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Stewart Perry
27 July 2020 at 2:17 pm #671548

In the UK it’s pretty common to buy ¾” (18-19mm) machine-planed stock from a DIY store or timber merchant. After hand-planing it would probably end up at about 5/8. Perhaps that is where the dimensions come from.

If you can start with ¾” stock it would definitely save a lot of time, effort and wood!