Originally Posted by
Tony Miller
Puff,
Quarter sawn would make nearly any wood more stable but getting wood milled that way is big $$ because of the waste factor. I like the idea of the loom type design but then the fancy milling of the wood pushes cost up too. Once the box strops are finished I may take a wooden loom type sample up to my Amish friend and see what he can do on it. He has a very well equiped shop, far better than mine for woodworking and is very talented. Almost all of his shop tools have been converted to air motors running off of a gas powered air compressor as the Amish do not use electricity.
Tony