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a) Trace the scales onto a piece of paper, and see if you can fit them inside a 3/4" x 6" box. It'll be tight . . .

b) I was in the Vancouver BC Lee Valley store. They have stuff in the store...

I was wandering through a Lee Valley store yesterday, looking at the hardwood blanks, wondering the same thing you are . . . <g>

_Not_ basswood -- too soft, and (probably) no water resistance. ...