I am building a Morris chair using cherry. It will have bowed arms that will be 1and1/4" thick. The arms will be formed of laminated strips. For those of you that have bent cherry how thin should the cherry be so that it can be bent? I'm thinking 3/8" thick cherry should be ok to be slightly bent. From your experience is this too thick? Must I go thinner? I'd like to get the proper thickness using as few pieces as necessary. Thanks.