travel mug WIP

[Woodmonkey]

This is for a birthday present. I hate deadlines! Needs to be ready by start of July so a bit of time. First the glue up, we've got ash, laburnum and plum.

Then cut the blank roughly on the bandsaw

Roughed out the shape and hollowed out. First mistake, went too thin at the top so had to glue a strip of ash around the top so it would fit into the metal insert

To be continued...

 

[Grahamshed]

Interesting.
Love the use of a jubilee clip as a clamp. Never thought of that.

 

[Dalboy]

Should be a good looking mug when finished where will you get the insert from.

Not wishing to be the safety Police just a bit of common sense.

Well worth turning those clips the other way and also wrapping them with tape

 

[KimG]

I don't think its meant to spin with the clips on is it? (v scary, eyewateringly!!) They're just clamping the Ash while it glues.

 

[Woodmonkey]

Yes the clips are just clamps I wouldn't spin it with them on. I bought a travel mug and took it apart for the insert before I started so I knew what dimensions to work to.

 

[Dalboy]

Sorry about that did not read it properly

 

[dennisk]

Just wondering why they are called jubilee clips, over here they are called hose clamps? They do work well for clampimg though.

 

[redmoorphil]

Hi Dennisk,
Have look here:
http://www.jubileeclips.co.uk/about-us/
Jubille clip was the regstered trademark of the company that invented them.
The name has stuck in the UK, in much the same way that people call vacuum cleaners Hoovers.

 

[Woodmonkey]

Sanded and finished the outside and glued the liner in today. Then using a jam chuck remounted it and removed then tenon from the base.

Then started work on the handle found a piece of oak, using the plastic one as a rough guide cut out on the bandsaw

Somewhat fortuitously the outside curve on the spindle sander matches the one on the cup.

Nearly there, that was all I had time for today, just some sanding on the handle and attach it to the cup tomorrow hopefully.

 

[marcros]

Are you going to have issues with short grain on the handle? A mug of coffee is going to have some weight on it when full.

 

[Woodmonkey]

It did occur to me, but if I had used two pieces then I would've been glueing end grain where the handle meets the cup which I didn't want to do. Can't imagine the weight of a cup of coffee will break almost inch square oak? I suppose I could drill, screw and plug to strengthen of necessary

 

[Dalboy]

Looking good at what you have done. With the short grain issue why not laminate the handle using three pieces of wood with grain orientated 90 deg to each other, it would match the mug.

 

[Woodmonkey]

Finished this off today. Following advice on here I scrapped the first handle and made a new one with a laminated middle at 90 degrees to strengthen the area of short grain. Poor photos I know but taken in the workshop on my crappy phone.

Had some slippage issues when clamping the handle on so ended up putting a small pin in the handle with a hole in the cup which worked fine. Went with epoxy in the end, time will tell how it holds up.

 

[gregmcateer]

Nice job, WM.
I bet it keeps the contents nice and warm

 

[jonbee56]

Excellent work !

This is one of my current aims and I already have an inner stainless mug liner awaiting my courage, but I need to ask a really novice question here so shoot me down if its stupid.

What method did you use to hollow to the depth as when I get further than 2" from the rest, theres too much chatter on the chisel and ,apart from being dangerous, it is extremely difficult to hold

 

[winemaker]

Nice mug I must try that one day

 

[Woodmonkey]

I used a forstner bit held in the tailstock to remove most of it and then a scraper just to widen a bit as necessary.

 

[woodfarmer]

good mug, but a really excellent present for someone.

 

[jonbee56]

I used a forstner bit held in the tailstock to remove most of it and then a scraper just to widen a bit as necessary.

Thanks, Biggest one I have is 1.25", will have to look for larger ones

 

[Woodmonkey]

I can recommend the famag ones from Rutlands, they're not cheap but they work (unlike the cheap ones)