Furthermore should the cushion ever need to be replaced, a soft wood usually chips and becomes unsuitable for regluing when the old cushions are removed. In addition to beauty a hardwood rail cap provides the strength that will hold in the feather strip. Softer woods tend to spread over time allowing the cloth to pull out and become loose. Loose cloth can cause the cushion to separate from the rail and produce sluggish play. A hardwood rail base is ideal to hold the cloth staples.
Softer woods can chip, split and crack after multiple staplings.
Hardwoods will not, allowing your table to be recovered many times over. Diamond sights vs. round sights. There is no diffrence between these two sights other than diamonds are harder to install. For this reason you ll only find diamonds on high end tables. The rail should be mounted to the slate in such a way that a seamless bond is created.