The bonus is the size of the birch, I hadn’t actually measured it until I started to plane. I will have a full 1 3/4" thickness and the widths will be a full 7" and 4 1/2" so I guess the 3 hours on the planer was worth it. About the moving on, some days I can only work for an hour, other times I am paralized for 3 days or so. I think I’m moving along pretty well for the shape I’m in. I finished planing and sawing, now to run the boards thru the router table to finish joining.

CHRIS, Charlottetown PEI Canada. Anytime you can repurpose, reuse, or recycle, everyone wins!