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COOPERING TOOLS

Splitting Wedge and Sledgehammer-are used to break the stump apart

Froe-is used to section the stump into staves.

Shaving horse-the cooper's workbench

It has a built-in clamp on the front for holding staves. The cooper can increase and decrease pressure on this clamp with his foot, which allows him to use both hands to dress the staves. Jim is using a drawknife in the photo.

Hollowing knife-is used to round out the concave side of the stave.

Cooper's Axe- helps to shape the edge of the stave, giving each a straight inward taper from top to bottom so the stave will have a slight wedge-like appearance.

Jointer-is like a mounted carpenter's plane. It smoothes the side of the stave.

Form-build the bucket around the form

2 lb. steel head hammer and anvil-use the hammer to pound one side of the band on the anvil. This stretches the band giving it a taper to match the angle of the bucket.

Hoop driver-drives the bands tight

Scorp-smooths the inside of the bucket.

Plane-levels the top of the bucket

Croze-makes the groove in the bottom of the bucket

Dividers-measures the diameter of the bucket by going around the groove 6 times.

Rasp-smoothes off rough edges

For detailed information on how to make a bucket get our book, HOW TO MAKE A COOPERED WOODEN BUCKET

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