wood – Graeme Skinner

Moonshot

Graeme Skinner — Mon, 04 May 2026 11:41:37 +0000

Well, more precisely one small step…

This is a small step to be used in the kitchen to reach those higher shelves, made as a housewarming gift for a friend. It’s made from oak (with the exception of two small walnut pegs), the joints are all hand cut as I wanted to try and see if I could do them all without assistance the text on top was engraved on the laser. I decided to add some rubber feet to stop it sliding around.

Dimensions are 36cm wide, 16cm deep, and 21cm high.

Stepping up

Graeme Skinner — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:05:39 +0000

A little step to help folk onto a massage table, the top is Elm and the legs Oak, logo was engraved with the laser do da.

Box #3 (Kai)

Graeme Skinner — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:24:12 +0000

When a friend lost their beloved pooch I decided to make a little box to keep some of his ashes in, I ended up making a personalised lid with a dog tag on, and made a sliding lid for a change.

Lid is made from Wenge and the sides from Ash.

Fun with a plane

Graeme Skinner — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 09:54:30 +0000

We thought it would be a good idea to make a charcuterie board as a Christmas gift, I had some nice timber that was waiting for the right project but I still don’t have my planer/thicknesser working which meant the timber had to be planed and dimensioned by hand….

The Oak was really nice to plane…

Though it wasn’t as fun to plane as this Maple….

In the end we had a nice pile of shavings to get the fire started for a few days

Laying out the timber we decided not to use the maple and went with some Oak, Ash, and Walnut. Once it was glued up, scraped to a nice surface, edges rounded over it was time to zap it on the laser…

Serving board, I forgot to measure it before we wrapped it, however the longer edge was around 42cm

It was finished in several coats of food safe mineral oil and rubber feet added to the bottom.

Box 6

Graeme Skinner — Sun, 17 Aug 2025 09:22:30 +0000

A box from three nice pieces of wood, the oak lid and holly band are from a local Cumbrian source, the walnut is the remnants of a plank I purchased many moons ago. It was finished in oil and several coats of wax. Outer dimensions are 27cm wide, 16cm deep, and 9cm high.

Box 5

Graeme Skinner — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 18:54:31 +0000

I had a piece of Burr Oak which was calling out to be used, so I decided it would make a nice box lid inset. The sides we made from Maple with some Purpleheart splines in the corners.

Closed dimensions 15x15x15cm

Charcuterie #2

Graeme Skinner — Thu, 08 May 2025 15:34:19 +0000

Another attempt at a charcuterie board, this time using some different woods, Elm, Purpleheart, and Walnut….

Hobbits and food…

Graeme Skinner — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 14:48:52 +0000

There’s obviously a connection between Hobbits and food, so here’s a Hobbity themed charcuterie board made out of a piece of Elm.

Writing time

Graeme Skinner — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 14:54:53 +0000

Well, not really, decided to try turning a pen, the wood was from a tree that came down in storm Arwen in 2021, the box is from some oak offcuts.

Don’t judge a book

Graeme Skinner — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:00:23 +0000

A different approach to a box, this time in the form of a stack of books. Lid is Elm, the larger book in the stack is Lime, and the smaller (bottom) book is Oak, the inside is lined with Steamed Pear.