Thanks Stephen. I'm glad you like it. This isn't something I could have done without your materials. I feel good about taking it in. It's not so much of a nuissance that way.
The wood is ziricote. I forget what I thinned it to, but it's insignificant. I'm sure it was around .06" - just enough to have some body but also leave the pots enough thread space for the nuts to screw on securely. Then just drill those holes.
The ziricote has a coat of danish oil on each side to protect it from condition changes. The oil made it pretty dark so I sanded the face back a bit to lighten it up with 600 grit or so. We're talking about a surface sanding and nothing more. I wanted the figure and color to show. That's why I used it in the first place. Some wax is on top of that, again dulled with 600. The wood is a scrap from
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