Nice looking piece of wood and a great video. He covered everything really well and his mention of painting the ends was right on. I go to Lowes in the paint section and buy a gallon of their mistakes (cheap) latex paint and it works great for sealing the ends. This years color is a very dark blue and when asked why the ends were blue, from someone "camping" down the road, my wife told them it was blue stain pine. Poor lady didn't have a clue as to the joke, but we did explain why we painted the ends and she understood. I cut my pieces of Rocky Mountain Maple a bit longer than needed and paint the ends and let it sit for at least a year before doing with it. This wood should turn out beautiful!