Personal Tea Tray

For a last-minute gift, I gathered some wood leftovers, and got inspiration from two nice little door handles.

The result is a small, long and modern-styled personal tea tray.

Materials:
- mini door handles,
- wood bard,
- 3mm thick plywood.
- wood glue, linseed oil.


Tools:
- router,
- drill press,
- saw, sander.

Make the grooves with the router. Or buy wood bars with a groove already made.

Use a bit for 4 mm wide and 10 mm deep grooves.

WARNING! a router is an extremely dangerous tool. It rotates much faster than a drill, and can cause nasty wounds.
- Wear protection glasses and work gloves
- Tighten wooden parts in a very stable vise
- Hold router with both hands
- Exercise on some scrap wood

The plywood can be cut with a knife.
Cut the bars to length with a saw.

Add glue into the grooves, and where the side bars touch each other.

When dry, rectify with a sander. Optionally fill the holes with some wood filler or putty.

Mark the holes positions, drill them.
Drill a blind hole on the bottom side for the screw heads.

Apply linseed oil, wait, remove excess with a cloth.

Screw the handles. The screw may need to be cut to length.

That's it.

Wrap it in a nice present paper, together with some tea blends, and make someone happy!