The local trash collection guys can be a bit rough on trash cans and the trash cans tend to get beat up in a hurry, suffering a very short life span. The problem is that these trash cans can cost over $50.00 and we can’t afford to simply discard them and buy new ones every few weeks.
The trash can in this video originally featured a non-detachable lid that had been broken by the trash collection crew a couple of times and repaired by me. The last time they broke it, the lid was completely torn off and no longer repairable. I then fashioned a wooden lid but only had a thin piece Luan plywood (door skin) to make the new lid at the time. I used some scrap red oak for a framework to strengthen the lid but I knew it was only a temporary solution and I would have to address this problem again in the future.
Here we are about a year later. As I suspected, the thin Luan ply (interior grade) finally delaminated and “gave up the ghost,” so to speak. This video addresses the fix for that problem and our trash can lives again!
Here’s the video:
