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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wlwhittier, post: 10228858, member: 76316&quot;]Its 12 1/4&quot; diameter, 1 5/8&quot; thick, 1 1/4&quot; deep, with 1/2&quot; wall thickness. It weighs ~16 oz. I&#039;m guessing at the wood species, of course. When I got it, 25 years ago or so, it was covered with a fairly thick, sticky an&#039; badly damaged finish of an unknown kind, that wasn&#039;t soluble in ethyl alcohol, but did yield moderately to acetone. I probably used a quart of it, over a couple days with various coarse abrasives, to get rid of what became a gummy mess when the acetone got to it. Much elbow grease later, the tray was free of finish, but needed comprehensive sanding to bring all surfaces to an almost buttery smoothness. It is now finished with a kitchen-wood waxy oil.</p><p>The bottom is dead-flat, an&#039; had been long used as a cutting board...all those scars didn&#039;t disappear, but it&#039;s pretty smooth there, too.</p><p>I don&#039;t use it, though...just fondle it now an&#039; then to remind me of its beauty, an&#039; of what good work I was capable of in my pre-dotage years. Can I get any agreement, or otherwise, on the wood?</p><p>As always, thanks for lookin&#039;!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]511273[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]511274[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]511275[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]511276[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]511278[/ATTACH]&nbsp; &nbsp; [ATTACH=full]511280[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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