I bought some 4x4s to do some projects in my new old house and apparently the virus has the lumber delivery to the big stores, or maybe they, in Won't be harvested, but trying to find wood that didn't split most of the time was incredibly difficult, so I bought them, stuck liquid nails into the 1/4 inch wide splits and pressed as hard as I could, but the columns would not yield. My age can be an issue as I've lost a lot of the strength that I had in my younger years so I don't recommend it if you live alone and have lost strength. Otherwise do it.