A client of mine has invited us to celebrate the new home I designed for her. I am making long tray as a house warming gift. The wood is quarter sawn oak and Wenge legs. This tray is 5' long and is made from solid stock. The top is extruded on the router table using a bowl bit and lots of passes(lots of sawdust too). I always try to get the trays as thin as I can...this one is about 5/16" in the center. I am about 5 hours into the project at this point. The wenge legs were cut on the bandsaw and shaped on the spindle sander. The joinery is a wedged thru mortise...the diagnol wedge is oak. The legs are revealed from the tray to create a floating appearance...this is accomplished in shaping the legs. It is sanded to about 180 grit now . I will now take it to 400 Grit and carefully shape the edges . All the edges are softly rounded which gives it a "touch me" look. I have made many similar trays but each is different. I will finish it with Tried and True and I will post the final pics when its done.
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