Make a Serving Tray — September 1 & 8
September 1 @ 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
$125.00 – $150.00
Beginner · No Experience Needed
Build a cherry serving tray with real casework joinery — and take it home ready to use.
Schedule: Two Tuesday evenings — September 1 and 8, 2026 — 5:30–8:30 pm
What you’ll learn
The serving tray is the first project on our ladder that people immediately want to give away. It looks like furniture, it lives on a coffee table instead of a shop shelf, and it teaches you the joints that show up in every box, drawer, and cabinet you’ll ever build.
You’ll learn:
- Reading a cut list and milling stock to dimension
- Cutting rabbeted corner joints on the table saw
- Cutting a stopped groove to capture a panel bottom
- Squaring an assembly during glue-up
- Easing edges with a round-over bit
- Applying a food-safe finish
- Installing hardware cleanly, after the finish is on
The cherry tray you’ll build and take home — 18¾” × 14¾”, with stainless bar pulls.
Who it’s for
Anyone. No experience needed. If you’ve built with us before, this is the class where your joinery starts looking intentional; if this is your first time in a shop, you’ll be walked through every cut. It’s also a genuinely good gift project, which is worth knowing in October.
What’s included
- All lumber, plywood, hardware, and finish
- All tools and equipment
- Expert instruction in a small group
- Your finished serving tray to take home
How it runs
Two evenings · 3 hours each. Mill, cut, and join in the first session; assemble, sand, finish, and mount hardware in the second. The glue and the finish get a full night to cure between sessions, which is honestly how the tray wants to be built.
Class size is limited to 4 students.
