For your education and enjoyment, here are three short films of woodland crafts from British Pathe, a huge library of vintage films:
This short English video shows the making of trugs. I love the shot of the steam box. What on earth is the thing made out of?
More steaming, this time ash walking sticks in a huge vat of hot, damp sand.
From 1939, this fellow makes 500 hoops for wooden barrels each day. His shaving break and splitting break are really cool.
The steam box is made from drainage tile covered in cement/plaster. Just look at the bell mouth at the joint line where they have joined two tiles.
Ferrocement.
Surely everyone builds their steam boxes from chicken wire and cement?
I never would have guessed! Thanks, Elia
Looks like clay drain pipes (wrapped in chicken wire and ?).