Tomsunnu,
The wood used was 3/4" thick. I bought rough cut wood and used my planer to make all of the pieces smooth and the same thickness to start out with. Then cut the pieces to 7-1/2" square before laying out the pattern. The vase ended up being about 7-1/4" diameter at the center and 10" tall overall.
By the way, I don't mind you guys looking a all my old projects but, to be honest, I didn't mean to send my whole "Photobucket"! I just meant to send the one album of the tutorial.
Sorry, I'm just not computer savy when it comes to things like that.
Rog