Reply by blockhead

Thanks a lot for the info Andy and Steve. Appreciate the links too. Sounds like some great insight and one of the many reasons I like this site so much.

Steve, I’ll try and get some pics shortly. I spent yesterday getting the faces planed and true. They are both about 40” long and just over “12 wide which is the widest I could go with my planer. My jointer is only 6” so I just used my planer, some shims and a MDF skid to get it nice and flat. I was surprised how easy it was and how well it worked.

-- Brad, Oregon- The things that come to those who wait, may be the things left by those who got there first.