Pick-up Sticks: Marty Sears creates a 3D jigsaw in Sudoku for us

Today's Video:

Another fascinating variant from Marty that requires you to think through the construction (literally) of this puzzle!

Link to Play:

Pick-up Sticks (Grey) by Marty Sears https://sudokupad.app/1inc2ck4kl

Rules:

Normal sudoku rules apply.

Each grey stick is a palindrome, reading the same in either direction.

A stick always has a lower total (the sum of its digits) than any stick which lies on top of it.