Lou, that's the color it wound up when I turned it. I think my skew was a little dull, and the nut got hot while I was turning it (and hence the brown color). I kind of liked it, though. The big spot on the left-hand side of the first pic, and the right-hand side of the last pic, was actually a void, which I tried to fill with some of the nut's shavings; I'm not sure why it turned so dark, but I think it may have been in part from the heat of the CA as it cured.