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N63 --- $NOT AVAILABLE --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below
diameter: 8 1/4"
height: 2 1/2"
finish: an application of natural stain and then 3 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: Honduran mahogany
view 1: mahogany
view 3: small oval of bocote, bocote, holly veneer, ? (machiche?), hard maple veneer, redheart, mahogany? (could be andiroba)
view 4: chechem backed by holly veneer then mahogany, all over a mahogany thin over bocote over aromatic red cedar and all of the preceeding backed by canary, BOX
view 5: cocobolo over holly veneer over padauk veneer over holly veneer over cocobolo and all backed by tulip poplar with a heavy dark green mineral stain, BOX
view 7: red oak backed by chechem? and both over yew, bocote, mahogany and all of that backed by zircote over machiche, large wedge of redheart, BOX
view 8: small oval of eucalyptus, chechem, yellowheart, BOX
BOX: upper left slant is redheart, then ? (tan wood). Upper right slant is ? (look like macassar ebony, but I don't think that's what it is), redheart and a very thin wedge of ?. Vertical pieces are, from the left: bocote, African blackwood with sapwood, bloodwood, ? (tan), yellowheart, river red gum, holly veneer, bloodwood, African blackwood, holly veneer, cocobolo.
flaws/issues: The left edge of the mahogany/andiroba in view 3 has some chipping. It's minor but you can both see it and feel it.
comments: This is a particularly heavy piece for its size because of the relatively high proportion of heavy woods.
view 3b
views 3a and 5c
view 5d