Ben Connolly

Cooper

• 12-15 hours of work a day.
• The word Cooper comes from the same root as the word cup.
• Cooper means container maker.
• Coopers make containers made from pieces called spades.
• Barrels are rounded.
• Spades are held together by rings that can be made out of wood or metal.
• Coopers make barrels, mug’s, butter churns, and buckets.

Joiner

• “There are five types of joints, and thousands of variations.” -The Joiner
• Some common joints are Dovetail, Halfblind Dovetail, Fully Blind Dovetail, and Lap Joint.

Wheelwright

• Most wheels made were cart and wagon wheels.
• It was about an hour of work for every inch of a wheel.
• Wheels were mostly used for work like farming.

Cabinetmaker

• It would take about 5 hours to make a chair.
• To make designs in the legs of the table, they would use a blade thin as a string.