I stained the wood walnut then punched out the pieces. Easy to put together with no need for glue. I did have one issue that the instructions for the V dock clearly shows that you add support cross beams, But if you do, they have to be diagonal and you would need glue to hold them. I noticed in later pictures in the instructions of the V dock, it does not show the support beams. I skipped trying to add the support beams and just snapped the ends on, and everything fit snug and perfect. The other dock pieces do use the crossbeams, which fit perfect in the holes. The final results looks awesome.I bought CZYY regular dock set too, so in the pictures I took, you will see several extra docks pieces. I was so concerned about skipping the crosspieces on the V dock, that I overlooked in the directions that you are supposed to put two end pieces on each dock instead of one. So half my docks have thinner posts, but they are just as study as the others. The nice results of that oversight is that I wound up with two tall docks, instead of just one if you follow the directions exactly.This product (besides the one issue) was so easy to put together, that I'm already buying more of their products to add to my collection of RPG props.