TV Tray Rack

[brian zawatsky]

Quick little weekend project I did over the Christmas break. We have a set of cheap TV trays my wife bought forever ago. I replaced the tops 5 or 6 years ago with mahogany (a huge improvement from painted MDF), and a few weeks ago the rack that the tables nest on broke. It was cheap - I'm shocked it lasted so long.
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Didn't take too many pics, but I'll share what I have. Lumber is white ash (mostly rift grain) and was milled with machinery. With the exception of a bandsaw to rough out the curves, everything else was done with hand tools.

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[brian zawatsky]

Rest of the pics:

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(mainly just to show off this beautiful tenon saw )

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Haven't put any finish on it yet, will most likely use Waterlox urethane cut down into a wiping varnish. Leaves a beautiful satiny finish with a sprayed look. Thanks for looking!

[Mark Rainey]

Well done Brian. Those cheap TV trays are so useful but not the prettiest. Your mahogany tops & new rack make them fashionable - perhaps a new product line? Mark

[brian zawatsky]

Well done Brian. Those cheap TV trays are so useful but not the prettiest. Your mahogany tops & new rack make them fashionable - perhaps a new product line? Mark

Thanks Mark. If it were to become a new product line, the hand tools would have to be put away. I'd be writing CNC programs to cut all the joinery, and making templates to reproduce the curves on a shaper. Otherwise they'd be so expensive no one would buy them LOL

[Mark Rainey]

Thanks Mark. If it were to become a new product line, the hand tools would have to be put away. I'd be writing CNC programs to cut all the joinery, and making templates to reproduce the curves on a shaper. Otherwise they'd be so expensive no one would buy them LOL

True Brian.

[Kevin Beitz]

Years ago I made my own trays. I did not like anything on the market...