The wood, usually cedar, which is easily sharpened, is sawed into slats ​ — planed and grooved pieces of wood — ​ half a pencil thick.
Koka korpusam parasti izmanto viegli asināmo ciedra koksni. To noēvelē un sazāģē puszīmuļa biezuma plāksnēs, kuru virsmā tiek iegrieztas gropes.