Eco Bin

Paul shows how to make the hinge brackets for the lid and then fits a hinge rail to the main carcass. Once the lid has been fitted, the finish is applied and the project rounded out.

With the top glued up, the haunches can be removed, the corners shaped and the surfaces planed. Then a handle is fitted and shaped, the plywood nubs planed flush and the bottom of the bin cut to size and fitted.

We’re ready for the lid which has similar joinery to the carcass. Paul goes over the layout of the frame corner joinery. Then, once the grooves are ploughed and mortise and tenons cut, the ply tenons and lid mortises are cut and it’s ready for glue up.

In preparation for the glue up, there is some cleaning up, shaping and internal finishing to do. Then the frame is glued up in several phases to make it more manageable.

We’re ready to cut the plywood to size then layout the plywood tenons. Once the tenon positions have been accurately transferred from the mortised frame, the tenons can be cut and then test fit.

We’re ready to cut the plywood to size then layout the plywood tenons. Once the tenon positions have been accurately transferred from the mortised frame, the tenons can be cut and then test fit.

The storyboard is critical to getting the angled mortises correctly laid out. Then the mortises can be chopped and a tenon cut and fit.

With the wood together, Paul lays out a storyboard. Then the grooves for the ply panels are run in the posts before the initial mortise layout and the mortise guide is made.