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custom high end wood work should get paid no less than $35 hour from a business standpoint. as for wood, try buying from a wholesale place instead of surfaced 1x4 (or 6 or 8). i buy all wood from wurth wood group, they are all over the east coast. it comes surfaced or rough, in 4/4, 4/4, 6/4, and so on. you generally get one semi clean edge, and can rip the other one, then plane both to get clean sides. if you are building doors like this, you have all the tools to do this. doors look great by the way, i considered building a set for my console locker, but for all the reasons you illustrated, i didnt.