Mike, I have a piece of a side board here and it's 1" thick. This is probably a good thing since they don't make 1/8 x 7/8 flat iron like you'd need for the panel edges. I've compared my pix with your drawings and a lot of the stuff is the same, especially the hardware.
I can see why they went to metal boxes so soon; there's probably 10 times the labour involved in the wood boxes. One thing for sure though, when I'm done it'll be unique with that Motley mount in the back.
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