I found a place that sells the correct corkscrew type nails but they are rather pricey. I may or may not replace all of the wood while I am doing this, depends on what I find when I start taking it apart. I tend to go a little bit overboard on projects like this :-) Everything in my gameroom is done in hickory, so that is what the stand will be. I plan to have a large container space on top to hold about 1500 balls and a drawer under the machine to catch the losing balls. I am a big LSU fan so I am thinking about making an LSU theme playing field for the machine.