Trug Build - my first ever flat world WIP

[big soft moose]

been building a trug this week for the MiLs birthday - this came as a suprise request from swimbo so as you can see no expense was spent on the design - all out off offcuts i got gratis from opener a while back.

Step one the sides


cut out on the bandsaw and mitre saw , the original plan was to grove them with the router - small problem , not enough thickness - solution - glue battens on to take the bottom.

also Drive by gloat no.1 in the background my "new" plane bought from benchwayze - stanley no.5 LE

Step 2 : The frame - no common dovetails for me, instead the highly technical "no nails" procedure :lol:



step 3: the base - more "no nails" Strips were cut out on the bandsaw and then planed smooth - i really need a bench hook as i wound up wedging them against the wall to plane



step 4: the first side More of the same , except that i'd ballsed up the measurement and had to cut the top strip in half on each side - bandsaw again.



step 5 tother side , more of the same , drive by gloat number two my baby plane bought from toolpost when i went in for some wax :roll: , pipper all use for planing but very good for cleaning up glue lines.



step 6: finishing - no wips for the handle , but it was basically cut out on the bandsaw using a pivot jig , then drilled , then rounded over on the grip using the dremel with a tiny sanding drum - seen here after receiving two coats of woodwax22.



step 7 finished - being held by a very happy swimbo - handle is suspended on cord bought from dunelm mills , but everything else is recycled.



now nicely wrapped together with a set of gardening tools ready for the big day.

 

[wizer]

Fantastic Pete. I see you've been reading my signature. Grip Fill is the way forward!

 

[Mailman14]

Big Soft Moose - I like you! Recycled, except for the cord... Well done that man! (couldn't you have found a tatty bit of string somewhere...?)

I do actually like the shape, not thought of a 'wood' trug, more a woven one, when i saw the thread title. Wonderful nonetheless.

 

[OPJ]

Nice one, Pete.

That Jack Plane does look nice but, surely, those aren't plastic handles? :shock:

 

[Waka]

Thats a nice useful piece of kit, I'm sure it will be met with joy.

You need to get with Philly to learn how to do a plane gloat :roll: :roll:

 

[Benchwayze]

Nice one, Pete.

That Jack Plane does look nice but, surely, those aren't plastic handles? :shock:

Yes Olly they are indeed... highly polished, high-impact plastic, and I always found them extremely comfy to use.

Nice trug Pete.. I bought some plastic ones for the wife to use in the garden. When she first saw them she thought they were nose-bags!
I suppose they could be used for mixing chicken-grits!
:lol:

John

 

[johnf]

Very nice Moose but the handle should stand up on its own not cord use timber as in the traditional sussex trug like this one

 

[Benchwayze]

A nice clean job John :

What I like about Pete's too, is that made from something durable, it could serve as a hanging basket. Marketed properly these trugs probably sell.

I saw a feature on one of the 'Country-style' programs about someone who makes what he called 'authentic' Sussex trugs. It might have been this fellow:

http://www.thetrugstore.co.uk/index.html

Very nice but they were £50.00 and upwards a throw.

My house is in a good position for my workshop to generate some passing trade and these trugs look to be the kind of project I could manage too, as I could work sitting down!

Must go and check my offcuts!

 

[woodbloke]

Thats a nice useful piece of kit, I'm sure it will be met with joy.

You need to get with Philly to learn how to do a plane gloat :roll: :roll:

...only Philly? :-k :wink:...nice piece of work by the way, agree about the handle - Rob

 

[big soft moose]

on the whole i agree about the handle too, but

a) I havent got a steam bending set up and didnt have the time to build one

and

b) the MiL only has a small space to store this so the swimbo inspred design breif was for the handles to go flat.

my next trug - which is for swimbo her self will have an upright handle - but thats on hold as we've just bought a collie and the next rush job is a kennel for the times we have to leave her.

 

[Night Train]

on the whole i agree about the handle too, but

a) I havent got a steam bending set up and didnt have the time to build one

For thin stock you could use a hot air gun to bend it.
That is what I do. I just direct the heat to the inside of the bend and work it slowly and a bit at a time being careful not to scorch the surface.

Alternatively you can bend two strips and then laminate together to make a thicker handle.