wood – Graeme Skinner

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.

First of the year (1/25)

Graeme Skinner — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 15:37:02 +0000

Managed to finish the first box of the year, a writing slope with a book matched burr lid and Maple for the rest.

Memories

Graeme Skinner — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 13:52:48 +0000

Memory box time, this one was made as a wedding gift for my niece, and was made from three different woods – Walnut for the two side pieces, Ash for the front and back pieces, then Oak for the lid. For the hinges I used some more of the Walnut, no metal fixing were used on the actual box, though screws were used to fix the name plate inside the lid.

The Wave

Graeme Skinner — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 13:20:18 +0000

Far too many years ago I bought a piece of wood, it wasn’t a large piece of wood but it had very nice grain, it was labelled Tiger Striped Oak not one I’d heard of but I thought would make a nice box lid. Fast forward 15-20 years and I start to plane the wood only to discover a rather unfortunate split, wood being rather expensive these days and still liking the grain I attacked it with an arbotech blade I’d borrowed from my dad. The blade is one of those bits of kit where you check for spurting blood whenever you’ve used it, but, for all it can make you a little nervous in use the results are rather good. For the body of the box I used some remnants of Beech wood that I bought around the same time as I bought the Tiger Striped Oak.

The Wave – 26.5cm x 14cm x 9.5cm