Serving Tray

Miles, Brian, J Hiltz, J Maclean,Paul

We discussed the fall show and decided that it would be better to work on an Easter show as it is late in the year now.

Leo went over some Tips;

Paint brushes can be suspended above bottom of the jar in the thinner layer to keep the bristles straight; wrapping the bristles in a foil wrap also helps.

When cutting plywood, use a hollow ground blade with no set in the teeth and use a sled. He made one that has a masonite base. Each side of the masonite can be tapped into the blade to creat a zero clearance cut and this results in no splinttering of the stock cut.

A piece of wood can be hollowed out by running it perpendicular across the blade. Various shapes can be done this way (See photos)

We decided on a serving tray project..Japanese style curved tray.

This is done using layers of plywood eg one 1/4 inch and one 1/8 inch piece. The finished thickness needs to be able to accept screws for the feet so don't have it too thin.
These are glued together on a caul that can be adjustable. Use yellow glue. After the clamps are tightened, wait a few minutes and undo them since the plywood pieces slide on the first tightening. Reposition them and retighten.

The photos show the jigs used to do this.

The feet are cut from a hardwood like walnut..a contrasting color.

The project will be about 14 x 11 inch .

The feet will be 8 1/8 x 2 1/8 with a curved profile.
The feet are positioned 3 3/4 inches from the end of the tray.

Use a piece of stock about 7/8 thick to do this.

Leo will buy the necessary plywood and lend us the jig to make the glue-up.

We want this done before Xmas.

Curved serving tray