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Classic Serving Trays

Cherry serving tray

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We offer our wooden serving trays in 4 American hardwoods; walnut, maple, cherry, and red oak. Strong and attractive, the corner joints of our serving trays are glued, then reinforced with walnut splines. Our wood serving trays are finished with three coats of satin, clear lacquer, which enables easy clean up of those inevitable spills.

The outside dimensions of our trays are 14" X 20".  Our solid wood sides are 9/16" thick. The handled ends are 2 1/4" tall and the height at the corner joints is 1 1/2".

"How do you do that?"
Customers (and other woodworkers) often ask us how we create the 1/32" maple "outline" around our walnut corner splines in our walnut and cherry serving trays. Well, it requires an intense amount of accuracy and patience. First, we cut the eight corner slots in the assembled serving tray at .250". Then we prepare the spline stock. We start with milling 2' long sticks to create "sandwiches" of .125" maple/.185" walnut/.125" maple, then glue .125" maple onto one edge of the sandwich. We then saw and sand the glued-up spline material to .250" thick and prepare the maple edge to .030" thick. We then glue the splines into the slots and sand them flush with the sides. It's a lot of work, but we feel that it's beauty is worth the effort.

Four Serving Trays.
Top to bottom; walnut, maple, cherry, oak.

Four Serving Trays. Top to bottom; walnut, maple, cherry, oak.