Keep picks within reach between songs. Try a compact guitar-shaped holder, a larger plywood tray or carved pickup details, then draw a simple pocket tray in Easel.
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Start from a blank workpiece
For a simple rectangular pick tray, draw a 4 × 3 inch outline and a 3 1/2 × 2 1/2 inch pocket inside it. The pocket sits 1/4 inch from each edge. Set its depth to 1/4 inch; this recording uses 0.759 inch walnut stock, leaving just over 1/2 inch underneath. The native 3D preview shows the recessed tray while the editor keeps the two shapes separate.
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The recording creates an unsaved guest workpiece. It shows a basic rectangular pick tray, not the guitar silhouettes in the shared projects or a finished carve.
These trays differ in footprint, stock thickness and decoration. The original and its remakes show how one guitar-body idea can become several useful holders.
Stratocaster Guitar Pick Trayby Melvin Rooter WoodworksCarved pickup details make this walnut tray look more like an electric guitar. Melvin Rooter Woodworks shares five workpieces covering the pocket passes, engraving and perimeter. The final combined workpiece has different depth settings from the named passes; use the separate operations with the maker’s notes rather than treating them as interchangeable.
Guitar Pick Trayby John "jahsavi"Keep picks beside your guitar in a walnut tray with a double-cutaway outline. John used a guitar silhouette without the neck. His shared workpiece contains the pocket and outside profile. The design license allows noncommercial sharing and adaptations under the same terms.
Les Paul Pick Holderby Timothy WoodA smaller single-cutaway shape takes up less space on a practice table. Timothy Wood credits the design to @tinkirfx and lists walnut. The shared workpiece includes the outside profile and pocket in 3/4 inch stock.
Remake of Guitar traysby DrewDrew enlarged the guitar shapes and made them from birch plywood. The shared workpiece gives you two different outlines and their pockets in 1/2 inch stock. Choose one body shape for your picks, or make the pair for other small items as pictured.
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The linked threads cover pocket finishing and guitar-shape changes. Log in to add a question; a maker’s reply is not guaranteed.
Melvin Rooter Woodworks used the same 3/4 inch bowl cutter with a 40% stepover for roughing and 5% for finishing. The smaller finishing stepover gives the cutter more closely spaced passes across the pocket. That sequence is a useful starting point when the broad recessed surface matters more than getting the first pass smooth.
Project notes by Melvin Rooter Woodworks: read the source.
From Stratocaster Guitar Pick Tray by Melvin Rooter Woodworks.
Ask a questionIn John’s discussion, Anna Delia describes keeping the original pocket but replacing the outside outline with an acoustic-guitar shape. You can start with the recess you already like, then draw a different body around it. Leave enough wood between the new edge and the pocket instead of scaling both shapes together automatically.
Comment by Anna Delia: read the source.
From Guitar Pick Tray by John "jahsavi".
Ask a questionChoose a guitar silhouette or draw a pocket that fits your practice space.
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