How to change the bottom of a barrel? Our master cooper shows you step by step.

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At Tonelería Murúa, we create our own backgrounds. In this way we can be sure of selecting the best wood and having the best finish on the market. The top and bottom of the barrels are made by joining several pieces of wood together and, as with all barrels, the basic raw material is oak wood.

To create them, it is necessary to plane the four sides of the wooden boards, select the pieces that form a bottom, place the pieces that are going to form each one of them, nail them with points, round the bottoms with a machine that gives them the shape we are looking for and, finally, plane them so that they are fine.

The bottoms are placed after the barrels have been deburred. This consists of making an indentation at the ends to be able to insert them, and this is done after toasting the barrel and placing the rings.

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All barrels are inspected inside and out to ensure maximum quality throughout the process. The final check consists of testing the watertightness of each barrel using water and pressure.

But what happens when, for whatever reason, you need to change the bottom of a barrel? This is a question that we have been asked several times and we would like to show you step by step, so that you can do it without any problem.

You will need the following materials:

  • Hammer
  • Carpenter’s blade
  • Sandpaper

The first thing to do is to remove the rings. With the help of the hammer and the mallet you have to remove them one by one. Carefully, without damaging the barrel, you will remove the first, second and third hoop.

Once you have removed them, it is time to remove the bottom. Then, again with the help of the hammer and mallet, you will have to put back the third ring, which will be fixed as the barrel is tightened once the second ring is also in place.

Then you will have to place the first ring and continue to tighten the third and fourth rings until they are secure.

Again, using the hammer and mallet, you will have to remove the first, second and third rings and hollow out the fourth. Once this is done, you will have to put the bottom in the ring and tap it gently with the hammer until it fits well.

Then you will place the third ring again and tighten it well, always with the hammer and the hammer. Finally, you will have to place the second and first ring and tighten them all well until they are well fixed to the barrel.

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We have explained it step by step, but as everything is better understood by watching the process in person, we leave here a video tutorial that we have made with our master cooper so that you don’t miss a single detail.

If this video has been useful for you, you will surely be interested in the other tutorials we have recorded for you. Discover them all on our website.

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