I got that whole crazy pile planed down to 3/4". It's all within .002, I didn't think that was possible. I recently tore the planer apart, cleaned it up and put new blades in her. What a difference!!!
I did leave a pile of stuff at .85" for drawer fronts. I'd like them to be a little thicker than my last ones. That extra tenth of an inch will help a lot. I'll keep any graphics I do shorter, so the whole drawer front will have a nice, heavy feel. I got away with light drawer fronts on the lingerie dresser, but it's not gonna fly here.
Now I have to surface each side of these boards. I'll cut every edge off a couple times to square them. It's gonna take a long time, but then all the lumber will be "grab and go". I won't have to set up to saw or plane except when I make the desktops.
Here's the stuff all cleaned up. I took 8 giant green garbage bags of sawdust off of these boards. That's a lot of sawdust.
