Coopering – Wooden Tub
Friday – Saturday, November 6, 2026 – November 7, 2026
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$279.00 – $299.00
Description
Immerse yourself in a 2-day hands-on coopering class using traditional methods!
In this class students will learn the traditional craft of wooden container making (coopering) through hands-on learning working with drawknives, croze, hollowing knives, compasses, and cooper’s joiner planes to name a few. Students will each make a wooden tub by shaping individual wooden staves, cutting grooves for container bottoms, and securing the tub with cane hoops.
This class is specially designed for those who have taken the Beginning Coopering class – Making a Wooden Bucket.
SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate, must have previously taken the beginning coopering class – making a wooden bucket.
CLASS FEE: $299/$279 Sauder Village member. Fee includes all supplies and loan of tools. Deadline to register is November 2nd at 12 noon.
CLASS SIZE: Space is limited to a maximum of 4 students
LOCATION: Cooper Shop inside Historic Sauder Village
CLASS TIME: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm each day
INSTRUCTOR: Sauder Village Master Cooper, John Law
