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I've been playing the last few days. I took bits of a maple I had to take down and let dry for a while and made this. It is close to 175 mm tall and has a diameter of about 110 mm at the top. The straps are pallet strapping and, like in traditional coopering, hold the whole thing together. I does have a bottom but is not exactly water tight. It dribbles a bit from the bottom and has 1 small leak between 2 staves. I haven't yet put any finish on it.
So what to y'all think?
Sweet,
I know a bloke that does this for a trade and it's not easy. Well done
Robert
needs a drop of Cooprs. :D:D:D
Nice work!:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:
Did it stop leaking within a day or two ???
That is a good size vessel.
What will you use it for?
It looks good and impressive to only have one leak from the staves.
How did you get the joints so tight?
That's a fine looking vessel. Should hold about 1.6 litres of beer, allowing a little less volume for the base. Use it for drinking beer and I don't think that you will notice if it leaks.
prozac
I cut the individual staves on a table saw using a quick jig to hold the angle from top to bottom with the blade set at a 15 degree angle (for 12 staves). I numbered each and cleaned the sides with a hand plane till it looked like the sides fit. Seeing as I only missed one pair, I think that's pretty good. I cut the groove for the bottom with a chisel I made last week ( I needed a narrow chisel, something around 3 mm).
For the initial assembly, I held the staves together with tape untill I got to the point I could get the bands on then tightened the whole thing by tapping the bands in place with a small hammer and cold chisel. Sounds easy enough, don't it. I suppose I've spent somewhere around 20 hours so far.
The dimensions I gave are for the outside, so by the time the thickness of the walls are removed and the bottom is accounted for and the slope of the sides, I calculate it should hold something under 1 litre.
If I let water sit in it I think the swelling of the wood would stop the leaks.
If I get the leaks stopped, I'll use it as a drinking vessel at Ren Faires and the like. If not I find something to do with it.
ron
Did you have a use for it when you commenced construction or was it a job to test your skills.... a great job:2tsup::2tsup: well done
les
I got the idea from looking though a book on making a coopered bucket. I don't know where the book is at the moment and accually did the work from memory.
ron
Noel! :):Quote:
Originally Posted by watson
It could be used as an interesting wine cooler.