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- Jul 14, 2022
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I am getting ready to put new stringers in a little 16’ Eldocraft with a 40 horse Mercury on it. I had read where Douglas Fir was a good wood to use for stringers. I got some and as I was cutting it I noticed how soft it was between each growth ring. I’m just wondering if that’s pretty much the normal for this type wood and I was also reading where you don’t want the boards with the pith (heart) in the board. The boards I looked at in the store that had the pith in them seemed to have the growth rings a lot closer together and were not as soft between the rings as the ones that were spaced out more. I had also read that the boards with the growth rings closer together were better boards. Just asking for someone’s opinion on the subject that’s knows more than me about it. (which is not a lot.)