Hey guys. How's it going. Today I’m going to show you how I made this awesome pumpkin tray just in
time for the holidays. We do have the files available on our website so be sure to check
those out. Without further ado let's get to it. Starting on a new project here to make a pumpkin
tray. First thing that I needed to do was get the piece stuck down to the
StepCraft M.1000 CNC machine using some X-fasten brand double-sided tape.
This piece of walnut was actually salvaged from a sawmill and it was in their burn pile
if you can believe it. The grain on this piece is absolutely incredible, but this RC-2265 is going
through here and just leveling off that surface, that way we have a nice surface to start with.
It's been a while since I’ve actually had the piece, so we needed to get it nice and flat.
Now that that is done we can get the sawdust all brushed off and then I’ll just pop the
grain with some water here, and you can see some of that beautiful grain already.
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forget to follow us on Instagram @ToolsToday. So I’m picking up the 46143 332nd inch radius
point roundover bit. We're just going to use this to add a roundover over the entire profile on
the inside and outside of the tray. So it's just going through here in a single pass to create that
and it does a really nice job. It's definitely easier to do on the CNC with all of these smaller
pieces here and without a whole lot of support on the material itself. So doing this on the
CNC definitely saves a couple of steps later. So we went through the entire profile on the
inside, leaving perfectly clean cuts throughout the project, even though most of this is going
across the grain on walnut, which is definitely not easy to do, to leave a nice chip-out-free cut.
So after that we got the outside profile done as well and we'll get the bit switched out with
the auto tool changer for the 45982 three-quarter inch diameter bull bit. This bit has a nice radius
at the bottom, it's a quarter inch radius, so it leaves a really nice smooth bottom. We're going up
through here in several passes to get down to the final one inch depth that I had cut on this tray,
and it did a really nice job creating those chips. This is exactly what we want to see;
we want to see chips, not sawdust. When you're making chips that means that you're
cutting efficiently and not continuing to recut those chips creating the sawdust.
So we have a lot of chips here you can see all of the chips that were created here
so we just need to go through and get all of that picked up with a dust collector. So we got all
of that all vacuumed up. I use these chips in the woods basically to help me make paths, or maintain
paths, through the woods that we walk on. So anyways we got the bit dropped back off
and picked up the 46315-K quarter inch diameter up-cut bit. We're just going to go through on
the profile and cut everything all out. This bit is not large enough to be able to cut
through the inch and a half thick material but we're going to go down one inch which is
the cut height of the bit. And you really don't want to go any lower than the cut height of the
bit as it can cause some burning issues as the actual flutes are not touching the wood itself.
So we got that vacuumed off then we can get it pulled off of the CNC and taken over to
the band saw where we can get the rest of it all trimmed off. Basically I’m just going
around this outside profile and cutting off the excess material there. That way we can
get it all trimmed up on the router table. So I’ve got the 47092 quarter inch diameter
flush trim bit and this bit can get into all of those pockets that are left with the
quarter inch bit that we cut everything out. So it did a really nice job trimming all of
that up. We'll go back and do a second cleanup pass just to make sure I didn't miss anything,
and now that that is done we're going to get the inside of the tray all sanded.
I got some 220 grit sandpaper here on a gator micro zip and it does a nice job
sanding everything down with a couple seconds of sanding, and then I’ll get the bottom of the
tray rounded over using the MR-0110 332nd inch radius miniature round over bit. So this has a
3/16 inch diameter ball bearing on it and it can get into all of those smaller areas.
Most roundover bits have a much larger bearing that definitely does not fit into those areas.
So this is going to be a nice profile to match the top of the board and definitely gives a really
nice look to the bottom of it to match that top. So that is done and the SawStop router table is
amazing there's absolutely no dust left on here so I definitely enjoy that. But
this is all done. Now we can get it signed on the bottom just like I always do with
all these pieces. Then we'll get it finished. I’m using some Odies’s Oil here. I absolutely
love the grain of this walnut. It's crazy to me to just believe that somebody was going to
burn this in a burn pile. The grain on here is absolutely spectacular, and I definitely really
like the way that it looks. It's one of the nicer pieces of walnut that I’ve seen. I also
really like the way that the sapwood comes out and this Odie's Oil does a really nice job bringing
out the grain of this wood as you can see here. So this is a process; basically we wipe it on
and then I let it sit on the material for about 40 minutes. It can go up to 24 hours but we let
it sit on there and then we're able to get it all buffed off as well, and it gives a really
really nice matte finish to the piece while also bringing out the grain of the wood like crazy.
So this one we let sit, so we can get it all buffed off now. It's really easy to buff off
and it's a really nice food-safe finish as well. So we definitely really like using
Odies’s Oil for these trays. We do sell that on our website so be sure to check that out there.
As I said before, this piece is absolutely stunning, the grain is amazing and it
definitely looks really nice as a tray and shows off everything. Really happy
with the way that this one turned out. So Caity wanted to do a ninja scene,
and wanted to sneak in and sneak some pieces of candy. So we're going to let her finish this out.
This was all kind of her idea and she definitely really enjoyed it and she loves the tray. So
anyways that's all that really matters. So anyways definitely check out those plans
on our website if you're interested in making this yourself. It's a really fun project and
I definitely enjoyed the making it and enjoy the way that it looks. So hopefully you guys
enjoyed this one. We will catch you guys back out here on the next one. Have a great day everybody.
Are you stealing candy? I WAS stealing candy!
It was you stealing the candy! Is it good candy? Yummy!
Do you like your new candy tray? Yes, so I can eat candy all day.
Thanks for watching, have a good day.
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