A Basic Cherry Tray

[Mark Maleski]

The spousal unit requested a tray for tea &tc. I had some cherry shorts set aside for a project like this. Dimensions for the tray were made to accommodate our plates...not really sure what that ended up being, as I used a story stick throughout.

This was a nearly 100% neander project - only exception was that I used a planer to get desired thickness.

Mark

[Dave Verstraete]

Mark
Great looking tray! I'm sure that she will love it!

[John Thompson]

Clean.. simple.. functional which leads to quiet beauty!

[gary Zimmel]

Nice job on the tray Mark.

[glenn bradley]

Basic is good. Simple elegant design. Very nice indeed.

[John Keeton]

Very nice, and I like the beveled bottom - neat little "extra."

[Jacob Griffith]

Very nice, thanks for posting.

[Keith Christopher]

Well done. This 'simple' tray, will be around for generations

[John Olson]

Nicely done

[Jack Camillo]

Beautiful. Nicely executed.

[Michael Weber]

love the grain on the tray bottom. Bookmatched?

[Mark Maleski]

Thnaks all for the compliments! Michael, the bottom isn't bookmatched, but I cut both pieces from the same board that I had set aside due to the nice grain. I still have about 5 lf left of that board (IIRC it's about 8" wide), so should be able to get a few more panels out of it.

Mark

[Brian W Evans]

Mark,

Beautiful work! What finish did you use?

[Prashun Patel]

Nothing basic about that. I prefer the adjective 'elegant'. It's clean and feels very warm to me. Subtle nods to quality on the joints.

I gotta say, though, I like the beveled BOTTOM the best. I mean, that's really innovative.

[lou sansone]

nice looking tray - very practical
lou

[Brian Hughner]

Mark,

I agree with everyone else, very nice work on this tray. I'm curious, what finish did you use, and what are the dimensions for the tray?

Brian

[Mark Maleski]

Thanks again, everybody. Finish was several (3?) coats Watco Wiping Varnish followed by 2 coats of wax. Like I said, "basic."

Mark