Andy wrote in news:1179466971.227474.119670
@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:

A more serious idea - very labor intensive, but this is rec.woodworking

... so I googled chair mat, and found a couple wood offerings on the
first half of the first results page. Brookstone has bamboo ones, and
there are others he
http://www.bestpriceseating.com/bewochmaintw.html
Or just get a 4x8 sheet of nice oak-veneer ply, and finish it like you
would a wood floor.

I'd pass on veneered oak. Veneer is maybe 1/64" at most...

Patriarch