is there a option to toss a coin to my Witcher(ie the person paying for back-up/server space

Isn’t very easy to find if you are using the app and took me a while to find myself, but on the main page there are these donation platforms listed:

https://liberapay.com/lemmy.ca/ https://opencollective.com/lemmy-ca

I hear ya. The inferred beginner part was more what I was getting at.

Unless they are going for a distressed finished look, this is a horrible idea. Even with experience there is no way you’ll get a flat finish; without experience you’ll have deep pockets and very uneven, rounded corners. Maybe slightly faster than a belt sander, but it’d be negligible and definitely not after all the finish sanding that will be required after.