Coopering a Wooden Bucket *LINK*

Re: Coopering a Wooden Bucket

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>I just got a Woodwright's Shop (Roy Underhill, PBS) video showing how to make a similar bucket, very cool, and it doesn't seem to require piles of special expensive tools.

Pam

Re: Coopering a Wooden Bucket *LINK*

Gregor Scheer

>The video you got features the same Norm Pederson who stars in our film. The difference is that in our film has been shot over three days in the coopers workshop, showing the whole process step by step where as the pbs show is shot live in half an hour. It is more an interview with necessairly many shortcuts. We where a bit angry that PBS preferred to produce their own instead of purchasing our work at the time (that we consider much better of course).

By the way, please let us know about any historic Crafts reenactments that you know of, we are allways looking for more subjects


How things are made: A WOODEN BUCKET

Re: Coopering a Wooden Bucket

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Gregor, I wasn't trying to caste any dispersions on your video, I'm sure it's a fine and complete work. I was simply commenting that there was another video available. I think the Roy Underhill show displays enough of the process for an experienced woodworker to approach coopering; but I'm no cooper, and won't know for sure until I actually build a bucket that holds water.

Pam

Re: Coopering a Wooden Bucket

Gregor Scheer

>Hi Pam, my post might have been a bit bitchy, but your post just reminded me an older grief when we had just received a refusal from pbs for our proposal and the next thing we know is that "our" cooper goes into their studio... These are unfortunately things that happen in the filmmaking comunity a lot. But never mind, life goes on, we are just releasing our next film and still happy and passionate about our "How things are made series"

Kind regards, and good success with your bucket making. We would be glad to know how it goes and also happy to help if any problems occur. Having made the film is nearly like having made the bucket and also we have become good friends with the cooper who lives here on the island and can forward any questions that we can't answer.

What's your next film? Woodworking?

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

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Re: What's your next film? Woodworking? *LINK*

Gregor Scheer

>No the next film is about to be released - The premiere screening will take place in the Staten Island museum on April 7 2006 it is about masonry. The Title: How Things Are Made: Tyrolean Ovens and Stoves. Masonry for Baking and Heating.

In South Tyrol, in the mountains of northern Italy we observe the work of a master mason. Josef Niederkofler known as Siegele Sepp, whose specialty is building masonry ovens and stoves, traditional knowledge in jeopardy of being lost. The dimensions of the baking oven are scaled to accomodate 50 to 60 loaves of bread at once, and the pear-shaped dome of the oven chamber is critical for optimizing the draft and heating efficiency. The wood burning heating stove uses a special stone, called leadstone or serpentine, that is found in mountain deposits. The films in the HOW THINGS ARE MADE series will appeal to students of all ages with a passion for history, science and traditional crafts. The intent of each film is to show how applied fundamental technologies cross lines between heuristic and scientific knowledge, create awareness of history, geography and the origin of everyday things and acknowledge the accomplishment of mastering complex, skill-based processes. I am just updating the website. If you take a look in the next few days, you will find more information and a trailer




http://www.vinestreetworks.com

Re: What's your next film? Woodworking?

Jim in Burlington On

>How long before it will be released to video?

Thanks, Gregor, pretty cool.

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

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Re: What's your next film? Woodworking? *LINK*

Gregor Scheer

>Our films are available on video DVD and VHS immediately at release, as their main market is libraries, schools and private audience. I will have it all up by tommorrow on the website. The conditions are going to be the same as for the wooden bucket film, if you want to check immediately


http://www.vinestreetworks.com

Re: What's your next film? Woodworking? *LINK*

Gregor Scheer

>here we go: it is released and available allthough the "official" premiere screening will be on April 7. Allthough about masonry the woodworker will be interested to see how the wooden form is made for a dome that has the shape of a pear cut in half.


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