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Pat B:
Justin, I bought a similar piece a few years back. I cut it into 2 pieces...one 6' the other 4'. The 6' piece I cut into backing strips and a few belly pieces and the 4' section I will eventually cut into backing strips. I cut mine to 3/16" thick. By the time you remove the saw marks it should be about 1/8" or a bit less.    Pat

Justin Snyder:
I'm going to cheat Pat. I'm cutting it all into 3/16" pieces, then Ill take it over to my cabinet maker friends house and using his high dollar plainer to smooth them out and get them even thickness. Justin

Pat B:
Well, I guess that will work. ::) Some of us don't have rich friends with lots of fancy tools. :'(
  Do look out for swirls or irregular grain. The planer will tear them out sometimes.   Pat

Justin Snyder:
I tried using it on bow laminations, but it chewed them up. This board has almost no grain run out and no knots in 8 feet.  I will cut it 6' and cross grain. Then it should be no grain run out and do knots.  :o The plainer should like that.  As for rich friends. They are more like poor dumb working class guys, like me. Justin

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