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
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?