Handmade Wooden Serving Tray: Easy DIY Project for Beginners

Simply elegant design ready for your own customization.

[@jeffnix3307]

You need to cut back a tad on the Red Bulls. Good build.

[@MakingSawdust]

Haha! Thanks for watching

[@jeffnix3307]

I subscribed.

[@MakingSawdust]

Awesome! Thanks Jeff!@@jeffnix3307

[@vricxchet9662]

I remember asking about your yt channel while I was working out, and you were so stoked about it. I just love that

[@MakingSawdust]

I remember that! I have to get started today on the next project so I have it out by this Sunday. Thanks for watching!

[@dmstrat]

good work. Thank you for keeping it up.

[@MakingSawdust]

Thanks for watching!

[@SkullyBones6]

Very nice build, I enjoy it

[@MakingSawdust]

Thank you!

[@schuylerthomas5965]

I wish I had all the tools you have. I don’t have any of these tools to make this

[@MakingSawdust]

Thanks for watching! There is always a way. Change the design a bit and you can do it with a circular saw, jig saw and a drill. Add a trim router and you can make rabbets if you want. I didn’t always have these tools, I collected them over years.

[@paulsenstudio]

@@MakingSawdust Love your videos, but I agree, adding rabbets, dados and grooves like this is quite a bit beyond an "Easy DIY Project for Beginners." But it's all relative, I realize. I'm pretty good at functional, structural projects often on a larger scale like... fences, raised planter beds, and decent indoor bookshelves... On the other hand, fine woodworking and cabinetmaking skills are a different thing... techniques like rabbets, dados, and grooves for precise joinery in fine woodworking... I guess it all depends what you mean by "beginners"... beginners in using wood? No. Beginners in cabinetry? Sure!

[@MakingSawdust]

Very well said. Perhaps I should make a video that focuses on rabbets and dados. My own opinion is that they are easier than most believe, but I've been using them as a go to method for years, so I'm certainly biased. Thank you for watching and taking the time to give feedback!@@paulsenstudio

[@stevenmorris2293]

Beginners 😮

[@MakingSawdust]

Thanks for watching Steven! A bit too complicated?

[@anitachristy8874]

I love your energy!!! What did you use for the bottom of the tray? Just plywood?

[@MakingSawdust]

Thank you for watching! I used 1/4 inch plywood for the bottom. Keeps the weight down and with it locked into dados on all sides it is plenty strong enough.

[@anitachristy8874]

@@MakingSawdust I subscribed, I’m just starting out so I appreciate you taping these things.

[@Dcreed76]

How tall did you make those sides and ends?

[@MakingSawdust]

The sides on this tray are 1 and 3/4, but on the next tray I reduced it down to 1 and 5/8 and I like that even better. It gives a small step down from the end to the side. The ends were 2 and 7/8. I think that was just the dimension the wood came out to after cleaning all the edges up. Thanks for watching!

[@Dcreed76]

Thanks a ton for the reply. I may knock a few of these out this weekend. Appreciate it!

[@asifabbas9896]

Which wood is this

[@MakingSawdust]

Just pine if I remember correctly.

[@user-yd6ti1sz1j]

No safety glasses????

[@MakingSawdust]

Thank you for your concern.

[@renushanz]

Great.. will u send me a drawing?

[@MakingSawdust]

Thank you for watching! Unfortunately, I don't have any drawings for this tray. Don't let dimensions rule your build with this one. Use what you have and if you don't like the end product make alterations next time. My first trays had a completely different handle design that I will never go back to.