My sister is getting married in August. For their wedding gift I'm
building a blanket chest. Oak frame with walnut veneered panels and
cedar bottom, and dovetailed corners that took about a year off my
life. On the front of the chest I've made the center panel come in,
and added a ledge in front to create a niche where I'm putting a scale
model of the gazebo where they had their first date (which they now
live about 1/2 mile from). And did I mention that it turns out it's
just about the most complicated gazebo on the planet? I mean
seriously, why does a gazebo need a curved three-tiered roof?

Anyway, they also have a thing with the moon, so what I'd like to do
is put a birds-eye maple moon on one of the panels on the top over the
gazebo. The problem is I've scoured ebay and all I can find is big
pieces that I can't afford, and tiny pen blanks and what not that are
too small. I've tried writing to the guys selling the pen blanks to
see if maybe they could put up a larger piece but so far no joy. The
one piece I found that would work the guy wants $6 plus $7 shipping
for this little chunk of wood that isn't even quite what I had in
mind.

I have some regular ol' hard maple that will do if I have to, but I
figured I'd take a shot and see if anyone out there might have an
offcut or something they could part with, or failing that perhaps
suggest an alternative wood that might work that I might have better
luck finding (and affording). I'm looking to end up with about a 4"
diameter circle, 1/4-3/8" thick. I would of course be happy to pay a
fair value plus shipping. If you want to reach me privately my email
is

Thanks for reading,

-Leuf