I saw this project in the December, 2009 / January, 2010 Issue of Wood Magazine and thought that it would make nice Christmas gifts for my wife, two daughters and my daughter-in-law. I had never before attempted to make anything without square or angled corners other than on a lathe. I thought….this would give me that opportunity to learn some new skills.
I did end up making four of these trays and used hard maple for the 1 1/2” thick middle sections of the trays and walnut on the tops and bottoms.
I have the complete build story and photos on the Projects pages of my website at: http://www.oldaveswoodshop.com/Snack...%20Project.php if you would like to read about the process that I went through making these trays (or you can see how it was done if you own a copy of the mentioned issue of Wood magazine). At any rate, I had fun and gained many blisters making the trays.
Dave
http://www.oldaveswoodshop.com