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+1 for the Todd Herrli video. I found it an excellent resource, and it’s amazing that it’s free. Also, beech is entirely unnecessary and might even be a sub-optimal choice given it’s natural movement — I’ve found far more stable hardwoods are easily sourced, although perhaps that’s not true in New Zealand.
Maybe start making one or more of the most common sizes (4-8 probably), and then see if you ever have a need for another size, at which point you can make that particular hollow/round matching set. Dowels are readily available online to help you get started, not recommending this place but it’s an example and might be a good resource: https://www.bairdbrothers.com/Hard-Maple-C98.aspx
Be careful about catching the molding plane bug…I made a few matched sets of hollows & rounds, then a few more, then had to learn to make complex molding planes, and there’s no end in sight!