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C172 --- $145.00 --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below

diameter: 9 1/2"
height: 3"

finish: 8 thin coats of satin-finish spar polyurethane (with UV blocker)

WOODS USED: [SEE DISCUSSION ON THE MAIN PAGE OF THIS SITE IF ANY OF THIS IS UNCLEAR]

base: yellowheart

view 1: canary, machiche, hickory, maple veneer, redheart, BOX

view 2: redheart (pink sapwood)

view 3: white oak, curmaru, paela, canary, BOX

view 4: yellowheart, thick walnut veneer, two plys of maple veneer, ebony veneer, two plys of maple veneer, thick white oak veneer, padauk, redheart, BOX

view 5: palea, cocobolo, cowtree, machiche, maple veneer, BOX

view 6: sapodilla, maple veneer, dark cocobolo, sipo, small wedge of dark cocobolo, BOX

view 7: walnut(?), redheart, makore(?), redheart, tulip poplar, BOX

view 8: paela, machiche

BOX: the vertical pieces through the middle are, from left to right; paela, eucalyptus, cocobolo, paela, thick walnut veneer, maple veneer, bubinga veneer, 2 plys of maple veneer, bubinga veneer, thick oak veneer, bocote, dark cocobolo, paela, redheart. The horizontal piecs are, from bottom to top; aromatic red cedar, leopardwood, paduak, ? veneer, mahogany veneer, birch veneer (end grain, so it looks darker than it otherwise would), mahogany veneer (also end grain), redheart, cowtree, silky oak, machiche, oak veneer, machiche

flaws/issues: there are a couple of cross-grain chipouts in the BOX --- specifically, at the upper edge of the paela on the left and at the lower edge of the redheart on the right. There are a couple of pin-holes (from boring insects) in the hickory in view 1. The redheart in view 4 has a mild crack and the paela in view 5 has a significant crack.

comments: The rim is deliberately thick on this one

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views 3c and 5c


views 7c and 1d


views 4b and 8b

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view 1c as the bowl blank and then as the finished bowl