We have been in the process of remodeling our house and part of that was having all the windows and doors replaced. We contracted for them back in April and it has been a nightmare all the way. We had to reject the doors twice due to poor quality. The windows were finally finished up about a week ago but the doors are supposedly going in next week. But now the issue. The kitchen window is a garden window with a faceted roof over it which was supposed be copper sheathed. When they went to put on the sheathing it was about 5” too big in all directions. The installers declined to cut to fit as they merely install and didn’t have a clue how to do any sheet metal work. I finally asked for a credit for the roof sheathing which was granted to save waiting another six weeks. So time to do some woodworking. The roof is under a large sun deck so there is no issue of direct sun or water. I covered the 3/4” ply with adhesive membrane just in case. We decided to create a roof using African mahogany. It’s fairly cheap and we have about 100 bd ft of 8/4 in the rough to work with. I started re-sawing it this morning and gluing up the three panels. It’s about 30 square feet total. I divided the panels into sections less than 20” so I can run them through the planer, and then I will join the three sections after planing to cut down on sanding. My plan is to screw and plug the mahogany to the subroof. 
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Nice! That looks like a fairly long compound miter to cut with those large pieces, how will you do that?

Ah, the joys of a remodel...

I am close to bringing our kitchen remodel of an end myself.  I can only shake my head at the shortcuts and such that had been taken during construction when the house was built 30 years ago - knowing full well that they should not have done those things.

Looks like you have it going together, please post up additional pics!

Wow. That's quite an ambitious project. But, having seen a number of examples of your work here and over on the SS forum, there's no doubt it'll be done right and, beautifully. 

Since it was originally framed with the thought it was going to be sheathed in copper they were not to concerned with accuracy. I’m going to attempt to cut the panels at the ridges with a cut off shoe and a skil saw but I don’t have a lot of faith that will work due to the angles being compound and not consistent at all. Plan B will be to make a ridge cap out of the same wood. It’s probably a better plan anyway because it will allow for more movement in the wood which is an issue here in the desert. 
Paul