Making a Sussex Trug - Woodland Craft
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- Опубликовано: 17 июл 2013
- The making of a traditional Sussex Trug from willow and chestnut with steam bent components and copper nails.
In this film I am joined by a group of bodgers (bodgers.org.uk) to have go at making a traditional Sussex Trug which is a very light wooden basket often nowadays used by gardeners, but through history has been used to carry almost anything from animal feed to produce - they also happen to make very light and strong tool holders!
We were guided by an experienced trug maker who very kindly shared all his equipment, and is a fellow bodger.
With his expert help we all managed to make very good trugs, as you will see at the end of the film.
Trug making is an old craft that still goes on in the Herstmonceux area due in part to a good supply of willow that is also used in the cricket bat industry. 
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My Grandad used to make these up until his 90s, he was always a woodsman. he's 97 now and showed me all his tools he used to make them. im so so glad someone is keeping this art alive
That's a lot of work, and skilled work, for such a utilitarian product. They are light, and strong for their weight tho.
Most excellent, thank you. I intend to start a new tradition, something that is completely possible in rural British Columbia, Canada. The Traditional Canadian Trug will be made from yellow cedar, a fine grained, strong and easily bent local species.
Chris - that sounds like a very good project....its really good to hear that.....and sounds like a good choice of wood.
thanks so much Harry. You wouldn't believe how well you cover everything I'm currently interested in.
Nice work!
Thanks!
Thats great John - I sort of work on the basis of if I like it, then hopefully someone else will - so pleased to hear its of interest to you! Harry
Hi Lamar - yes they should be really but its difficult to achieve! I was trying to make the trug watertight with the slats laying on each other, but to do this I had to be content with my ends out of alignment - I was pleased for a first attempt, but of course its like all things, there is a lot more skill to getting it 100% right. Your research sounds very interesting. Harry
Good work Harry,
Like the double trug you use at the allotment, nice bean poles by the way
Good summary of the trug making process.
Can't wait to see the out-takes video
Thanks - I am doing you a tour of my workbenches - its in preparation!
Brilliant - I've also been researching Trug baskets for the last year and now make a few myself with Hazel and Willow and so I know how tricky they are to get right. This video gave me some great insight into jig designs other than the ones I use so it was a great help, thanks for sharing.
I don't think I'll ever be a threat to the professional guys down in Sussex though :-
Another brilliant video.....now a workshop tour ;))))
Traditionally drawknives are used and they are quick in the skilled hands of a professional trug maker - not in mine though! I did try my large Veritas spokeshave and that worked very well.
Brilliant.....can't wait ;)
Hi deezynar - they last for years, and as you say are very strong - I sometimes use one to carry tools. By the way the intro was shot on my allotments (community garden). To buy they cost circa £50uk plus or minus depending on size - unfortunately there are lots of imitations of poor quality - the genuine chestnut and willow are best. Regards Harry
Yes lighting was a real issue on this one - I have now got an F2 lens! I thought you and John would like the bean poles!
very nicely done, i grew up in Herstmonceux.
Met him, but used to chat to reg outside when he was alive
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Yo Harry, nice trug you made there.
I don't know the exchange of pounds to dollars, but I'd guess that comes out to somewhere from $75 to $100 dollars. That's a lot of money for a basket, but not a lot of money for the labor.
I've been researching basket making and enjoyed this video. Are the ends not supposed to be uniform? It looks like 7 slats using 6 copper nails on each end so I don't know. It looked like one nail center on the middle slat at each end with 3 nails on one side and 2 nails on the other side.
I enjoy your channel. Curious to know if the slat material is traditionally split or sawn?
Hi it would be split for strength...no grain run out.
Why did you use a draw knife to thin the edge instead of a push knife?
Chris the natives in bc made baskets from western red cedar