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Ooops - just did a search on the forum, and found your answer to my question - in this very thread! "Just watch out for Luan quality. In my own experience, some Luan is soft like one. Other Luan (that looks just like the other kind) is as hard as a rock, which makes it almost impossible to spike. Try before you buy. If nothing else, try scratching the luan at the store with your finger nail. If you can scratch it pretty good, it's soft enough to spike. If it's like trying to scratch concrete, go elsewhere..." I hear you. I was at the lumberyard and saw this stuff, and thought, "That's that rock hard stuff!". I don't recall if I scratched it with my fingernail or not - was doing lots of wood window-shopping. I remember hearing people saying it must be from the Phillipines to be the right stuff. Part of my quest is to find a process that will be infinitely repeatable. White pine has two thumbs up in that regard. That stuff and a table saw will always be available. Plus, you get that manly woodwoking thing going on by using wood. I may just have to occasionally reach for the dremel tool to drill a tiny hole in a tough spot in the wood to be able to drive the spike in. Tomorrow I'll be purchasing some smooth-jawed needle nose pliers and put the grooves in them to improve my spike-holding abilities.
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