Everyone, thank you very much for the feedback. I'm in Apex, NC outside Raleigh as mentioned by Jeff. I'll respond to each of you individually. On the comment from Don, I've had the same feedback, no one commercially that I've found are willing to touch wood they didn't sell. I will be scanning the wood for metal prior to having anyone touch it but I doubt it is a concern. My father ran a custom woodworking shop in NYC back in the 60s and 70s. This wood he bought for a project in the late 60s that never got completed and since he passed away I'm trying to finish it for him. Again thank you!