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Flattening the top of the finished board is going to be a lot of work, unless you use a drum sander.
I got mine reasonably flat with a powered router mounted on a sled, and then started planing it. After several nights of 1-2 hour sessions, I tried a belt sander and a random orbital sander. However, the paper kept clogging, so I went back to planing
When it was reasonably flat (remember it’s a cutting board, not a surface plate), I smoothed out the planing marks with some Mirka Abranet, which resists clogging somewhat.
I then cut the handles and juice groove with the router, and sanded those as well.
I’ glad you’re not planning to run it through a planer. There are many horror stories on the internet of exploding or airborne cutting boards and destroyed planers.