New "woody" project

[dpappyp]

I have been lurking on this site for a year or so admiring all of your guys' work and finally decided to start my own.  Inspired by knievel's "woody" I have started on a more furniture like cab myself, but mine will be even less classic arcade machine like in design.  I decided not to go with the laminate plywood for fear of sanding through the thin veneer, instead I went to a local saw mill and picked up some solid maple planks about 8' long and foot wide and an inch thick.  An inch is the thinnest they sell it as so I just planed it down to a lighter 3/4 inch.  For about the same surface area as a 4x8 sheet of maple veneer plywood it cost $75, so not too bad.  I don't have a jointer so right now I am just working on straightening the edges out as much as I can so I can join two planks together along their edge (I want a deeper cab than just the 12" the planks came in).   Don't expect this one to be finished anywhere near as quick as knievel's, its my first one and right my employer has us working mandatory overtime, so i don't have that much free time.  Anyways thanks for the inspiration everyone