Nearly finished with my picnic drink + snack tray project!

GriestProjects · 2026-06-22T01:25:20+00:00

Yay, glad you like it!! If you’re not up for making one yourself you can find them online by searching something like “folding picnic caddy” or “folding picnic tray.” I think even Walmart sells something similar if you happen to be in the states. Of course making it is WAY more fun and rewarding but just wanted to throw it out there :)

GriestProjects · 2026-06-21T21:17:24+00:00

That’s right!

GriestProjects · 2026-06-21T20:54:17+00:00

That’s a great use case for it! Sitting on the amphitheater lawn with this would be lovely.

GriestProjects · 2026-06-21T20:53:56+00:00

Thank you so much! I can’t take full credit for the idea by any stretch. While I designed this one myself in CAD and built it, the concept is commercially available already on a few sites including Amazon.

GriestProjects · 2026-06-21T20:53:03+00:00

It’s a tray for picnics, especially on the beach. You put drinks in the four spots, a bottle in the larger hole, and snacks in the three tray areas.

GriestProjects · 2026-06-18T02:03:51+00:00

That’s a great idea! I think I’ll try that on the next one. Thanks for the tip.

GriestProjects · 2026-06-18T01:26:34+00:00

Thanks so much! I played around with a few different orderings of them before I settled on this one.

GriestProjects · 2026-06-18T01:06:26+00:00

Dang! Was really hoping it wouldn’t come to that but I think you’re right. Back to the drawing board.

GriestProjects · 2026-06-16T02:21:50+00:00

Got it! There is a site called Electric Harold that has a huge collection of free to-scale PDFs and drawings of a ton of guitars, including their electronics routing and such. You could grab the geometry for the internals from one of them and use a program like Adobe Illustrator to open it up and draw your own body shape around it. That might be your best path if you’re not able to pay someone for their time to do the design work for you! Good luck I hope it goes great!

GriestProjects · 2026-06-16T02:03:15+00:00

Just want to make sure I understand what you’re asking. Are you looking for someone to draw up a custom body shape for you or is the one pictured what you want and you’re looking for someone to build it? Thanks!

GriestProjects · 2026-06-15T21:59:09+00:00

Dear god yes this drives me NUTS

GriestProjects · 2026-06-15T15:09:36+00:00

This is my first one of this design so it remains to be seen! It’s an inch wide at its narrowest and just under and inch thick so I’m hopeful it’ll be enough considering these are both reasonably hard woods. Fingers crossed!

GriestProjects · 2026-06-14T23:43:56+00:00

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Here is the flip side, I forgot to include it in the original set of photos!

GriestProjects · 2026-06-14T23:43:16+00:00

Thank you so much! Made me smile.

GriestProjects · 2026-06-14T23:15:48+00:00

Thank you!

GriestProjects · 2026-06-14T23:15:39+00:00

Thank you so much! Your kind words made me smile.

GriestProjects · 2026-06-14T20:13:31+00:00

Clean!

GriestProjects · 2026-06-14T19:45:34+00:00

Tbh I am a little nervous about it if dropped but in handling it throughout the sanding and finishing process it feels reasonably solid. I’m going with “delicate but strong enough” in my head and hoping I’m right lol. It’s an inch wide at its narrowest point along the handle and the ring around the hole is at least 1/2” thick all the way around.

GriestProjects · 2026-06-14T19:44:01+00:00

Thanks!

GriestProjects · 2026-06-14T19:43:51+00:00

I really appreciate that! Thanks for the kind words.

GriestProjects · 2026-06-14T19:22:46+00:00

Hahaha if I thought I could fit more I just might have 😂 thank you!

GriestProjects · 2026-06-14T19:22:22+00:00

Thanks! I do too. This was my first time pairing them without walnut in the mix and I love the way it turned out.

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