{"id":5251,"date":"2025-12-26T10:54:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T09:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=5251"},"modified":"2025-12-26T10:54:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T09:54:30","slug":"fun-with-a-plane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/2025\/12\/fun-with-a-plane\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun with a plane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;t have my planer\/thicknesser working which meant the timber had to be planed and dimensioned by hand&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>The Oak was really nice to plane&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/planing1-1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/planing1-1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/planing1-1200-487x365.jpg 487w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/planing1-1200-840x630.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/planing1-1200-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Though it wasn&#8217;t as fun to plane as this Maple&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5253\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/planing2-1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/planing2-1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/planing2-1200-487x365.jpg 487w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/planing2-1200-840x630.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/planing2-1200-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the end we had a nice pile of shavings to get the fire started for a few days \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5254\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/shavings-1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/shavings-1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/shavings-1200-494x365.jpg 494w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/shavings-1200-840x620.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/shavings-1200-768x567.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>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&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5255\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5255\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5255 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/191225-1-1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/191225-1-1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/191225-1-1200-517x365.jpg 517w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/191225-1-1200-840x593.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/191225-1-1200-768x542.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5255\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Serving board, I forgot to measure it before we wrapped it, however the longer edge was around 42cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/191225-4-1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/191225-4-1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/191225-4-1200-365x365.jpg 365w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/191225-4-1200-840x840.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/191225-4-1200-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was finished in several coats of food safe mineral oil and rubber feet added to the bottom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;t have my planer\/thicknesser working which meant the timber had to be planed and dimensioned by hand&#8230;. 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