Bought this black walnut cookie off of Facebook marketplace for a good price. The only catch is it is warped, cracked, cupped, and twisted. It's about 4 in thick and that's plenty of material to make a coffee table, but I need some advice and guidance on making a router planing jig please.
Tearout would be my biggest concern. Hand planing a board with fairly straight grain? No biggie. Hand planing something like hickory with crazier grain? That can be a pain. I imagine a cross section like this would be difficult to manage.