Thanks for the response! I was considering using veneer on Baltic birch ply, because many years ago I wanted to get into marquetry and bought the wrong kind of veneer...thus a lot of what is unusable for marquetry, which I never got to, and likely never will, at this point in my life. I looked at Suda Kenji's work and some of his videos. Amazing skill, is all I can say. I ended up buying a chest from Gerstner instead of making another for my carving tools. So much of the dimensional lumber I'm finding these days is so bowed/warped/cupped/twisted that I've pretty much given up on it except for maybe framing.

Steven- Random Orbital Nailer