MitD VI: The Undiscovered Creature (Please Read the First Post)

[Bulldog Psion]

FWIW, oak is over 50% heavier than plain old spruce, and hardwood is a real PITA to work with when you want to build something like a box. (Way more likely to have a hardwood plank crack when driving a nail through it, and that's assuming you have a STR high enough to even manage to drive them in!)

Just had to chime in here. While it's true that oak is really, really heavy, you can nail it easily by drilling holes first. In fact, you're kind of asking for a split in any wood (though hardwoods are naturally quite a bit worse) by driving a large nail without drilling first.