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Title: Riser Wood
Post by: BigErn on August 16, 2015, 11:12:00 AM
Will hackberry,mesquite,make a good riser wood? Newbie question!
                               Ernie
Title: Re: Riser Wood
Post by: Krasus on August 16, 2015, 06:32:00 PM
Not sure about the Hackberry but misquite should. It's nice and hard. With the Hackberry if your worried about stability put a I beam into your riser to help stabilize it.
Title: Re: Riser Wood
Post by: BigErn on August 17, 2015, 11:04:00 AM
I have access to both of these woods is why I'm
asking.
                 Ernie
Title: Re: Riser Wood
Post by: JamesV on August 18, 2015, 09:19:00 PM
Hackberry is plenty tough without an I beam.