May the snacks be with you

Did you know there are some people walking around right now that have never seen Star Wars? It’s true, I’ve met some of them. I even work with some of them. I mean it’s not for me to tell anyone how to live their life… but that ain’t right :grin:

To make sure it doesn’t happen to my kids we’ve been having movie nights. And for the full experience you need snacks. I can’t remember when or why I came across this idea for a snack tray - but I thought the kids would think it was fun:

The first one I cut (top of the picture) was in foam core so I could properly visualise the size. More than once I’ve thought an offcut was big enough only to find it was juuuust a bit too small. The real thing is inch thick MDF using a bowl bit with 8mm radius for the dishes and then swapping to a regular 1/8 straight flute bit for the cockpit and cutting out.

Top tip - when you’re cutting an]t maximum depth make sure you consider the dust shoe or it may get caught and’ lol take a chunk out of the back of your work. I’ve left as a reminder of my dumbness.

The downside to using MDF was all the cut surfaces were now hairy. I flattened them as much as I could before painting but the whole thing just sucked up paint like a sponge. It makes me d]wonder iif you could burnish the cut surfaces with something?

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I did also get some birch ply and start making another one. But 2 challenges with that:

  • the depth needs to be spot on or you hit a transition between the layers
  • You need to make sure you have a bit long enough to cut it out :disappointed:

So solid wood is the way to go. I was in a charity shop that sells furniture the other day and they had a dining table for 10bux, I might go back and snag it and use the top.

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Nice!

And somtimes you only thought you made a snack tray :man_shrugging:

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Flames worked for the project i had a little chefs torche then burished with cotton dish rags. Then sealed with shellac and 320 or 600 paper then paint. The table top sounds neat but that is biger 2 person model?

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