I was torn I’ve heard the same argument to. That is kinda of my thought to. I’m not disappointed at all with going soft maple. That an the nightmare of surfacing it by hand ?. I mostly do all my projects in either soft maple,walnut or popular so I’m right along the same hardness as them. I almost went with popular for the top to but with no frame work under it to support the top. An popular was kinda low on the stiffness chart so I bumped up to maple
What’s a woodworking forum without a roubo build??