Calling on wood workers for some assistance

[bassman]

Originally Posted by sphelps

Wood is very hard to analyze, it depends on many factors including the grain direction. I would stick with either the center brace or a glass euro brace. Wood will also soften and weaken if exposed to moisture, you would have to epoxy coat it to use it as structural support in the way you described.

Hmm, I wonder if I could use box aluminum instead?