Does wood need to be planed?

[Wendel Aaberg]

Another thing Wendy, the wood that you'll be using will have to have some sort of a finish on it. You'll need to put something like Varnish or Polyurethane on it to protect it.

[Tony Falotico]

I had a Wendy Gillie in my structural engineering class at Georgia Tech. Were you there??

Maybe she wasn't but I was (at Georgia Tech), graduated 1975 civil engineering .... but I'm guessing that's somewhat before your time? Appears we are close to being neighbors.