some woods are better than others. I have bought some that had wood that looked like it was made from boards from an old fence. This wood I use is from an old dead tree, maybe dead for 150 years....

Oh I can definitely see where it would be useful. I have some wood I really love that is very hard to use because of the way the wood is weather worn. Here are some scales I made out of it.
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What I meant was that I don't quite understand doing that with a piece of wood. It's not a moral judgment. I just personally want it to either be wood or to be plastic or whatever that is. That's...

That looks very nice and it's very nicely done. I just don't quite get the stabilized wood blocks. It has a kind of Robocop look to me.