One more wanigan project

[topknot]

Hi, Made this wanigan out of 4mm ply and 3/4 by 3/4 wood to keep the weight down, but still be strong . The frame work is all butt jointed glue and screw . I have made top out of 9mm ply this is so the top can take the weight when sitting on it ( the times i seen good toolbox with broken lips from people sitting on them. ) All i got to do is put the handles on the sides.

Thank you for looking
All comments welcome
Cheers Topknot.

 

[Mungo]

I'd like to order on in green please! Can you make leather handles for it?

Cheers, and nice work,

Mungo

 

[Shewie]

Looks nice and solid Topknot

Will you finish it with varnish then ? Thinking about having a go at a smaller one myself for the canoe soon.

 

[topknot]

Hi, The wanigan is finished with a satin varnish which i mixed in 25% white spirits. As to the handle yes Mungo i will be putting leather one on. As to making one and sending it across the pond, well i do not know ?
Cheers Topknot.

 

[Chris G]

Sorry, can someone explain what's so good about a wooden box? I can appreciate the craftsmanship, but for cost/weight why not just get a plastic crate for a couple of quid?

 

[nodd]

Nice work as usual Topknot

 

[bushwacker bob]

Sorry, can someone explain what's so good about a wooden box? I can appreciate the craftsmanship, but for cost/weight why not just get a plastic crate for a couple of quid?

Its traditional Chris. Like canvas Baker tents, there are lighter and more economically massed produced alternatives. some folk just like to use goods like their forfathers did.
Some folk use a mora in a plastic sheath cos it 'does the job' and does it well. Others have the attitude that if your going to use a tool regularly, its nice to upgrade to a tool that looks and feels much nicer and has a traditional old fashioned leather sheath. It weighs probably 3 times as much as a mora and does the same tasks, but feeds the owners soul every time he uses it.

Nice Job again Andy.

 

[Chris G]

Fair enough and to each their own.

 

[John Fenna]

Sorry, can someone explain what's so good about a wooden box? I can appreciate the craftsmanship, but for cost/weight why not just get a plastic crate for a couple of quid?

Some of us just do not like the aesthetics of plastic!
Sure - plastic does the job (and well) but it does not look , feel, smell or "mature" as nicely as wood!
To me, even ply is not as pleasing as say, woven cedar splits.....though the photoed wannigan is great in its own right!
Also wood is less polluting than plastic, can have a much smaller carbon footprint and when worn out can be "re-cycled" as firewood.

BTW - nice wannigan!

 

[topknot]

hi,
It`s just like being orignal like wool blankets ,ventile coats and home made stuff.
cheers
Topknot

 

[MartinK9]

Very nice indeed Topknot, any chance of seeing some pictures of it full and in use at a later date?

 

[topknot]

Yes mate, it will be loaded up for the Bush moot.
Cheers Topknot

 

[Mesquite]

Nice bit of work there Topknot.

If I can suggest one little improvement to the design for the next one you build. For the lid I would put the battons on the lid so they sit inside the box rather than outside as you've done it. That way you can cut the lid so it's flush to the box.

 

[topknot]

Hi Mesquite,
I thought about doing it that way, but this way it gives me a lip so that the wet or rain will run over the top of the box and not seep through to the inside.
thanks for your comment
Cheers Topknot

 

[Humpback]

Topnot

Nice idea. I'd be interested too in what you get in it and what it weighs as a result.

Alan