With patterns printed, glued to hardboard, and cut out, I now lay out the pieces on a plank of white oak. Having used brown oak, black oak, and tan oak in my previous projects, it seems like a logical choice to build this project with the remaining species of oak in the building.
Pieces are rough sawn and stickered as I allow the internal stresses to relieve and wait for any warping or twisting to happen before working them further.