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Premium handcrafted boards & trays
Built to last. Designed to be gifted. New Zealand made.
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05/11/2026

The router table does most of the cutting, but the round bit leaves rounded corners behind.

A few careful cuts with a chisel square everything up before the final test fit. Machine work for speed, hand tools for the final fit.

01/11/2026

Another stage of the 230-board order: oiling.

This is where the walnut really comes alive. The colour deepens instantly and the grain finally shows through. It’s repetitive work when there are this many boards, but that transformation never gets old.

26/10/2026

I wanted this white oak shelf to appear as though it was floating, without any exposed brackets underneath.

The supports are built into the shelf and concealed once it’s installed, keeping the finished piece simple, clean and strong.

18/10/2026

Getting an even layer of glue over a board this size takes some work. Once the glue is on, it’s time to line everything up and get the clamps tight before it starts to set.

12/10/2026

The next stage of the 230-board order—routing the juice grooves. Same jig, same process, one board at a time. Repetitive work, but it’s satisfying watching the finished stack grow.

07/10/2026

Woodworking isn’t always about the satisfying final reveal.

Sometimes it’s measuring, cutting, stacking, and repeating the same process over and over again.

This is the beginning of a 230-board order, and milling all the timber is a big part of the job. Repetitive? Definitely. But every finished board has to start somewhere.

04/10/2026

A small offcut can still hold plenty of potential.

I resawed this piece to get the thickness I needed, then used a template to cut and route the shield shape. After drilling, softening the edges, sanding and applying the finish, it was ready for its next chapter.

01/10/2026

Woodworking is just as much about problem-solving as it is about making things. You won’t always have a dedicated tool for every job, so sometimes you have to work with what’s already in the workshop.

For this long straight edge, I used a circular saw for the rough cut, then a router and straight guide for the final pass. Different setup, same straight result.

21/09/2026

Giving this chaotic end-grain board a completely different shape.

I marked the circle, removed the excess on the bandsaw, then used a router to bring it perfectly round and shape the edges. It still needs its final sanding and oil, but the new shape is there.

16/09/2026

A customer wanted a seriously large chopping board made from one solid piece of walnut—not strips glued together and not just for display.

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