Coopering a 36 gallon beer barrel with hand tools..Amazing the best video... very useful and useful thank you for sharing... greetings from Indonesian traditional gold prospectors...God Bless You🇧🇩🇲🇨🌼🌼❤✋👍👍
I was employed at a cooperage in the wine country for about a year when I was 19 What a great experience as a young man. Wine women and song pulled me away from as possible employment exchange program. The smell of Oak toasted freshly shaved barrels of wonderful. Long live the Cooper Smith!!!
Wow. By hand. This gives some perspective on the value of basic serviceable items like a barrel. Contrast this video with today’s throw-away consumerism. Just one single pint of beer should hold much meaning. Thank you.
@@jamestowncooperage It's amazing how much depth there is to everything. Most people nowadays don't care for that aspect of life it seems. Thanks for sharing your creativity!
its also amazing how important being a cooper used to be, barrels were once upon a time the back bone of the British trade empire. barrels are water tight, are able to be tightened or loosened with a couple knocks of a hammer and didnt require nails or braces. a complete sealed unit with minimal maintenance, perfect for keeping items safe and protected on ling voyages.
@@scruffy5000 All true. Did you know that barrels are cylindrical because they are easy to roll, they are tapered because they are even easier to roll and can be turned (pivoted). I never thought about it until I read about them!
@@phraktl …how long is a piece of string , it depends on how much work you put in a day , lots of work making hoops and staves , on your own if you got the materials and how hard you work , I’d say a couple of days to a few if you don’t do this kind work . But if you get into it , you could get them done pretty quick , experience making these is the key , things take time to learn and every one is different.
Amazing work. My grandmother told me that her father was a barrel maker from father to son, and in his old age, when he could no longer see, he said that he could make a barrel just by chopping wood with an ax and touching the wood with his hand. I still have some of his tools at home, tools made by hand by the blacksmith.
Thank you for sharing. I believe this. Much of my work is by sight, of course. But, I've been doing it by hand for so long I've come to depend on the tactile and auditory feedback from the process almost as much as visual. If I was going blind, slowly, my other senses would definitely compensate.
My parents are from Romania so I was very happy when I heard the language. Your skill and level of finish is impressive, thank you for the video and all your hard work! 🇺🇸🕊🇷🇴
Thanks for making the time to create this video! Your dedication to the craft is obvious and appreciated. Thanks for the raw audio of the bangs, scrapes, and thuds as opposed to playing generic rock music - I loved hearing the sounds of your shop! Cheers!
Even with only manual tools, he makes this look so easy. I feel like an incredible amount of practice must have gone into the work. Nice to see techniques like this still being used and it's crazy to think this is how it was done for the longest of times.
I've seen other videos of this sort of thing, but this is definitely the most in-depth version that wasn't filmed by the BBC using a potato in the 70's
Completely awe inspiring! My 98-year-old father was trained as a cabinet maker using some of these tools. I have my grand father’s broad axe. The ‘simpler’ the tool, the more skill you need.
You are so right. I am eighty years old and when I was a young lad my grandfather would make me wooden cars, wheelbarrows, etc. with only hand tools. He was also an artist who would paint large murals in his home. His primary trade was a harness maker.
Just came across this video by chance looking for another I'd seen years ago, what a happy accident. So very thankful for someone like you keeping the old trades/ways alive, thank you for sharing this in depth look at a master craftsman doing his job, could have been even more in depth/longer and I'd have watched it all.
Brilliant. I watched part of another "handmade" compering process, some company making bourbon barrels and everyone waxing lyrical, it had so many processes that used machines it was hardly handmade and people didn't seem to get my point.
as someone planning to become a cooper, its amazing to see how little content there is online showing the process that actually lies behind so much of what we consume today
I am an amateur woodworker and gradually building a portfolio with the intention of making a side-job of it. Your craft is seriously impressive and I am in awe of your skills with an axe. I learned a few things for my own craft just by watching this one video. Subscribed!
I see you haven't invested in power tools. It's amazing to see all the tools you use and how to use them, especially the large axe? Great video. Thank you!
amazing work not like any other channels who use sophisticated power tools to craft their work. Imagine having worldwide blackout permanently and they need to make stuff. You are the only person i have to go to you just have pure talent without using technology
Fantastic skills, lovely carftsmanship! My Grandfather was a cooper to trade before the war (WWII) but during the war he was drafted into telecoms and worked the rest of his career for the UK GPO (General Post Office) - nice to see what his skills would have entailed.
@@jamestowncooperage Pretty sure the barrels he made were for use in the fishing industry as he was from Shetland (my Grandmother was a fish filleter too). Dunno whether they were used for the salting of fish or fish storage though, could have been a number of different uses back in those days. Shetland's not known for breweries or distilleries though :)
One of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen! Not the end result, though that’s beautiful too but the “process” it was beautiful to watch! It saddens me to think how rare this skill is. I’m a professional wood worker myself but my hand too skills couldn’t hold a candle to yours! I honestly feel privileged to have seen you work, thank you for sharing. If only I lived near you, I’d offer you my humble assistance for free
It's a shame these traditional arts and crafts are dying out due to new technologies and materials. Just the look of all these old products and tools is priceless!
I used to work at Home Depot and let me tell you, when I asked if we stocked hewing axes everyone looked at me strangely. Even went out to some odd ends of Texas to Ryan and find one at one point. Pretty much nobody’s heard of them, and those that knew didn’t stock them either. That was maybe two years ago now. Not that I needed one then or now. I’m just glad that somebody still uses them. I’m only twenty-eight but damn did I feel out of time looking around for one. P.S. A hewing axe gets things done, but a draw knife has some magic in it!
Great job on the barrel and the video! My dad and grandad used to be coopers. It's nice to see someone who still masters the skill. There are two things I would have liked to see in this video that felt kinda missing, which is the hole to fill the barrel, and it ultimately being filled and watertight as a final test 😁
Absolutely fantastic work. You can really see the quality, because after all, the oak boards were cured and shaped by Josiah's cousin Joshua, who was a cooper and not a hooper.
I was watching a Cooper about 45 years ago near Wiliamsburg and he said the secret to making a good tight barrel was to hammer a wire strip down the length of each slat on one side to form an indentation then plane it just until the indentation is gone. When filled with water that indentation swells out and gives an extra tight seal between slats almost like having a gasket between them.
Sweet Mary that was a beautiful thing to watch! A few things I know from reading a book on the craft that you didn’t show, maybe to keep the video short. You didn’t scrape the inside after the assembly but before the firing, you didn’t use a waxy string around the lids, no reeds in the lids, and no bung hole. You charred the inside but are they liquid tight? There was a time I thought I had what it takes to do this but now I’m not so sure. There is some serious artistry in knowing those tapers and bevels. 15:45
3:14 what is what looks like a chalk line spiral on the staves? I imagine this is part of the fit-up but I've never seen how staves of different widths are fit in other cooping videos... Is the fit actually made by the hoops?
Ini adalah karya seni. Hanya orang yang sudah memiliki jam terbang tinggi yang mampu membuat barrel / tong kayu yang sangat rapi dan kuat. Salut untuk anda.
I am having hard time finding any weekend courses on this in ontario Canada. I would like to know how to build barrels and buckets and the tools supplies as well.
Tillers International in Scotts, Michigan teaches an annual cask-making class in which one learns to make a five-gallon Pin. I know it’s not Canada, but may be doable for you. It was a ten-hour drive for me from Pennsylvania.
I have a few years woodworking experience including green-woodworking, but never done coopering how long do you think it would take to be able to make a water tight cask? I guess I can start with pales and dry casks first so it's less daunting. I heard it can take 2 years of apprenticeship to make a water tight barell but not sure if that a fixed rule. I'm quite a fast learner and done a lot of making things.
Draw knife is so sharp it leaves a sheen on the wood like a plane. I am fairly certain I have the sun plane you were using for the original bevel on the head of the cask. As heavy as it is, I believe it is lignum vitae. Unfortunately, it is missing the iron and wedge.
I took the tillers International cask-making class. It’s advertised as a barrel-making course, but a barrel is typically a 36-gallon cask. In the course, you’ll make a five-gallon Pin.
This video is great! Trying to start my own small time cooperage using hand tools like yourself. Your broad axe work was quite impressive. Did you make your own construction hoops or have them made using a mandrel? They are very thick! Keep up the great work!
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Coopering a 36 gallon beer barrel with hand tools..Amazing the best video... very useful and useful thank you for sharing... greetings from Indonesian traditional gold prospectors...God Bless You🇧🇩🇲🇨🌼🌼❤✋👍👍
I was employed at a cooperage in the wine country for about a year when I was 19
What a great experience as a young man. Wine women and song pulled me away from as possible employment exchange program. The smell of Oak toasted freshly shaved barrels of wonderful.
Long live the Cooper Smith!!!
Wow. By hand. This gives some perspective on the value of basic serviceable items like a barrel. Contrast this video with today’s throw-away consumerism. Just one single pint of beer should hold much meaning. Thank you.
@@jamestowncooperage It's amazing how much depth there is to everything. Most people nowadays don't care for that aspect of life it seems. Thanks for sharing your creativity!
its also amazing how important being a cooper used to be, barrels were once upon a time the back bone of the British trade empire. barrels are water tight, are able to be tightened or loosened with a couple knocks of a hammer and didnt require nails or braces. a complete sealed unit with minimal maintenance, perfect for keeping items safe and protected on ling voyages.
100% - how long does it take to make a barrel like this? How much does it sell for?
@@scruffy5000 All true. Did you know that barrels are cylindrical because they are easy to roll, they are tapered because they are even easier to roll and can be turned (pivoted). I never thought about it until I read about them!
@@phraktl …how long is a piece of string , it depends on how much work you put in a day , lots of work making hoops and staves , on your own if you got the materials and how hard you work , I’d say a couple of days to a few if you don’t do this kind work . But if you get into it , you could get them done pretty quick , experience making these is the key , things take time to learn and every one is different.
Love your work, Marshall! It’s a beautiful thing to see a master craftsman work
Indeed beautiful to see such craftsmanship and art
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Amazing work. My grandmother told me that her father was a barrel maker from father to son, and in his old age, when he could no longer see, he said that he could make a barrel just by chopping wood with an ax and touching the wood with his hand. I still have some of his tools at home, tools made by hand by the blacksmith.
Thank you for sharing. I believe this. Much of my work is by sight, of course. But, I've been doing it by hand for so long I've come to depend on the tactile and auditory feedback from the process almost as much as visual. If I was going blind, slowly, my other senses would definitely compensate.
No gloves and no cuts. Very impressive, my good sir. A true master of the craft. Godspeed!
I don’t know if I’m more impressed by the coopering or the thrusting!!
Wow! Why isn't this a million view video?
Masterful work, excellent video and audio that helps to tell the whole story.
Thank you
My parents are from Romania so I was very happy when I heard the language. Your skill and level of finish is impressive, thank you for the video and all your hard work! 🇺🇸🕊🇷🇴
Thanks for making the time to create this video! Your dedication to the craft is obvious and appreciated. Thanks for the raw audio of the bangs, scrapes, and thuds as opposed to playing generic rock music - I loved hearing the sounds of your shop! Cheers!
Even with only manual tools, he makes this look so easy. I feel like an incredible amount of practice must have gone into the work. Nice to see techniques like this still being used and it's crazy to think this is how it was done for the longest of times.
Easier than you might think when your wood is perfectly straight grain
My father is also a cooper. I would spend hours watching you work on this beautiful art. I love the art of cooperage!
Thankyou for putting this up on RUclips!!!
Long time follower on instagram, but I prefer RUclips for video.
Great content, beautifully shot!!!
Just what I needed to see. Something beautiful
I've seen other videos of this sort of thing, but this is definitely the most in-depth version that wasn't filmed by the BBC using a potato in the 70's
Completely awe inspiring! My 98-year-old father was trained as a cabinet maker using some of these tools. I have my grand father’s broad axe. The ‘simpler’ the tool, the more skill you need.
You are so right. I am eighty years old and when I was a young lad my grandfather would make me wooden cars, wheelbarrows, etc. with only hand tools. He was also an artist who would paint large murals in his home. His primary trade was a harness maker.
Excellent! Keep the traditions alive!
Awesome seeing traditional tools and methods being used to create these
Great job 👏
I really enjoyed this video. The process is interesting and the tools are awesome!
something very soothing about the creak crackle and scraping of woodworking by hand. Excellent stuff
Of all the tools, the draw knife is my favorite to use. beautiful work sir.
Am speechless. Things that we take for granted involve a lot of hard work, craftsmanship and most of all tools which we no longer see nowadays.
Love traditional craftsmanship. These types of knowledge should not be lost.
Beautiful craftsmanship and great specialist tools.
A joy to watch!
Superb! Camera work and lighting are perfect. Narration is just right. Thanks for sharing these wonderful skills!
This is truly incredible. What a craftsman, keep this tradition alive I love to see it
Just came across this video by chance looking for another I'd seen years ago, what a happy accident. So very thankful for someone like you keeping the old trades/ways alive, thank you for sharing this in depth look at a master craftsman doing his job, could have been even more in depth/longer and I'd have watched it all.
Golly! Your cinematography is superb! I hope the algorithm picks you up!
a master at work, so inspired to see the process. thanks for sharing!
Brilliant. I watched part of another "handmade" compering process, some company making bourbon barrels and everyone waxing lyrical, it had so many processes that used machines it was hardly handmade and people didn't seem to get my point.
Amazing skills. We have to keep all of these traditional arts and craftsmanship alive. Some day we will depend on them.
I never get tired of watching masters of their trade.
as someone planning to become a cooper, its amazing to see how little content there is online showing the process that actually lies behind so much of what we consume today
Today??? With all due respect how many oak barrels do you consume on a daily basis 😂
All with hand tools, that aint easy work, respect!!
I am an amateur woodworker and gradually building a portfolio with the intention of making a side-job of it. Your craft is seriously impressive and I am in awe of your skills with an axe. I learned a few things for my own craft just by watching this one video. Subscribed!
Wow, the precision with axe, adze and drawknife is simply unbelievable.
Wow lots of skill and lots of labor to make 1 barrel !!!
This video hypnotised me, respects from Turkey
I see you haven't invested in power tools. It's amazing to see all the tools you use and how to use them, especially the large axe? Great video. Thank you!
Most amazing thing I've seen all week!
Beautiful job !! Those draw knives are so sharp, one slip and you could loose an arm !!!😮😮😮
You sir, are an artist
amazing work not like any other channels who use sophisticated power tools to craft their work. Imagine having worldwide blackout permanently and they need to make stuff. You are the only person i have to go to
you just have pure talent without using technology
Muito interessante este trabalho, acredito que as próximas gerações não saberão como fazer ,parabéns !!
Fantastic skills, lovely carftsmanship!
My Grandfather was a cooper to trade before the war (WWII) but during the war he was drafted into telecoms and worked the rest of his career for the UK GPO (General Post Office) - nice to see what his skills would have entailed.
Well, alcohol and letters are the two best forms of communication after all
@@jamestowncooperage Pretty sure the barrels he made were for use in the fishing industry as he was from Shetland (my Grandmother was a fish filleter too). Dunno whether they were used for the salting of fish or fish storage though, could have been a number of different uses back in those days. Shetland's not known for breweries or distilleries though :)
No waffle, all action! Great video!
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No,thank you! Documenting skills like this in a timeless way benefits everyone!
Unbelievable craftsmanship. Using an axe 🪓 to make a whiskey cast barrel. That dude is BOSS!
I have NEVER EVER seen someone hewing so accurately by hand😮❤ you’ve got yourself a dedicated new subscriber
A well made barrel is a beautiful thing.
One of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen! Not the end result, though that’s beautiful too but the “process” it was beautiful to watch! It saddens me to think how rare this skill is. I’m a professional wood worker myself but my hand too skills couldn’t hold a candle to yours! I honestly feel privileged to have seen you work, thank you for sharing. If only I lived near you, I’d offer you my humble assistance for free
Beautiful barrel, and very prescious skill set.
This is so cool. Shows how much work went into this back in the day
As a hand tool woodworker I'm just in awe watching you work, just fantastic
This was absolutely fantastic to watch, I can see that this is much more than work for you!!
Incredibly well done video
Wonderfull work! Congratulations!
Wow! Super cool craftsmanship. Lots of work! Subscribed.
Absolutely wonderful man! I hope to see some new videos from you soon!
Holy cow!!!! I could watch this for hours!!!
Working not in a static plane,he moves freely in the 3rd dimension..outstanding
You are an artist 😮
It's a shame these traditional arts and crafts are dying out due to new technologies and materials. Just the look of all these old products and tools is priceless!
This bloke has amazing precision with that axe!
Realy nice work. Much respect.
Amazing. Absolutely beautiful.
This is incredible.
I used to work at Home Depot and let me tell you, when I asked if we stocked hewing axes everyone looked at me strangely. Even went out to some odd ends of Texas to Ryan and find one at one point. Pretty much nobody’s heard of them, and those that knew didn’t stock them either.
That was maybe two years ago now. Not that I needed one then or now. I’m just glad that somebody still uses them. I’m only twenty-eight but damn did I feel out of time looking around for one.
P.S.
A hewing axe gets things done, but a draw knife has some magic in it!
It's fascinating to watch. Even more so when you begin to understand the design behind the barrel's shape.
Excellent. I love watching stuff like this. Reminds me of watching The New Yankee Workshop and The Woodwright's Shop with my dad when I was a kid.
I work in a whiskey barrel factory and seeing this man do all this by hand is so amazing considering we have machines doing half of the work for us
Great job on the barrel and the video! My dad and grandad used to be coopers. It's nice to see someone who still masters the skill.
There are two things I would have liked to see in this video that felt kinda missing, which is the hole to fill the barrel, and it ultimately being filled and watertight as a final test 😁
Absolutely fantastic work. You can really see the quality, because after all, the oak boards were cured and shaped by Josiah's cousin Joshua, who was a cooper and not a hooper.
Wow that’s really neat. Good job.
That was amazing to watch!
I'm not familiar with wood working, but I didn't know they use car break pads to svrape the rim of a barrel. Very innovative.
I believe you’re referring the Chiv/Howel, which prepares the staves to receive the Croze (groove), which holds the head in place.
I was watching a Cooper about 45 years ago near Wiliamsburg and he said the secret to making a good tight barrel was to hammer a wire strip down the length of each slat on one side to form an indentation then plane it just until the indentation is gone. When filled with water that indentation swells out and gives an extra tight seal between slats almost like having a gasket between them.
Приятно смотреть как работает настоящий профессионал, спасибо!
Sweet Mary that was a beautiful thing to watch! A few things I know from reading a book on the craft that you didn’t show, maybe to keep the video short. You didn’t scrape the inside after the assembly but before the firing, you didn’t use a waxy string around the lids, no reeds in the lids, and no bung hole. You charred the inside but are they liquid tight?
There was a time I thought I had what it takes to do this but now I’m not so sure. There is some serious artistry in knowing those tapers and bevels. 15:45
Wow, excellent, only manual tool . congratulations
3:14 what is what looks like a chalk line spiral on the staves? I imagine this is part of the fit-up but I've never seen how staves of different widths are fit in other cooping videos... Is the fit actually made by the hoops?
Got a subscription from me, thank you for the video
There's often an order to how the staves go together. That chalk line is there so that each piece goes back where it fits in the hoop
Very interesting. Skilled craft.
What a skill! I really admire you.
hand hewn staves, wow. That's truly impressive. I'd love to fill this thing up with a nice golden farmhouse ale to break it in.
Ini adalah karya seni. Hanya orang yang sudah memiliki jam terbang tinggi yang mampu membuat barrel / tong kayu yang sangat rapi dan kuat. Salut untuk anda.
Fascinating to watch. I would love to be able to make these!
I am having hard time finding any weekend courses on this in ontario Canada.
I would like to know how to build barrels and buckets and the tools supplies as well.
Tillers International in Scotts, Michigan teaches an annual cask-making class in which one learns to make a five-gallon Pin. I know it’s not Canada, but may be doable for you. It was a ten-hour drive for me from Pennsylvania.
Well, I’m the first 30 seconds it’s clear that he can hatchet a board much straighter than I can rip with a handsaw! Very impressive.
I have a few years woodworking experience including green-woodworking, but never done coopering how long do you think it would take to be able to make a water tight cask? I guess I can start with pales and dry casks first so it's less daunting. I heard it can take 2 years of apprenticeship to make a water tight barell but not sure if that a fixed rule. I'm quite a fast learner and done a lot of making things.
That's incredible!
Saludos amigos muy bien 👍 su trabajo..que clase de madera es esa
Dang this is impressive work
Please keep things like this alive big companies are trying to kill masterful individuals like this man in their craft in the name of profit!
Draw knife is so sharp it leaves a sheen on the wood like a plane. I am fairly certain I have the sun plane you were using for the original bevel on the head of the cask. As heavy as it is, I believe it is lignum vitae. Unfortunately, it is missing the iron and wedge.
Not sure why the algorithm brought me here, but I am not disappointed. Where does one go to learn such an art?
I took the tillers International cask-making class. It’s advertised as a barrel-making course, but a barrel is typically a 36-gallon cask. In the course, you’ll make a five-gallon Pin.
Wonderful
Beautiful!
Would an exterior preservative coating like boiled linseed oil, wax, or pine tar negatively affect the contents during aging?
Un auténtico artesano y todo hecho a mano , desde España mis más cordiales felicitaciones
Impressionante, grazie per il video
Would you happen to have plans how how to make the staves for a 5 gallon barrel ?
Thank you
This video is great!
Trying to start my own small time cooperage using hand tools like yourself. Your broad axe work was quite impressive. Did you make your own construction hoops or have them made using a mandrel? They are very thick!
Keep up the great work!