I did it ONCE and it was nostalgic and I don't want to rain on your parade, but here's what I learned from the experience and talking to the guy that used them. We put out 3 dozen hand carved/assembled wooden deks and they were heavy, spendy, didn't sit right in the water, cracked, split, absorbed water, flaked, needed tighter environmental conditions for storage, and took 10 times the work to set up and take down compared to modern deks. So unless you plan on building them, using them once or twice, and then putting them up for decorations in your man cave, prepare yourself to spend a good amount of quality time keeping your deks in good condition. Good Luck!!