1. A SKIVING MACHINE COMPRISING A FRAME, A CUTTER BAR EXTENDING ACROSS THE FRAME, A SKIVING BLADE DISPOSED ABOVE THE BAR, ACTUATING MEANS SECURED TO THE BLADE AND MOUNTED ON THE FRAME FOR MOVING THE BLADE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE BAR WITH THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF THE BLADE AND THE BAR DEFINING AN ACUTE ANGLE, A PLURALITY OF PINS EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE SURFACE OF THE BAR, A GRIPPER DISPOSED ABOVE THE BAR AND BENEATH THE BLADE AND CARRYING A PLURALITY OF PINS FACING THE PINS ON THE BAR, SAID PINS ON THE GRIPPER AND CUTTING BAR COOPERATING TO HOLD A PIECE OF MATERIAL TO BE SKIVED, MEANS SECURED TO THE CUTTING BLADE AND GRIPPER FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY VARYING THEIR HEIGHT ABOVE THE CUTTING BAR, AND ADJUSTING MEANS SECURED TO THE FRAME AND THE CUTTING BAR FOR VARYING ITS ANGULAR POSITION WITH RESPECT TO THE BLADE.