I think the worst part about the break was that it was a suprise. We just didn't expect a "strong" back to break. Ha! But hey, any excuse to break open a bottle of Redhook ISB is a good one. And that you can garentee is what happened next (besides my neighbors don't like me to run my table saw much past 9:00 even though Home Depot is open 24 hrs).

The second piece of patical board has already been put to good use as a workbench table top. With some 2x4 cross bars to shore it up it makes a fine work surface and I don't feel to bad if I have to ding it!

Thanks again for all the advise ...