TimberMedic

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

18/10/2026

It's another beautiful morning here in Quarriers Village so worthy of a follow-up post.

I delivered my coaster box options to the client yesterday morning and gave them the choice. A laminated Sapele box with etched copper drawer fronts finished with Danish Oil and beeswax or a laminated Beech body, hand wiped with Morrells black stain then sprayed with a lacquer/Morrells mix. Again with etched copper and a beeswax finish.

The coasters were Sapele with a black resin fill in Lichtenberg fractals. They seemed very happy with the choices even after I told them I had hoped to have three to choose from but the unfinished box in Oak which I planned to ebonise or render with Shou Sugi Ban charring hadn't progressed far enough 😪. I'm a wanna be over achiever who constantly underachieves 🤷

They went with the very Mackintosh esk version in monochrome which I get.

Shortly after dropping it off I sold the Sapele version to a returning customer 😱, a totally unexpected, but satisfying outcome.

I'm kinda hooked on the etching and thinking next a Wallace Monument style drwer front, maybe Edinburgh castle. Not sure if there would be too much detail but maybe a family coatbof arms as a copper etched drawer front 🤔

Thoughts...

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17/10/2026

Finished!

It's taken a bit of time but she's done.

The newest iteration of the Rennie Mackintosh inspired keepsake I made earlier in the year after visiting the Willow Tearoom in Glasgow.

The tall-backed tapering chairs inspired the shape and the original was black in line with much if the monochrome colour scheme. This version is natural Sapele with some lovely warm colouring.

The drawers are fronted with chemically etched copper plates in an AI designed Rennie Mackintosh theme. Liver of sulphur has been used to Patina the copper which has then had a clearcoat.

The box is finished with Danish Oil and beeswax.

The coasters (which it seems I now make 🤔) are resin filled Lichtenberg fractals and are finished with Osmo polyx.

If nothing else, Maple likes it 😊

Norton Abrasives Laguna Tools Titebond Original Artists Flocking Ltd Festool DEWALT The Mackintosh Tearooms NTS National Trust for Scotland

08/10/2026

A short process post just to keep engagement up 😊

This is a fairly long term project I'm getting close to finishing, a Rennie Mackintosh inspired 2 drawer box for coasters 🤔I've made one box like this but just as a keepsake, never thought about coaster.

Lichtenberg fractals and resin filled then cut on a CNC, I'm pretty accurate on the bandsaw but not that accurate 🤣, probably why I haven't bothered with them before.

The chemical etch of copper is really the last part of the project.

I've dusted off the cricut machine, something I thought about throwing out a while ago... glad I didn't, it really is a useful machine and this one is 6 years old.

Once etched it's cleaned then dropped multiple times into a solution of liver of Sulphur... who knew 🤷

There are so many different aspects to this box, normally I just glue wood together, cut out a shape and sand away.

Every day's a school day 😊

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$This one has been dragon on a bit... 😏Finally completed this commission of a Sapele Dragon with Lichtenberg fractals fil...$

04/10/2026

This one has been dragon on a bit... 😏

Finally completed this commission of a Sapele Dragon with Lichtenberg fractals filled with red w**e resin.

I do love the Dragon as a project once it's complete. As I am sanding it I hate it. I know hate is a strong word but with the Dragon... it's an accurate word 😏

I keep thinking I will find new techniques and approaches for sanding but I never do, it really is all down to time and patience, one of which I don't have.

Anyway she's done and will be dropped off this week. The other in the photo is a Dragon still on the shelf. Sapele facade, Beech body😏, Wenge drawer fronts and Purpleheart drawer pulls.

How many Dragons are too many Dragons. I've a partial completed one I am thinking of putting drawer fronts with copper etched scales on 😱 Also there is the Dragon with wings... but we won't mention that.

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25/09/2026

A bit of a shout out to the 1972 movie Deliverance starring Burt Reynolds. If you've seen it you will undoubtedly remember the epic dueling banjos scene but for me it's dual not dueling.

I was asked at a market a couple of weeks ago about making a banjo keepsake along the same lines as the violin and guitar I currently make. I had AI render a rights-free drawing I could use and then messed around with it. I made two versions to cover any major setbacks and ended up with the two boxes below.

The first is a Beech body, pyrography burned frets, a Sapele headstock, Ebony pegs and a couple of Purpleheart bridges.

The second version is again a Beech body with a ring of Sapele, the neck is slightly spalted Beech and again a headstock of Sapele. The pegs are Purpleheart this time, again with pyrography frets. This version also has a highly figured Spalted Beech back.

Both have flocked drawers and housings and each has had a couple of coats of Danish Oil.

Which is your favourite? I'll leave you hanging as to which the customer went for 🤔

Titebond Norton Abrasives Laguna Tools DEWALT Original Artists Cheryl Savage Flocking Ltd Festool

13/09/2026

Final day of markets... thank goodness.

I'm going to take a few days off and recuperate. Last night I stayed in a hotel that was 20 miles away because everything was booked for the Great Northern Run. The hotel was full, full I tell ya with runners. This morning as I was getting coffee near the hotel there were runners everywhere.

What fantastic turnout and support for this event.

I wish everyone the best for today's run, the weather looks like its going to be favourable 👊

Good luck 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️

12/09/2026

And so it begins... the final weekend.

Down here in Newcastle at the Metro Centre this Saturday and Sunday. First time I've set foot in this place and it's massive 😱

Trying a new configuration for the table after Louise did some AI research. I quite like it, busy but not too busy, frames some of the boxes nicely 😁

Let's see what this weekend holds. In all honesty I am just kind of thankful for a couple of days out of the workshop. When there is no endgame it just starts getting to me... hopefully some sales today will be a fitting endgame 😁

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06/09/2026

Switched it up this morning and brought out one of the big guns 😁

Go Desmond!!!!

The Centre, Livingston with The Crafters Roadshow today!

05/09/2026

Let the games commence!

First day at The Crafters Roadshow here at the Centre, Livingston.

Lots of other crafters set up and ready for business. If you are in the area drop by.

01/09/2026

3 more workshop days then it's market time 😀

The Centre, Livingston this Saturday and Sunday with The Crafters Roadshow

Trying to finish as many crafts as possible and these wee critters are the latest installment.

Tanga Tanga on the left and Panga Panga on the right. That's not their names, that's the woods used for the facades. Both exotic African woods. They each have Beech cores and Danish oil and wax finish.

I think wee tipsy looks almost kitten like... but that's just me 🤷

Whatever next 🤔

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