Bucket Making White Coopering 

It was a real pleasure watching this craftsman demonstrate how to make a wooden bucket. I made 3 wooden buckets as planting containers for my dad using modern wood working tools. It was quite a challenge. Thanks for posting this.

As an amateur woodworker I sure do admire that man's tools and his obvious tool sharpening skills. A sharp cutting edge is priceless. And those shavings make great firestarters! Hope your students gathered them. Thanks for all the great lessons Dave!

His work is awe inspiring to me. You can hear the passion in his voice as he explains the steps.

Thanks! I really appreciate this video. My great uncle would make buckets just like this. Use to watch him for hours. Takes me back over thirty years. He also made bowls, plates, and other things. Did it until he passed. Truly thanks man, brought back memories I had forgotten.

I was a child and used wooden buckets to draw water. Here we learn a lot about the old ways of living and working.

What an incredible video! Thanks for making the effort to record this and share it with the world.

The same principles for making shingles. Also, it's damn cool to see Dave being the eternal student. It's one of the reasons I have so much respect for the man. Dave, you're like a moving target. Just one someone thinks they got you pegged down, you're already on to the next project. Keep it up. This kind of mentality and openess to always being willing to learn something new is a good example to the rest of us "survivalist mortals".

Wonderful video. Nice to see a craftsman that actually knows his craft and obviously cares deeply about it.

That's awesome Dave.I would like to see you make a video series from tools needed,your lumber stock needed etc.I would actually enjoy watching this guy from beginning to end constructing a bucket.There just are not that many craftsman left and learning and passing things on to the next generation would be a boon for society. One of my favorite things is watching & learning from men & women of this caliber.God bless you & yours Dave & thanks for all you do for us

Holy Smokes. I could spend the day with this fellow. WOW. We do not have this knowledge anymore. Craftsmanship gentlemen. Plain and simple. Thanks for the look Dave.

When people see a bucket, even a wooden one, they don't even give it a second thought of what goes into making one. I think it's pretty interesting myself. It takes a skilled craftsman to create a multifunctional and durable item like this. Nice job.

Dave that was awesome. His set up is simple and quick. As is his templates for duplication of the sections. I could sit and listen all day to him explaining all of the tricks of the trade. I have used a draw knife and once you get the hang of using one working the wood for projects becomes easier. Thanks.

Fascinating!!! I love working in wood and you can tell that the Cooper does also. I've never made a bucket before, but it's not something you would jump out into the back yard and make. You need a little time for experience. Thanks, Dave, for presenting this gentleman's work of art. Clark

the last you said , said the most. A days labor. A bucket was a valuable and tangible product. great piece of work

This is the kind of thing that could save our country. If people would get back to creating items of this quality & craftsmanship instead of absolute JUNK, we could put this country back on the map as a producer nation once again. Thanks so much for taking the time to film this & share it with the world. I think even I, a person who can't walk, might be able to do something like this. You can bet I will be looking into it. Great video, Dave!!

Amazing. A true craftsman. 10 years later and I hope he is still well and kicking!

WOW!!! You just don't see craftmen's shift like that anymore. Simply beautiful

amazing craftsmanship! thanks for taking us along

I love seeing how they did it back then. you really had so many skilled craftsmen. Amazing video Dave

Thanks Dave, very interesting.Would love to see a series of things like this.....

A very good video. I never had the pleasure of this old trade, science and technique. An excellent video share. Thanks!

Brilliant video Dave!!

Great craftsmanship! Thanks for showing.

Very cool video Dave!

Really good post Mr. Richmond. It was very educational & informative. I always enjoy your videos thank you for sharing.

I flinched every time he pulled that draw knife right at his abdomen... good Lord... Great video. Tradition is such a beautiful thing.

nice, a skill you rarely ever see, just to make the wooden rings is an art in it's self. thanks for posting.

Awesome craftsmanship. Thanks for showing. Regards, Lars

Great Video Dave!!! That guy seemed really down to earth and he certainly knew his trade! Great sense of humor too. this was a really cool vid and subject!

Thanks Dave for this video, I would have never even thought of such skills, but WOW would I like to learn this stuff ! Another great insight from Wildernessoutfitters.

Always good to see a master craftsman at work.

very cool thanks for sharing this I love seeing anything made by hand from raw material

Awesome thanks Dave.

I find it almost funny that most other people my age would consider this terribly boring, yet I find this incredibly interesting.

The bucket is nice. But I want a vise like that! That work station is one of the coolest things ive seen. That is the lost art. Now a days there are a hundred gadgets to make doing things quickly, try making your own work staion and tools! Very impressive. Thanks Dave

I love videos like this. Thanks for sharing it Dave. We should have the skills to make our daily necessities, very doable things. I would love to see a video on digging a 'Well'; the way they did it back 'In The Day'. I'm kinda fixated on being able to get water when I'm not near a creek, stream etc. As you can imagine; owning a well when things get tough is like owning a Bank. You can go days without food, but only a few days without water (as you know). And now a way to carry it too. Awesome!

Cool video on bucket making...enjoyed it.

Awesome! Really enjoyed the video and the Gentleman who made the Bucket....and always Wildernessoutfitters.. Thanks! Jax

Simply amazing... beautiful work!

Fantastic! Once I saw him with the Arrowlock band I knew it was all over. Not many know how to craft an Arrowlock.

I know of no other place where I can learn this kind of historical knowledge. I had no idea they used wooden bands on the buckets...fascinating stuff!

Awesome video

Yay experimental archaeology!!!!! I love your channel, as I study archaeology and history (and the survival stuff is darned helpful too...!)

Hearing the blacksmithing going on in the background made me feel good. Hearing him say "scratch it till I get my grove on(at 9.50)" made me laugh!

Once again you have found very interesting skill in which i had have very little knowledge about. The crafts of yesteryear are a dieing at in which we all should learn.

I love these videos!

amazing video, great to see old skills like this surviving

that was beyond awesome. Seriously a true craftsmen

Supercool. Thx for sharing with us.

cool, great skills

Damn, that is a lot of work for a bucket! Man that sure makes me thankful for my $4 home depot buckets a lot more. That is really neat to be able to do that!

I used to go to these kind of historical trade shows when i lived in St. Charles county Missouri in a park right on the river. the park has a statue of Lewis and Clark too. This video brings back memories.

Very nice.

VERY cool! Thanks!

Thank for this... great to see.

Wow.. that's amazing!! Thanks for the video.. it was really interesting.

Very nice!!

So cool!

fantastic!!!

Hand tools are the best. Cool video and skill.

Now, that is a lost craft. I wonder if there is a demand for wood buckets? Great video, Dave!

Thank you Dave love it he sure Wow really great information I really like this Wow great info I like this guy I learned a lot thank you and your friend for sharing

Wow thanks Dave. When do we get to see you try? ;)

Worth watching for that radius trick alone!

Awesome!

where did you see this gentleman do this?i love watching and learning things like that... thank you sir,,,

Awesome, Dave. Thanks for posting this. I think one can assume construction methods were similar for the 18th century?

Awesome video! Love working with my hands.thx for sharing this! :-)

Outstanding

The Cooper's skill is his art and this gentleman is a master!!! Clark

his negotiating skills are priceless lolol

this is definitely fast becoming a lost art. great video..

I love the "old ways" of calculating - like figuring the radius of a circle here...

Sweet, I imagine they made the old whisky barrels in a similar manner. That Shows how important containers are to people then, and now.

The things we take for granted now as "simple" as a bucket were quite an ordeal.

great video very interesting to see how they made every day items back in the day where was this filmed?

cool stuff

I enjoyed that thank you.

Oh! Dave, you have to make one even if is crude you could probably line it with pine pitch or beeswax to hold water. Awsome! Now that you've opened the door, next stop.... the wheel ( wooden wheel ) , wagon wheel . I love the lost arts

The American craftsmen is a true treasure.

if you study just5 a little of ancient geometry you will easily find a better way to find the center. set the compass to the diameter, mark that distance, then divide that distance by 2. then set your compass to that distance and make 3 scribes with one point on the edge of your circle. where the scribes overlap is the exact center.

cool video and a awesome skill to have..the fair looks cool to go to, whats it called?

That was real interesting dave, I enjoyed watching it, before tolong it will be a lost trade?

The way he determines the radius is genius!

Nice !

It's called a "draw knife" for a reason my friend. Not a "push knife". Skilled Coopers and Carpenters of all races have been using them for hundreds of years. Notice this very skilled gentleman has all his appendages ?

$150 sounded high at first but after considering it takes a whole day to build. $150 for a days wage for someone thats self employed..... thats dirt cheap. and thats not considering material cost........great video. i enjoy these type.

Up here we have an old TV show called "the woodwright's shop" its old school wood working. & it's one of the few TV show I watch.

That draw knife looks insane sharp.

Second that, it's a very nice film.

Oh wow, you're right! I figured it was a fudge factor at first, but I guess I didn't pay enough attention to the bit about equilateral triangles, because it is exact.... I wonder when that started to be used. o_O

Good vid! Was he close to the blacksmith?

About the three piece arrows, is there a way to attach that to the compact survival bow ???

that there is a master craftsman. I work with wood every day and only wish I was that good

What event was that at? Thanks for filming it by the way Dave, I love watching woodworking.

Outstanding! Very-cool. As always, thanks’ for taking the time to make this video! And I support this site. We should honor our past! ~M~

Great video. More of the same, please.

Dave what do you think of SOG and Gerber knives?

Dave, did he say how long he's been making buckets and where he learned to do it?

I saw the shavings and my eyes went dinnerplate. What a knife, and popeye knows how to use it!