I'm getting ready to glue up a 12' long slab from 5/4 QSWO. The boards are flat and straight and are the following widths: 5", 6", 8", 9".
My gut tells me I should rip at least the 2 wider boards in half, leaving me with a 6 board glue up. Does anyone have any hands-on experience to know whether it's always better to glue up more narrow boards vs fewer wider boards? Am I less likely to get movement with more narrow boards? Final application is a desk top so each end of the slab will be secured to a heavy base cabinet at each end.
I seems the further I go with woodworking the less I know.
Thanks for any advice...