Folks,

I am pretty clueless in this area, and this is likely going to be an
easy question.....

I have a question regarding which wood to select. I have a bedframe
that broke. There is a peice of wood that needs replacing. Time to
get out the saw, drill, Gorilla glue and have some fun. The peice of
wood is only about 1" x 3" x 4" and is load bearing.

I tried hemlock (on that advice of a sales 'droid at home depot), but
it splits every time I sink a wood screw into it.

So can someone suggest a good solid peice of commercially availble wood
that can take a handful of wood screws through it, and is very strong.

BTW. This peice of wood is not really visible so looks is not
critical.


Thanks in advance,

Gord