Regarding the spine, I was kind of hoping to do this all by hand, as I'm kind of in transit right now (Chicago, currently Oklahoma City for a year, then back to Chicago in April) and have really no power tools (or space to use them) at my disposal...but maybe i need to find someone in Oklahoma City that has a buffer they would be willing to let me use...
I will definitely update this thread to completion, although there may be some sizable gaps between updates
I wish you were close too, or more precisely, I wish I was closer...because then it would be summer and I could walk to any store and by
Arnott's Mint Slices any time I wanted!