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C142 --- $SOLD --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below
diameter: 8 1/2"
height: 2 1/4"
finish: one application of natural stain then 2 coats of high gloss spar polyurethane (with UV blocker)
WOODS USED: [SEE DISCUSSION ON THE MAIN PAGE OF THIS SITE IF ANY OF THIS IS UNCLEAR]
base: walnut
view 1: cocobolo, ash veneer, then two wedges; aromatic red cedar on the left and ? on the right, both over aromatic red cedar, cherry thin, 4-thick laminate of wenge veneer and ash thins, BOX
view 2: osage orange (with a small crack that shows up as a dark line), pine, fir, BOX
view 3: bubinga, cocobolo, mahogany thin, padauk, fir, BOX
view 4: cherry(?), buginga, cypress, very thin walnut, BOX
view 5: mahogany, walnut over holly veneer, ? (tan/brown wood), 4-thick laminate of wenge veneer and ash thins, BOX
view 6: canary, cypress, very thin walnut, BOX
view 7: goncalo alves, ebony veneer, osage orange, padauk, pine, box
view 8: hard maple, wenge, fir, BOX
BOX: bottom is cocobolo sided by sapele(?), upper portion is a laminate of wenge veneer, padauk veneer, and maple thins, all sided by padauk sided by hard maple.
flaws/issues: There was a slight problem with cross-grain chip-out at the inside of the rim in view 3 and although I fixed it with sandpaper, I did have to leave a slightly noticeable rough spot in the bubinga that angles in from view 4.
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views 1c and 5d
views 6b and 7c