MFT table top shop trays
How many times have I got to the assembly stage of a project only to scatter screws, washers, dominos, shelf supports, router bits or other odds and ends on top of my MFT table - only to have them roll/fall into a MFT hole requiring me to hunt them down on the shop floor. Finally decided to end the hunting.
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MFT tray.svg.svg
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Materials
10 x 13 piece of 3/4 Birch Ply for 2 trays
Bench dog
Tools
Shaper studio
Shaper Origin
8 mm bit
Sander
Thickness gauge.
Work Station optional.
Instructions
1. Design rectangle for preferred tray size. I chose 6”x 5”. I used Studio but I think you could do it on the machine. 2. Scan, grid and place design on the piece. Copy and place second tray. You could also use WorkStation for one piece at a time. 3. Cut 20 mm hole using helix mode to depth of plywood. (Minus .02 mm) 4. Cut pocket on the top. I used 4.25” x 5.25” pocket. I made miy depth 1/2 of plywood thickness. (8.75 mm) 5. Made an outside cut using Auto Pass to free the tray from the plywood. My depth was .02 mm less than the thickness of the plywood. 6. Cut the two trays free from the plywood using a sharp knife. Only .02 mm thickness cut with knife. Saves the top of my support board. As noted you could make one tray at a time on the WorkStation. Sand as needed. **. I considered making a short 20mm stub tenon/bench dog to glue into the tray but decided against it as I might occasionally use the tray to lay flat on a different work surface and can now remove the inserted bench dog. I also chose a single 20 mm anchor hole as I wanted to be able to spin the tray in different directions.