I'm making an armchair for a child. I want the back leg to be straight-vertical at the seat level but kick back down the floor, and lean back at the, erm, back. Much like every other rear chair leg in the universe.

My problem is I only have planed 45×22mm stock to hand. I actually have a lot of this lying around from a previous miscalculation. So my thought process has so far gone:

* It's too thick to bend. (Isn't it? I've never tried steam bending before but remember I'm a homegamer)
* I could resaw it down and do a bent lamination.
* But it'd be easiest —if a little wasteful— to just glue a pile of this together on their 45mm faces and cutting two legs out of the pack. Here's my [skilful depiction of how that'd look](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8dZKd.jpg).

That last option does mean that the bit of wood that touches the floor, will likely be one or two planks away from the main load. I know yellow glue is good stuff but is this a good idea?

Or should I just go and spend the £2 it'd cost to get a bit of rough-sawn timber in the right size?