<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Again, I think this is breaking strength rather than shear strength - but I'm not an engineer - any engineers out there to set us straight?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR></DIV>Maybe Joe is replying to this........<BR><BR><FONT size=2>>Pick a wood that doesn't splinter/crack easily. My oak may not be the best choice as I <BR>had one bar crack and >launch across my shop. Fortunately no one was in the trajectory <BR>of the very sharp spear that went flying! :-) <BR><BR>Avery <BR><BR></FONT>At 03:21 PM 4/3/2006, you wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>What's shear got to do with go-bars?<BR></FONT> <BR><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>Terry Farrell<BR></FONT> <DL> <DD>----- Original Message ----- <BR> <DD><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>  <DD>I should thing Hickory would be the best choice for go bars, as it is the best wood for resistance to sheer. I used to own a pair of hickory skis and they we heavy but very flexible. It's THE material for making wooden threaded stock, for piano legs, etc.<BR> <DD>  <DD>Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)<BR> <DD>Captain, Tool Police<BR> <DD>Squares R I<BR> <DD><BR>  <DD><BR> </DD></DL></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>