Serving tray gift idea for festive season

[JoeAzza]

I had some floating floor timber left over that I as given to me recently, I have already made a serving tray with left over floating floor boards, I thought it would be good to make one as gift for a family member, this is is made using a lighter timber (mess mate look) and tas oak for the sides. 

This would be an easy project if you want make the tray as a gift for the Festive Season

This is the one I made previously.

Materials

Floating floor boards

Tasmanian oak for the sides 

Stainless countersunk screws

Waterproof glue

Tools

Steps

Step 1

My tray has box joints , however, you could glue and screw the corners instead.

Step 2

The handle slots can be cut out using a jig saw and then filed and sanded.

Step 3

I stained the inside of the rails with Japan black , then used clear water based varnish to finished the sides.

Step 4

i glued and cut to size the the floor boards then used stainless countersunk screws to assemble the side did the tray to the base.

[MitchellMc]

Your serving tray is truly impressive, @JoeAzza! The mix of the darker stain and lighter Tasmanian oak, coupled with the attention to detail like box joints and handle slots, makes it a beautifully crafted and thoughtful gift idea for the festive season. I trust the lucky person who receives it will be very thankful.

Fantastic work, and many thanks for sharing!

Mitchell

[Tyro]

Hi @JoeAzza 

They are such beautiful trays!  Congratulations on a job that the Fine Woodworkers would be proud of!  And such a  lovely recycle job for the leftover floorboards too!  👏👏

Cheers 🤗

[JoeAzza]

Hi @Tyro 

Thank you, I made this tray in between repairing and painting my weatherboard house, I had to do something while the paint was drying, it’s also relaxing doing a bit of woodwork, 😀 

[Tyro]

Good on you @JoeAzza !

But outside in the crazy  weather our big brown land is experiencing?!  Hmmm!  No wonder you wanted to do some woodworking!  😂