Roy Smith wrote:

Paul Kierstead wrote:
Bottom line: Pine will work, pine is cheap, the end result will end up
dented and will sag a fair bit under load (though I am assuming a 7 yr
old doesn't have a large collection of heavy books).

Short of building the thing out of cast iron, is there any material which
will stand up to a 7 year old kid?

Well, he'd have to work pretty hard at destroying one of the ironwoods.

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