Tillers International Coopering Barrels Class

[AbdallahTimuroglu]

Wow classical work totally or mostly hand made. thats what I call a piece of art. Just beautiful. thanks for sharing.

[chena3]

too many coopers

spoil the barrel..

[maxtrax89]

Its amazing that anyone cannot like this video! 

[nasdrasil]

I have so much respect for thsese guys. Awsome to see how the real thing is done. I'm trying to make some wooden beer tankards at the moment, but compared to these guys... I'm a really bad amateur....

Awsome handcraft there!!!

[switzercraftbullet]

In this high-tech age, most of the world's farmers cannot afford tractors and other capital-intensive tools. According to the United Nations, 400 million draft animals still plow small farms. Even more farms are tilled by hand hoes. Tillers brings low-cost technologies to the rural poor to increase their productivity. Skills relearned from history mixed with new science form the knowledge base for Tillers' work.

[switzercraftbullet]

ha but they use white oak so it wont soak up the contents

[iworkforme]

curious about the term "white coopering students".

[TillersInternational]

Hi iworkforme,

White coopering refers to straight staved coopered items, as opposed to bent staved barrels (it has nothing to do with the ethinicity of the cooper, lol).

Thanks!

[kennickj]

A well made bucket or any other container should hold what it was made to hold right away. You wouldn't want your beer barrel to have to get tight...it needs to BE tight the second you put beer in it!!

[TillersInternational]

Hi kennickj,

That's what makes wet coopering, as opposed to dry coopering or white coopering, quite difficult and skill intensive. Thanks!

Thanks!

[fakiir]

@kennickj if its made of wood, the joints need time to swell and close the joint, especially if its brand new or has been kept dry for more than a few weeks. read up on the material properties of wood in the context of barrel making. if something has been done the same way for a very long time, something tells me its probably the right way.

[TillersInternational]

Once the wood of a well-made bucket or barrel has a chance to soak up water, it expands and becomes quite water tight.

[phillgrego]

but are they watertight???

[ShushLorraine]

Very very cool.

[COT51E]

This is how i use to make casks, The traditional way but all my joints/angles were done by "eye" not a V stick........shame on you!!! Tut tut!!!

[TillersInternational]

Well done, COT51E! However, most of the coopers you see in this video are green students... with practice perhaps they'll achieve the skill level to form their angles by eye, too. Thanks!

[akumarasta]

could explain or upload a video of how to make the lid of the barrel and as it becomes finite.

[moos209]

Geez. So much man power for one barrel. They look great. I want to learn.

[moderndexterity]

Compare this handmade way of making barrels, to the machine methods, very labor intensive; but with barrels costing in the $1000 it would well be worth it to learn if you are a home wine maker.

[otacon451]

definitely. from what ive gathered these folks are about spreading these kinds of tech and skills not just to folks in developed countries, but internationally to developing countries where its much more relevant. not to say it isnt relevant where we are, but there they dont even have the first option (machine made)