Thanks Joe.

Your advice would be sound but sound I'd have to buy another 4 boardfeet of wood to avoid all the sapwood for this project and her budget is slim. That would be another $50 to $60 dollars. Had I been more experienced, I would have known to factor the waste into my original estimate. She is just paying for materials as I'm doing it just for fun. Live and learn.

I may have a working solution though. My sister-in -law is also a painter. I may paint this one (albeit a waste of nice cherry) and give it to her as a Christmas present and then build a second out of another wood more suitable for thin cuts of wood.


With great power comes Awesome irresponsibility.