Finished cutting, planing and routing. Perfection! Next will be finishing it! I ended up going to 84 Lumber Ramsey, very helpful and really nice people. Much better then Lowes, Home Depot and my local..... I was going to buy 13 & 20 inch stock and yeah warping was an issue, but I was going to rip
4 inch pieces. I decided just cutting up 1" x 3.5". and joining them via tongue and grove. but I also pre-drilled .25" 1 inch inside from the top and bottom across the width and hammering a glued dowel across the width, this should resist any warping whatsoever!I also experimented GREATLY and found a great consistent color. I'm using the first coat of Polyshades (minwax) Pecan Satin, then I wipe on the red oak stain and finish with the satin wipe on poly... Cool!