Decorative Tier Tray for Coffee Bar

📌 Recommended Materials

Coffee Signs & Bean Embellishments

• 3 mm Ash plywood (offset - rise & grind, second border coffee)
• 3 mm Cherry plywood (coffee beans, text, borders)
• 3 mm Pine plywood (first layer signs and coffee bean embellishment)

Optional: wood stain or paint if cutting everything from pine plywood to add dimension.
 

Tier Tray

• 6 mm Pine plywood or double-layer pine plywood 3 mm (stand and trays)
• 3mm Cherry plywood (tray edge)

Optional: wood stain or paint if cutting everything from pine plywood to add dimension.

Coffee Bean Bag

• Heat Transfer Vinyl in 3 browns (I used PU HTV and Glitter HTV)
• Linen / Muslin Drawstring bag
• Mini Heatpress

Double walled 304 Stainless Steel Espresso & Travel Cups

304 Stainless Steel with walnut heat protector

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🪚 Suggested xTool Settings

(Reference only — always test on your material first)

Coffee Signs & Bean Embellishments

Cut (“chosen plywood” 3 mm)

Score (“chosen plywood” 3 mm)

Engrave (“chosen plywood” 3 mm)

Tier Tray

Cut (“Pine plywood” 6 mm (structure & tray)) 

Score (“chosen plywood” 6 mm)

Cut (“chosen plywood” 3 mm (tray edge))

Coffee Bean Bag

Blade cut - Heat transfer vinyl

Double walled 304 Stainless Steel Cream Espresso cups 

RA2 Chuck - small arms 

Engrave (“40oz cream tumbler”)

Double walled 304 Stainless Steel Black Travel Cup

RA2 Chuck - long arms

Engrave (“40oz black tumbler”)

Bean Scoop

RA2 Chuck - Small arms 

Engrave (“walnut chopping board”)

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🧩 Assembly Steps (Detailed Process)

Coffee Signs & Bean Embellishments

Sort elements into groups based on the wood colours you have selected.

Turn output on only for the selected colour and ensure you turn output off before moving off the bed and placing the next layer on.

Cut all parts according to the file layout, auto measure and frame 

Clean all edges with white vinegar and microfibres cloth

Apply stain or varnish before final assembly if you haven’t used coloured plywood.

Assemble the individual letters first, aligning with the scoring onto offset, glue this to the base and add frames.

Tier Tray

Cut all parts according to the file layout, auto measure and frame

The tray edge can be cut together but you will find due to size every other piece will require to be cut individually 

Clean all edges with white vinegar and microfibres cloth

Place glue with a paint brush inside where the two parts of the frame connect, align carefully and apply pressure.

Apply glue to tray edges and align carefully to trays

Apply glue to the bottom of the tray supports on the frame and push down tray firmly.

Apply dab of glue to outside of frame edge and apply coffee bean embellishments.

Coffee Bean Bag

Cut vinyl according to file layout.

Weed vinyl 

Apply to Muslin bag with mini heat press using a teflon sheet to protect bag and every prior layer of vinyl

Double walled 304 Stainless Steel Cream Espresso cups

Install small chuck arm 

Measure widest circumference of cup & eye width so you can calculate length of text

Level cup on chuck spirit level or digital level

Manually measure laser height

Frame (ensure light settings are lowest and speed highest so framing does not score your cup) & engrave

Clean cup with an alcohol wipe or a magic eraser if needing a little extra.

Bean Scoop

Install small chuck arms opposite direction to how it holds a tumbler so your laser head will not hit your chuck arms

Measure widest circumference of handle 

Level handle in chuck with spirt level

Manually measure laser height

Frame (ensure light settings are lowest and speed highest so framing does not score your cup) & engrave

Double walled 304 Stainless Steel Black Travel Cup

Install long chuck arms

Measure widest circumference of cup & eye width so you can calculate length of text

Level cup on chuck spirit level or digital level

Manually measure laser height

Frame (ensure light settings are lowest and speed highest so framing does not score your cup) & engrave

Clean cup with an alcohol wipe or a magic eraser if needing a little extra.

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🛠️ Optional Tips

The coffee signs and bean embellishments can be perfect for those offcut pieces of wood you have in your studio / craft room 

I find the Gorilla wood glue works best for these types of projects and it adheres quickly