I'm considering laminating some of these pine panels to use as a bench top. Four panels would give almost 3" total thickness. I don't want to go through the effort of gluing up dimensional lumber and shying away from a pre-made maple or beech top because of the hardness and they are generally 1 1/2 - 2" thick. Pine is a bit soft and there are some knots (the ones available around here are either lodgepole or radiata pine so a bit harder than white). To avoid (?) cupping on the glue up I'd do 2 sets of two panels, then glue the two doubles together. Anyone tried these or see any big drawbacks?
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