paskmakes.com/free-plans/ When I made the original wooden bucket back in ep5 of Scrapwood Challenge kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gbGiedGctr2zYqc.html I made, edited and uploaded the video all in one day. Because of that it was rushed and wasn't as clear as it could've been so I've always planned to remake it. It's a very cool project and definitely worth a go!

Just a few centuries ago you could make buckets and barrels for a living. Every time you walked around town, you could see people keeping their stuff safe and know that you'd made life better for the people around you. It's romanticizing a hard period in history, but it sounds so nice to do such directly meaningful work.

If you wanna make it the way it was built in the old days you heat up the steel collars red hot and drop it on. It will burn the wood making it perfect set and once it cools down it will squeeze the wood to a tight fit. The old days they set the cart wheels similar ways. Regardless just the thought to make something like that is cool. I Like your projects and the way you introduce the problem (only small design flaw) and solving it on the spot. It does encourage others : "Don't be afraid to make a mistake just learn from it and fix it" Anyone thought about it how they made those over 150 years ago?

My great grandfather made buckets in this style. He used to make the bucket itself out of softer wood and reinforce the spots where the handles were fitted with pieces of harder wood, so that the weight rested on those pieces. Not too important if you're just using it for light work, but he had buckets that lasted decades for daily construction work. Cement mixing, carrying water, holding sand and dirt, things like that. A day to make the buckets yielded decades of use.

12 sides = dodecagon. The buckets look cool.

The author does like to from scratch, kzfaq.infoUgkxbnOKZBE4evMO5V2vroHeCjq6d_MV6wJO shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. As another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us don’t have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we won’t be able to practise the full stack project, is still great.

After all these years still one of my favorite KZfaq subscriptions.

Stick the rings in your kitchen oven for half an hour then put them on. They will shrink after they cool down.

In the winery we have particular brands of oak barrels that are notorious for leaking when new To fix this we fill them with hot water and then run hot water over the sides which is a quick way to seal them We also use a soft bees wax for minor leaks when filling with wine

I couldn't see anyone who'd named it for you, so here is what you call a 12 sided polygon: A Dodecagon

YEAH!! Scrapwood Challenge!! :D

I always get excited when a new "Pask" video pops up. Thanks Neil.

One of the many things I love so much about this channel is the problem solving. That and the emphasis on patience, taking the little extra time to do things and really get into the craft. Serious kudos, as always, Neil. Cheers!

Your approach to things that don’t work right away is so inspiring! Your videos are really helping me deal with my fear of not doing everything perfectly. You truly are a wise man!

I really like it. There is only one thing I might do different, and that's heating the ring for the final install in the same way a wheelwright would heat a steel tyre for the final fit on a wagon wheel, and quench it in the same fashion as well. I vaguely remember watching my Grandfather do it like that on the farm when I was a wee kid. Although I know my Grandfather was a blacksmith by trade, not a cooper, or a wheelwright either for that matter. Although most men of that time were somewhat multi skilled.

At six in the morning I did the best thing to do, brewed my coffee and watched how to make an old-fashioned bucket. Thank you, great explanation as always, I enjoyed it very much. It is also very nice that you use different methods while repeating some tasks. Neil thanks to you, I started the weekend in a pleasant way, I wish you a great weekend too.

Much as I hate plastic, I do like buckets made from it; they're cheap, reliable, and easily dug out of the trash.... But I have always admired the look and feel of buckets (and barrels or casks) made from rough-sawn wood and wondered how they're made. Watching this video was a real joy, as it shows that process in detail, and the thoughtful narration "fills in the gaps"!

I was just thinking about wooden buckets last night, looking at pictures of the old west, wondering how they managed with such things. Lo and behold you post this!! I've been around since the wood screw video, and still a big fan as ever, thanks for all the great videos through out the years Pask!!!!!

Now imagine how they were doing that before, without the adjustable angle power tools

Hurray!!! I love SWCs!!! 🎶It’s scrap, it’s crap, it’s firewood but some of the wood is good!!!🎶 Awesome job!!! ❤️❤️❤️👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Slightly thinner staves will have the same effect as softer wood. When rings are driven to equivalent tension the contact area between staves will then result in a higher psi.

Great work Neil! It might be good to weld the handle bracket onto the top ring to spread the weight out better and give a cleaner look. The bracket would only have to be a few mm longer.

First comment 😀! Love the project, and a 12-sided polygon is a dodecagon; a solid 12-sided shape is a dodecahedron.

Hey Neil! Timber grader for an Australian east coast flooring manufacturer here. The grey sapwood, brown gum vein and the fact that it doesn’t plane easily leads me to believe the wood is spotted gum. If the gum vein stinks then it’s almost definitely spotted gum. Great little bucket by the way!

I will be making several of these. You just make everything look so fun when you make it. Make On my Friend.

The compound angles you have to do to make the tapered bucket is so impressive I have been working on a similar project and my brain still hasn’t recovered

I really like that you returned to an old challenge, only to find that there was still some challenge to it! I also really appreciate you using basic tools. It makes the work a little bit more relatable.

Loved that you showed all the modifications and changes as they happened allowing us to see the process fully rather than just showing us the final version huge respect! I currently have no need for a wooden bucket but I need a waste basket and a wooden bucket would work perfectly!

Terrific work Neil! Those buckets turned out great! Looks like you can check another project off of your bucket list! 👍👍😉😉

I’m so happy to see a Scrapwood Challenge. They are why I subscribed to your channel back in the day.

A 2 dimensional shape with 12 sides is a dodecagon, if I'm not mistaken. And if it's a 3 dimensional shape with 12 sides, it's a dodecahedron.

Good to see you back to your roots scrap wood 🪵 challenge is great 👍 beautiful bucket 🪣

Best tutorial out there! Thank you so much. Everybody else skips stuff, you took it all the way through it n back. Been researching a simpler way of data for wooden “vessels” want to make a hot tub. Its the same concept. But bigger. I already know how to weld the wood stove for it. Its the woods that i was calculating. I was gonna go for hard wood but now i think ill build a prototype on soft first.

Hey Neil, just a little idea for ya, for SWC 100, wouldn’t it be fun to redo SWC 1 and see how much better you’ve gotten!👍🏼

It's dangerous for me to be watching videos like this. As a retired cabinetmaker I'm too prone to spending a lot of money setting up another shop. LOL But seriously, this was way too cool of a project for me not to give it a go. Thanks for a great video.

Pask, you do great and I trust that you know yourself (and that saw looks like a sawstop) but that was one of the scariest cuts I've ever seen.

So, even you make mistakes and have to redo ... it's always great to see that happening as it gives us mere mortals the will to carry on when things don't quite work the first time ... fantastic!

Wow, episode 53 already! You've made so many beautiful things of the scrap wood.

Really beautiful work! Never knew that flax paste could seal wood like that

I think we can all agree, those are some nice looking buckets.

My fire company has an hand pumped engine made in 1799. It is made out of white oak. Every few years we pull it out and pump it. The wood requires to soak over night before it stops leaking. In October, I toured Kentucky Cooperage. They make bourbon whiskey barrels out of white oak, with no glue, even on the heads (bottom & top). They hydraulically press the heads together. The cooper then hand places the staves and hand tightens hoops so tight, they do not leak. Each barrel is pressure tested with air and water to verify no leaks before being shipped. It seems that white oak is a good material for being wet, but the bourbon barrels do leak a bit over the years that it ages the bourbon.

Wow man this is awesome. Thank you so much - and for the free download! I HATE plastic so will definitely be trying to make a couple of these bad boys.

I certainly didn't search out how to make a wooden bucket, but I stayed and watched. Fascinating.

Neil, we like you because you are Pask Makes but we admire you because you are Pask Remakes.

Dodecagon (2 plus 10). Thanks, Neil. Will the hardwood buckets function ok after the first swelling, or are they likely to dry out, ease back and leak more rapidly than softwood?

You could simplify the build further by making two extra long panels and make a handle out of some rope and pass it through holes made in the top of the protruding panels

With all of your knowledge and skill, plus power tools, making the buckets is still a lot of work. So I’m trying to imagine how important buckets were to our ancestors and how extremely difficult it must have been to construct a bucket with just hand tools and a sharp eye. Good job. Cheers

Hi Neil, I just love your videos and have learnt so much from you. I am 74 years of age and starting to run out of energy. I remember well my parents laundry where they had four very large sinks made of a fine grain soft wood without any knots. Even our kitchen sink was the same timber. They never leaked as we had to leave at least two inches (5 cm) of water in the bottom at all times. We had a wringer in one sink that was water driven to spin the clothes dry. I don't recall worrying about water consumption then as our clothes line was raised and lowered also by the mains water pressure! Keep up the great work and when we are in Noosa next I would love to catch up. Cheers, Roger.

Beautiful, as always. Just as an FYI - you're a carpenter but I see you always going for those big ol' bolts. Common Nails make great rivets and look so much better. I use 16 penny for their 1/8" shank diameter. If you want a really beefy rivet, those 60-penny spikes will do. With one head already formed, it's short work to peen over the other. You do have to heat the nail with your propane torch first, just to take out the work hardening that comes from the factory. Then just treat them like any other steel rivets. Those handle plates would have looked dreamy if you'd riveted them to the wood with some nails. Joining the ends of the bands would have been a simple job, too, so no need to drill for clearance of a big ol' bolt head! Just thought I'd throw that out there since I never see you using nails for rivets.

Nice work as always! Always appreciate when you use common tools and methods for us weekender types.

For future reference on identifying this timber is that it’s most certainly brown tree wood

You are always creative in all the works that you display through this channel

This was really cool, loved the video, thank you! I remember watching a video on an Australian cooper George Smithwick, he still makes buckets the traditional way, if you're ever in his area it would be really cool to see a visit to him if he was ok with it :)

Your ability to pivot and make corrections on the fly is really amazing. As always, fascinated by your work.

So glad you have another scrapwood challenge video up

A friend of mine used to make planters like this for his Rhododendron plant business. One thing he did was make a dado where you have the steel rings. In the dado he would put a nylon strap and using a tensioner pull it tight and clasp it with a stainless steel clasp. I've been wanting to make some myself but haven't figured out the angles. Your video helped a lot so I'm going to try it. Thanks, you are very skilled.

Even though you said no Glue I kept expecting you to take the tape off and start glueing it up. 🤣 Absolutely brilliant.

Honestly, this may be one of the first time I buy plans. For most things I like to let myself play around with design, but for something like this I think it will be be better to just use plans and jig templates. Wonderful as always sir

Why do I feel like Pask Makes could make a nuclear reactor from scrap wood! I love these videos!

Nice to see that you work safe and healthy! Do you have some kind of a list of buckets you want to make in the future? Something like a bucketlist?

putting the rings on hot gives a much tighter and leak proof fit up after they cool down

awesome job Neil, love watching you figure it out. keep up the good work. Ron

Great work! My grandfather was a woodworker & made a couple of buckets. He used many of the methods that you do. The one difference he did was to attach the handle to the upper ring. He said that it used the weight of the full bucket to help p seat the ring & keep things tight. He used parafin wax & linseed oil between the staves & on the bottom for waterproofing.

“…plus I also needed a couple of buckets!” 😂 love it!!

The absolute 🐐 of content to watch at 2 am

Traditionally, beech wood is/was used for buckets. I really wish I had known about wooden buckets when I was in school. I'd have loved to make one. Great work!

Question Neil due to an observation: along with using a softer wood, wouldn't it be easier to use thinner metal band [say 1-1.5mm]? It's still plenty strong, and with downward pressure would then be compelled to follow the shape of the bucket. I'm asking because of the visible gaps between the metal and the bucket [24:25]. Anyway, thanks for all the helpful tips over the years. God bless.

I can't stop watching your videos. I was looking for a bit of inspiration today, and I ended up finding alot. Thanks, you're great at everything. Looking though many videos you've posted, I noticed that you never use a measurement transfer Guage? Or maybe I just haven't seen it yet? I went on the better part of 30 years, not using one, and have found myself using them more and more. I actually avoided using them when they started to become popular. Maybe it was pride, or being set in my ways, but I've warmed up to them. I've always tried to use new technology as it comes out. I try not to just try every new thing, because there are a ton of fads that pass. If I see something that will truly make my life easier though, I'll give it a good go. I usually end up modifying it, or making my own, but I try my best not to do things solely out of habit. I hope I keep learning, for as long as I have on this spining rock. I truly appreciate what you've created here.

Hey thank you for posting the plans! Nice job the buckets look great.

That's four buckets that money can't buy, or not easily at least as no shops have them. One suggestion: stainless steel for all the metal parts, incl. the bolts. A nice looking, maintenance free modern material combined with a classy traditional design.

12 sided polygon is a dodecagon. Cool bucket! Though I am wondering why you didn't just make a rabbet for it to slot into the groove.

Thanks for sharing your work. The angles do my head in. Will keep going and will get there in the end. Thanks for plains.

I love all your videos. What you make, how you do it, and how you present it. My whole life is a Scrapwood Challenge, so I'm bloody glad I found your channel.

Could you burn rings in, like you would fit handle to chisel?

table saws give me major anxiety like i can deal with'em myself but every time i see someone else dealing with them i can't help but imagine the worse please be careful only the skilled ones get hurt by these stuff

Thanks for the plans!

Very cool buckets, well done! The other advantage of the softwood is the bucket will be lighter to carry.

you say you used cypress on the last bucket, would it be safe to drink the water from this bucket ?

The video says no glue, however the bottom of the bucket uses glue 🤔

Relaxing to watch. Thanks for sharing

Thanks for the plans! Time to make a few buckets. Really important skill to add.

See kids you too can make stuff at home. All you need is tens of thousands of dollars of high tech equipment. It’s just that easy!

Thrilled to see another Scrapwood Challenge. I think these are my favorite videos.

Pretty amazing! Great build 👍

That Cypress bucket can outlive your children... Great job...

Pask awesome project. I really love this retro and simple design. Hopefully you get great use out them for many years ahead. Can't wait to see more videos soon my friend. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Forge On. Fab On. Weld On. Keep Making. God Bless.

Nice job 👍. Thanks for sharing your project.

Thank you for all the tips about doing this with simple metal working tools, I'm sure I'm not the only woodworker that doesn't have fancy metal tools and it's really inspiring to see what can be done with a hacksaw and a file.

Great stuff Neil!

Sealing the bottom joint with flax is interesting. I have seen some Japanese tub type boats built and that was done without sealant. I think it worked because of a more tightly fitting tapered groove and probably specific species of wood. The sealer gives you a little more flexibility in design, I suppose. Also, Japanese buckets and barrels were traditionally made with a special braided bamboo band rather than metal. I've used cane (for chair seats) with some success. I like the rasped edges. The final product looks great.

Super nice project. Thanks for sharing.

Enjoyed the video very much. I enjoy watching and listening to you. Good job!

I appreciate seeing all the variations

Thanks for showing making the steel ring with simple tools. I will need that. Love your videos, especially the Scrap Wood Challenges, the theme is perfect!

That handle dowel drilling trick was cool!

3 hours to make one bucket with modern tools, those things had to be worth a small fortune back in the day. It's fun to imagine, today young couples dream of a dishwasher or a nice induction stove but in the old days you would dream about a bucket.

My great uncle used to make barrels and would use thin alders for the rings. Split them in half, wrap it around and nail the ends together. I think it worked well because it would all swell and shrink together.

As always great work, at my local Men's Shed we've been using same principle to make half barrels to use as planters, lucky dip tubs etc, it's a great project that uses up lots of scrap wood. Cheers

I like how you show the process of the things you learn along the way, not just one perfect bucket.

Woohoo, another scrap wood challenge. It's been a long time coming