Tillers International Coopering Barrels Class 

I am totally in awe. The barrels all look wonderful. I love this stuff. If people don't take the time to learn these skills eventually they will all die out.

I want to take the next class, thanks for adding this video well done.. Made in USA !!!

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!!!

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

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)

so the wood is split and planed so that the grain is perpendicular to the flat wide face of each piece? i saw it in a different coopering video but haven't really had it explained.

What is "white coopering"? This is the trade which produced wooden containers such as buckets, washtubs and butter churns for use in the home. Barrel making was a separate trade.

Its amazing that anyone cannot like this video!

It's been a long while for me since I last worked with wooden barrels, but I agree with you: that really was painful to watch. Better look at other YT videos to find out how it's really done, what the tools really look like, and how well made barrels really look like...

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

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.

curious about the term "white coopering students".

Where are you guys located?this looks like a great class!

but are they watertight???

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.

Where are these barrel-making classes held? Is there a link?

Very very cool.

hmm a water tight barrel from multiple dozen pieces of free hand carved wood- Anything is possible! Very good video- ty :)

5 guys to put rings on a barrel - painful to watch.

too many coopers spoil the barrel..