Quote Originally Posted by shooter74743 View Post
Something else to make your life easier is buying 1/8" thin stock from a place like Woodworking Plans & Tools | Fine Woodworking Project & Supplies at Woodcraft , then you don't have to worry about sanding down to thickness. As far as finishes, there is a huge range you can do from the most rugged like CA, spray lacquers & poly's, to hand rubbing tongue oil.
I couldn't find anywhere that had stock this thin in the UK, so I ended up getting 12mm thick blanks, and cut them using a band saw to about ~5.5mm. I now need to sand them down further. The blade has come off the band saw, and won't stay aligned, so I ended up cutting the shape out by hand