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Ooooh! Nice wood. 
Did you stain it or is that purpleheart or some other really cool thing I can’t afford?
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Very nice! The cork is a good idea, how do the dice behave? does the cork add or preserve the energy?
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It’s a good neutral rolling surface. Dampens the bounce just a bit, helps keep your dice in the box.
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Purple heart. Not the most expensive exotic, but also not free. While I got this from Woodcraft, I actually just ordered some from a supplier that I posted elsewhere.
These guys:
Fun trick, search ebay for “1/8 lumber”. That’s how I found these guys. Good prices, and they shipped next day. I’ll update when I get the goods and give a real review.
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Superb color in that.
I built my jeweler’s bench toolbox out of it. Surprised me when I cut it, it looked like black walnut. I stacked the pieces I had cut overnight, and surfaces that had been exposed were red in the morning. Oxidation I presume.
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Nice job and thank you for sharing info.
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Don’t know how much is oxidation, though that fast most likely. Resources I’ve read indicate that it has an ongoing transition in color from UV exposure.
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actually pretty cheap. My wife and I built mini pallets out of it for our wedding center pieces for less than $200 and I still have a pretty large chunk of it sitting around
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