TimberMedic

TimberMedic A retired Paramedic who loves crafting with wood. I can't cut a straight line so I make funky stuff.

What a hoot!My latest box. Beech facade with an Elm body. The wings are Beech with California Burl veneer from the Alpi ...
29/05/2026

What a hoot!

My latest box. Beech facade with an Elm body. The wings are Beech with California Burl veneer from the Alpi SpA Chocolate collection. The face is Beech with the California Burl but I did the accent around the eyes in Mahogany Burl veneer.

The beak is Ebony, a wee block I bought a while ago for a project that has long been forgotten 🙄. I wanted it finished as I have been avoiding the stained glass panels I need to get made for my Charles Rennie Mackintosh inspired cabinet, my last College project. No second year for me unfortunately, not sure if it's just my crafts or the market in general but sales have been awful. So it's back to the job market for me 😱 Anyone looking for an ex-paramedic who is pretty crafty 😏

Anyway, hope you like the owl, I am sure there are instructions online how to make something like this but I just thought I would wing it 😐

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New tool Wednesday! The sun is beating down, barely a breath of wind and hopefully the neighbours are out 😐Time to fire ...
27/05/2026

New tool Wednesday!

The sun is beating down, barely a breath of wind and hopefully the neighbours are out 😐

Time to fire up the new DEWALT thickness planer.

Ok I didn't actually get it today it was Saturday 😏

I had some gnarly 2.5 inch Oak that I ran through and got some amazing grain. Then I remembered I had a couple of old whisky barrel lid staves that I wanted to make into charcuterie boards and look what turned up 😱 It doesn't really translate well in the photos but this grain pattern is amazing, no idea what you would call it.

Then a wee photo dump, an Alpi SpA veneer owl with California Burl, partly complete. An oak sassy box I'm going to render with Shou Sugi Ban charring tomorrow and a door for the Charles Rennie Mackintosh cabinet I'm hoping to do stained glass panels for this weekend. My furniture Lecturer Scott made short work of cutting out the semi circles on the CNC yesterday. I'm trying to finish this before college closes in 2 weeks 😔

I love the workshop when it's like this 😍

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Once fallen and decay begins, fungus migrates into wood fibres. If caught at the right time this process can yield spalt...
23/05/2026

Once fallen and decay begins, fungus migrates into wood fibres. If caught at the right time this process can yield spalted timber. Too soon, no formation, too late complete decay and rot.

This piece of Spalted Beech hit the sweet spot. My wood guy Ripping Router CNC got in touch the other week and told me he had some in stock.

Due to drastically spiraling costs for one of the stores I sell through I am withdrawing and hoping to promote more online. I think I need to post more often and quirky content.

So... a "Mother and Child" box, original designer is John Traeger. My rendition has a chunky Sapele body and this wonderful Spalted Beech drawer front where the spalting carries through. It was thick stock so some feathering of the edges resulted in bold concave drawer fronts. Wee push holes in the back means the facade remains unspoiled.

I see it more mother with child, the long gentle curve of her back bent over due to the weight of the child she is carrying and protecting.

This still requires to be finished with more coats of oil and wax.

An unplanned wee trip to Fort William friday provided and opportunity for a drive north and a wonderful, if drizzly, backdrop.

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Earthquake box, some call it the cracked box but I think earthquake provides a more earthy description. A walnut facade ...
17/05/2026

Earthquake box, some call it the cracked box but I think earthquake provides a more earthy description. A walnut facade with Lichtenberg fractals.

Walnut is soooooo expensive just now but I wanted to see how this looked as its been a while. Cobalt blue and silver pearl resin to fill the fractals and sanded to 500 grit... crazy 🤪

I've not long acquired a walnut board from Ripping Router CNC in Greenock, a great source of timber. I want to try making a Nautilus box out of walnut 😱 The 2nd iteration is still gathering dust on the shelf as I am unable to price it, another made from walnut is now my pet project 😁

The paw boxes have been selling well I'm glad to say which us good as I am about to leave SDX 😕 Onto the next chapter 😁

If you hear heavy breathing it's nothing to do with the force, it's me wearing a respirator 😏

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Had a request for a spalted beech and acrylic stipple Chicago boxes. College and now bat surveys at night have limited m...
08/05/2026

Had a request for a spalted beech and acrylic stipple Chicago boxes.

College and now bat surveys at night have limited my time in the workshop but today I managed to oil up these two beauties.

The spalted beech was really p***y... almost too p***y and so very soft. One worked ok and turned out great, the other I decided to stabilise but not with resin but superglue. It soaks into the soft wood then hardens.

Sanded and then oiled. Just need 2 more coats and then some wax.

I just love the look of oiled spalted beech, to me it looks like tiger camouflage 🐅

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Paws for a moment if you will 😏A couple of cheeky wee boxes just finished and waxed. A wee single drawer box made from a...
24/04/2026

Paws for a moment if you will 😏

A couple of cheeky wee boxes just finished and waxed.

A wee single drawer box made from a lamination of Eucalyptus, Sapele, Iroko and Beech. The bigger box has an Iroko facade with Utile, Sapele and Beech.

Both finished with Danish oil and wax.

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02/04/2026

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I have just finished my 2nd iteration of the Nautilus Shell bandsaw box. A design by an ozzy Allan Williams I think, see...
28/03/2026

I have just finished my 2nd iteration of the Nautilus Shell bandsaw box. A design by an ozzy Allan Williams I think, seems his were so amazing they were presented as gifts to dignitaries and visiting Royalty I believe.

Not quite there yet but I must say I am very happy with this one. I've been working on developing a limited range of higher end boxes, with a view to approaching galleries, I think I would be
happy offering this one to a gallery 😁

It's a Sapele facade, then Iroko, Eucalyptus and finally Beech. The drawer handles were painstakingly carved into the front of each drawer using a combination of dremel, rasp and sanding and each drawer took around 90 minutes.

The drawers and housings are flocked with Nylon fibres to give them that velvety feeling 😏

I've only just finished it so only 1 coat of Danish oil but more to follow then some wax 😁

Let me know what you think 🤔

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A few weeks ago we had a guest speaker at the College from Alpi Veneers.I have to admit to being a purist when it comes ...
26/03/2026

A few weeks ago we had a guest speaker at the College from Alpi Veneers.

I have to admit to being a purist when it comes to working with wood and so consider plywood, laminates and chipboard as inferior materials.

This speaker, however, was both informative and entertaining, and as someone with a bit of an educational background, I consider these characteristics of a presentation very important.

A week later, a class mate Karl, informed me we could order free samples from the UK supplier Eden AngloVeneers... he had me at free...he had me at free... 😱

A few days later I received my sample pack and got to work on a couple of boxes. The first, a chicago box with Ebony veneer, something we thought we might send to the guest speaker as a wee thank you. Then the sassy box with the Alpi Celebes Ebony... seemingly from the Legacy Collection.

Beech body, with Ebony veneer drawer fronts. Finished with 2 coats of Danish oil and a coat of beeswax. Smooth as a baby's bottom.

What's not to love?

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Another day... another Dragon.This has to be number 6 or 7. I don't know why I keep making them as they take sooooooo lo...
27/02/2026

Another day... another Dragon.

This has to be number 6 or 7. I don't know why I keep making them as they take sooooooo long to sand. Easily 8 hours+ sanding just in one dragon, not to mention the milling of the lumber, the cutting, the shaping, the alternative drawer fronts and the fiddly wee drawer pulls which are problematic for my big paws... oh and the finish🤣

I think I probably continue to make them as a means of confirmation that I can still make intricate pieces 🤔 or maybe I'm just a closet dragon fan 🤷

Anyhoo... Beech body, Sapele facade, Wenge drawer fronts and Purpleheart drawer pulls. Not a bad combination as I like contrasting shades and colours of woods.

Now he (she 🤔) is off to their home at The Scottish Design Exchange in Edinburgh this morning. It's sunny out so hopefully a nice drive.

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