Office Trash Can Design Help Request

[Ken Salisbury]

Last week I made 12 name tag backing plaques to be mounted next to doors in some new management offices of a large Aero/Space contractor.

Within hours of the name plaques being mounted I received a call from one of the employees wanting me to quote a price for some custom made trash cans :

Approximate size - Small 13 x 8¼ x 11½ - Need 3
Approximate size - Large 16 x 10 x 14½ - Need 1

I spent a long time in an upper management position in a fortune 10 company and the only thing I ever had was your standard issue plastic trash can and never considered a custom made one. Oh well, management postions must be paying a lot more these days

I am initially thinking ½" walnut, cherry or poplar relatively conservative in appearance.

Any suggestions on a design would be appreciated.

[Steve Clardy]

I've never gotten past a cardboard box in my office. lol

How about a finger jointed box?

[Mark Stutz]

Ken,
I'm trying to come up with something unique for my own office. I hate the plastic bag that the janatorial staff insist on draping down over the sides...iknow, it makes their job much easier and less messy. I'm trying to come up with a design that allows a standard plastic one to sit inside the wooden one so that the plastic liner doesn't show.

[Charles McKinley]

Hi Ken,

Check the fire codes. In Pittsburgh trash cans must be metal.

[jack duren]

how bouts a trash can/tater box?.\ juzz kiddin

another option is to make a 2 drawer file like cabinet only the two drawers are one and has a plastic trash can inside?....jack

[Jason Roehl]

How about a segmented trash can, Ken? You wouldn't even have to turn it, but I think it would look pretty cool with some mixed woods and subsequent layers offset (so the miter joints of the segments don't line up from layer to layer).

[John Stevens]

Try this link for an idea:


http://www.routerworkshop.com/S400.html#46

[Ken Salisbury]

how bouts a trash can/tater box?.\ juzz kiddin

another option is to make a 2 drawer file like cabinet only the two drawers are one and has a plastic trash can inside?....jack

Kinda Gawdy for an executives office I think (the tater box that is)

[Jim Becker]

Ken, I think Steve hit on a good idea...use decorative joinery. That way you can go with a simple design, yet have a solution that really sets off the fact that it's made of wood. That simple form could have straight...or if you are brave, tapered sides.

[Mark Singer]

Ken,

I found this picture...you can improve the details..

[Ken Salisbury]

Ken,

I found this picture...you can improve the details..

Now that's more like it.

THANKS ! !

[Glenn Clabo]

Now that's more like it.

THANKS ! !

What's wrong with this?

[Ken Salisbury]

What's wrong with this?

IT DOESN'T HAVE A BAMA LOGO ON IT

[Glenn Clabo]

IT DOESN'T HAVE A BAMA LOGO ON IT

Should have known better...Sorry!

[Chris Padilla]

Ken,

The LOML wants a nice one for the bathroom...I'm thinking an inverted pyramid. Nice angles to play with (and screw up in my case). You could always turn one, too!