Hi Alan... it was my intention to reply to the original poster, so my comments were not related to anything you are doing. I am well familiar with the challenges presented from working with bug infested, warped, rough sawn material. It takes a lot of skill and patience to produce a quality product. Kudos to you if this happens to be your "bread and butter" and chosen style.
Also.my impression too was that the original poster realized, once getting started with "barn wood material", all of these issues, and might elect to never agree to do this again.
Ciao ... Dorm