ABOUT US

Ryan Lucas

Skyline Woodworker

I started Skyline Wood Furniture because my wife wanted an affordable, solid wood, outdoor table. But we couldn’t find anything that met our needs. So, I decided to make it myself and it’s become a passion ever since.

These days we’re conditioned to buy mass-produced furniture that is made of flimsy materials, with artificial surfaces that lack uniqueness. Mass produced furniture’s life span is short and, in a few years, winds up in the dump with thousands of identical pieces next to it.

This type of furniture is cold to the touch, aesthetically unappealing, and it has replaced one of the greatest things nature’s provided us; real wood. From a coffee table, entryway console, or to a bed, we make furniture out of natural beautiful wood. Wood doesn’t require huge amounts of grain-hiding stain or shiny thick topcoats. Worm holes, age, complex knots, and interesting grain structure is inviting to the touch and appealing to the eye.

Using oil for wood surfaces and wax, we’re able to highlight already beautiful wood.

Oil helps make the purple in Purpleheart keep its brightness and oil on a simple board helps highlight grain and my favorite knots! Coating a piece with wax helps with water resistance and holding oil in.

At Skyline Wood Furniture we are committed to building functional and beautiful furniture that is interesting and natural. With your needs in mind and our guidance, we will work together from concept and design to build and installation.

My commitment to you is to bring inviting, one of a kind, affordable furniture, that will make you feel proud and leave your guests and family in awe.

Please reach out to me so we can get started making your dream furniture together.

STORY OF MY TOOLS

I Love old tools. The feel of a 100+ year hand plane or brace excites me and I love to use. But I also love the convenience, and accuracy of new powered tools. So as I as I have grown as a woodworker I live in both worlds. It is rare for any project to not have a hand plane grace its surface or be measured with a square that predates WWII.

I will have more tools and stories listed on our Facebook page.

Pre 1920's Union X Plane

My go to plane and the most used plane I have.

New Veritas Low Angle Plane

Works great n difficult grains!

Also with a thick iron no chatter.

My favorite braces are Scottish Pattern!
Here are also few of my centering bits. That is the name of the bit style.
I prefer Batwing

Old Laser on Left
New Laser on Right

My Sawstop

When I first got serious about woodworking, I had a underpowered very old Craftsman table saw I bought for $50.00. I knew I had to upgrade. But I was also scared.

On the one hand a table saw is the most used tool in a modern woodworking shop.

The other is the fact that 40,000 treated accidents occur every year in the US.

So I bought my first Sawstop. Now I have a much more powerful 3 HP professional cabinet saw, but it is also a Sawstop.

They cost about twice as much as any other brand.

About Us

Elevate Every Space with Our Custom Wood Creations.

Made in Maryville, Tennessee, USA

Contact Us

3035 Piney Level Road, Maryville TN 37803

Phone: (503) 890-6319

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