"Gramps' shop" wrote:

I had this great idea: Let's glue up alternating 1" thick walnut and
maple board to make a block 5 inches square by about 15 inches in
length. Then let's slice through to make 1 inch slices and glue them
up, alternating the faces and then let's turn a couple of small boxes.

It wasn't until after the glue up that I discovered that I have
nothing in the shop that will cut through a 5" thick hunk of wood on
one pass. I could have tried to run it through the BS, but that would
have meant finding a wider blade than the 1/4" that's on it.
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So what happened to 2-5/8" cuts on top and bottom faces, then clean up
the cut surfaces with a planer?

Two cuts is a given with the above.

Lew