Spice Tray

Instructions

1) Cut board to size 180x240 mm 2) Mount to workstation, use grid and position cutouts 3) Mill holes/pockets: especially the long vials (approx 200 mm) are a bit tricky as mine had high tolerances (16 mm +-0.2 mm) and a gap larger than 0.2-0.3 mm quickly causes quite visible angle errors. So look for the tolerance range and adjust the diameter with the offset function - 8 mm bit for deep holes (diameter 16 mm: helix function to cut to 30 mm depth with 1 mm offset, then finish to final dimension - 16 mm bit for the 30 mm (depth 15-20 mm depending on vial length) and 62 mm pockets (10 mm deep). Pretty straight forward, no tolerances issues there. Depending on your vial length adjust depth of cut. When building a 2nd time I would cut the 30 mm holes less deep for optical/accessibility reasons. 4) Use 60 deg engraving bit to chamfer all holes (I did 0.7 mm depth for the smaller holes); change type of cut directly on Shaper to „On Line“ 5) Remove from workstation 6) Optional front engraving: Reclamp on workstation, create text and position directly on the Shaper Origin and mill it out (I used 1.5 mm depth with the 60 deg engraving bit). In retrospect I would have positioned it centrally or aligned with 62 mm cutout, and instead of „SPICESTATION“ I would have written „SPICE|ST∆TION“. Anyway, use text of your personal preference. 7) Remove from workstation 8) Use an edge router or table saw to create 45 deg edges all around 9) Fill text engraving with wood cement or spray paint. After drying sand down 10) Sand up to 180-240 grit, raise grain, finish sanding 240-320. 11) Surface finish. I used food-friendly neutral-color wax (2x with sanding in between) 12) After surface finishing I realized a bit of reduction of the 16 mm holes due raised grain inside the holes. I used a Dremel to sand it to final diameter; manual sanding could work as well but will take a bit of time