Angled sides for tray

No Idea…..

But interested in the answer myself

Bruce

I made a couple and used 20° for the bevel

-- I meant to do that!

Art

I have made a number of trays and the rule that I follow is to set my miter gauge to 75 1/2 degrees and tilt my blade to 43 1/4.

I have a couple of older plans I can send you that show the details

Steve

-- Measure twice and cut once.....sneak up on it! Steve Lien

Roy Underhill did one on a show some time back, that was a tool tote, and as I remember it was near a 45.
Then another time he did a household tray that had 30 degree sides.
So my guess is that what ever angle your comfortable with and pleases the eye would be correct. ???

-- Grumpy old guy, and lookin' good Doin' it. ... Surprise Az.

Sides are all 90. The handle I think is 45 or so.

-- Made in America, with American made tools....Shopsmith

I made this tray for my mother-in-law and I’m pretty sure I used 20, not for any particular reason, but just what looked good to me.

-- “I never in my life thought I would have to say this, but the proper role of government is not to fund the distribution of crack pipes,” Lauren Boebert

Ghidrah, thanks for the info.

Steve, those angles work out to about 15 degrees.

Mike, you are right, but I was being lazy and didn’t want to draw a bunch of plans then try to pick one if the answer was already available. :/

Jack, that is a fantastic tray. Did you cut the veneer yourself?

Big, thank you. Another nice looking tray and well made.

Based on this sample, it looks like 20 degrees is most common. I will draw that out and see how it looks to me.

I appreciate the guidance. :)

-- Art

When I was in JHS shop class Mr. Toll , (teacher) had the class build one, everyone in the class used these prefabbed blocks with the cutting angles cut into them on 2 sides. It made it easier to get the angles, and if I recall we used butt joints like BigBlockYeti’s example above but ours had a handle and didn’t look as good as his or Jumbojacks.

-- I meant to do that!

A friend quit woodworking, he HATED sanding. He had hundreds of square ft of veneer and a vacuum press. He dropped it off at my house when I was not home. I tried to pay him, or offered to build him something. Nope enjoy it was all he said.
I do cut some of my own veneer but none of it is as nice as the stuff he gave me.

-- Made in America, with American made tools....Shopsmith

Wow! That is a FRIEND! If you ever think that you might be starting to hate sanding, let me know. :D

-- Art