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Thanks, and I'm just thankful to still have all my fingers. My table saw and I have an intimate relationship. I made a small desk for a lottery winner once, and he took me out to dinner too. :) Preferred customers you could say. When your winnings allow, MB, i wouldn't mind working...

Sealing wood, particularly the end grain, slows down movement, why you want to seal the ends of planks before drying. Slower movement makes for more residency and less cracking. Presumably it takes longer for the air to reach the inner material, so the wood changes less abruptly. There is...

Jim, even when well seasoned, wood expands and contracts with humidity changes in the atmosphere. A reason old timber frame construction will creak and groan. Something that wide, maybe a quarter to three-eights. If it was fastened down tight from underneath, cracking is a real possibility...

Looks good, but I wonder what will happen if the wood expands within the frame of the metal that binds it's width. Kind of violating a woodwork principle there, so hopefully nothing destructs.