Starting to Work on the Final Product

I decided that I wanted to use walnut as the wood because to me the darker wood is more appealing to the eye. It also seems to appeal more to other people as well. I had 5 pieces of wood to make a 4x4x4 bigger wooden block to work with.

After gluing all the pieces together and waiting for it to dry I cut off the few edges to smooth it down. 

Next I cut out a template for my circle and traced it on to the 4x4x4 box of wood.