It started out as a 4x8 sheet of 1/8 Lauan Plywood. Got it on sale at Menards for $4.88 a sheet. There is 16 boards in the laminate, meaning I have 8 boards that run with the grain of the wood, and 8 boards that run against the grain of the wood. The laminate is 2 wide, I glued up the forarm to be 3 inchs wide. I got 2 blanks out of the 4x8 sheet, and had left over to do other work.