| Project by Jim Jakosh | posted 01-17-2022 06:42 PM | 743 views | 0 times favorited | 25 comments |  |
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This is an unfinished tray I was commissioned to build for a friend in another park where they don’t have a shop.
The center section is made of 3 planks of 1” thick willow acacia and the strips are maple. The side rails are 1/2” x 2” pecan wood and they stick up 3/8” on the top side. It is 20 3/4 ” x 32” and 2”
The planks are joined with #20 biscuits and the rails are doweled to the planks. It will stay in Arizona instead of traveling to Oregon with them. I was concerned about movement of the planks and he said will will seal the entire tray top and bottom.
Cheers, Jim
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James E McIntyre
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#1 posted 01-17-2022 06:47 PM
Nice tray Jim. Should be stable with those #20 biscuits. What’s the overall size?
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Jim Jakosh
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#2 posted 01-17-2022 06:50 PM
Thanks, James It is 20 3/4 ” x 32” and 2”..I added that to the description….........Cheers, Jim
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#3 posted 01-17-2022 07:05 PM
those planks have their own story going on – lotta character
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#4 posted 01-17-2022 07:30 PM
That’s a large one. Is he going to use it to display items for sale?
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lew
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#5 posted 01-17-2022 07:46 PM
Pretty tray! That’ll hold a bunch of beers!!
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#6 posted 01-17-2022 08:09 PM
Extraordinary wood combination…stripes look great!
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Eric
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#7 posted 01-17-2022 09:12 PM
Beautiful tray Jim, the grain is really showing off there. Great job.
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#8 posted 01-17-2022 09:47 PM
Nice looking tray.
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doubleDD
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#9 posted 01-17-2022 09:49 PM
Beautiful tray with a great selection of wood. Is that the wood their chose or your choice?
You guys should set up a sign in the other park, drum up more business, or not. LOL
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corelz125
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#10 posted 01-17-2022 10:18 PM
Nice looking grain on those boards Jim. Nice contrast also
Dave Polaschek
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#11 posted 01-17-2022 10:19 PM
That’s a beautiful tray, Jim!
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splintergroup
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#12 posted 01-17-2022 10:35 PM
Jimbo goes jumbo! 8^)
Great wood selection, the maple breaks up the usual alignment issues had with single wood type glue ups. I cant imagine that that would be carried (serving tray), but certainly could carry an entire meal for a large group.
Beauty!
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#13 posted 01-18-2022 02:23 AM
Very nice. I like the color contrast. Is this for a table top of some sort?
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#14 posted 01-18-2022 03:44 AM
Beautiful tray Jim. Nice work
Is it a “special purpose” tray. seems pretty large.
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#15 posted 01-18-2022 04:09 AM
Good looking tray Jim! Nice wood also!
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