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Steve,
Thanks for the very considered reply. Having read your advice and reading some experiences of others would the following make sense?
A local company sells various woods but I would go with Redwood planed timber (here in the UK). They (RIDGEONS) helpfully put Nom and Fin sizes which I’m guessing means nominal and finished sizes. One writer mentioned getting 8″ boards of such and such length. You advise 6″ or so. Taking your advice about looking at the Thickness and Width it seems that nothing is over 1″ thick. By adding together a few widths and assuming that I glue 2 boards -lengthways- for the bigger panels 13.5 or 14 metres of 32×175(Nom) 27×169(Fin) 1 1/16″ x 6 3/4 should do it? This will require some ripping both length and width ways and quite a bit of planing. Thinking about the carcass I think getting rid of nearly half an inch of material would be daft. Wickes sell timberboard (50mm solid wood laminate strips glued together) 18mmx400mm which means that 2×2350 lengths should make the box, and at 18mm Paul mentions reducing the board by 4mm so I’m assuming this is the stuff he used. Using this means I will only need 5.5m of the 1″x6″.
Sound right?
Rowly