Coopered Vat

[MikeWayzovski]

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Wine Barrel Segment 1

The staves or ‘Duigen’ as it is called overhere are actually straight when being made, marked and then put together in the hoops. The best wood would be oak. [afbeelding] [afbeelding] While a ‘carpenters eye’ might be sufficient for building a house, the ‘coopers’ eyes needed to be much more accurate and they also would need a strict plan by marking all staves otherwise, his plan would fall apart (‘het plan viel in duigen’, the saying goes) Planer: [afbeelding] Rounding of the bottom or …