The first step of this project was ripping a bunch
of maple and ash 4/4 wood into 1″ wide strips. I started with 6 or 7 pieces of maple and ash that varied in width from 6″ to 8″. They were all about 6′ long.
Once I was done on the table saw I had about 40 six foot sticks of 1″x 1″ maple and ash.