The Far-Eastern Wood Butcher: Prime cuts from the far east.

I have perhaps 2-3 hours every night for wood working,  If I'm not too fatigued from my day job; If I'm not suffering from bouts of depression; If I felt like continuing the work; If it does not rain.(Tarpaulin is my friend)  KAPUR : Found (according to the brief entry in Wikipedia) in the lowland rainforests of Malaysia, Indonesia and South-East Asia. ..It is a durable construction timber . I chose Kapur because that's what the timer merchant had, in terms of price range , size required and weight. At $2.50 (4 x 2s) a foot ($5-6 for the 4 x 4s), it's also resonably affordable. I would describe the wood as hard (like oak) quite dense, and have a smell resembling camphor blended nicely with baby vomit.  The top will be 21 Inches wide by five feet long. 21 inch because of the 6 slabs of 3.5 x 3.5 Kapur wood to be bolted to form the top. 5 feet because any longer, I will not be able to enter my workspace; the balcony. Here (below) you ...