Pottz oh ducky, ducky, dear ducky ! do i need to show my box made from "real" wood...
Not everyone works for a lumber company and able to afford the exorbitant shekels for solids... or sneak them out on the back of the truck. I'm just funded by NASA whose budget is forever declining and my drinking buddy Billy Nelson seldom visit lumber yards in search of bargains... all they can offer me is laboratory fabricate merchandise.
Splint', at least you have the plane, just need assembly like all Veritas shipped (boat/train type and not air freighted) items... and to boot, the box finished up in tact!
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD