Mistakes were made, but hopefully more were avoided with this Thicc tray...
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Friend of mine asked me to make a tray similar to one that they already owned. However that tray had a massive cross-grain joint. Will it fall apart? Too soon to say, but I needed to come up with a different way to build the tray but also respect wood movement.

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Index
00:00 Intro
01:04 Wood Movement
03:24 Dressing Lumber
04:37 FIRST glue up
05:38 Mistakes were made
06:18 Epoxy Fill Knots
06:45 Dowelmax to align boards
07:02 2nd glue up
07:30 Cut the Ends
08:40 Glue On Lip
09:37 Add Hardware
11:06 Apply Finish
11:36 The Big Finish