Tip on making a duct tape "handle" to facilitate removal of the top from a 5-gal. plastic paint bucket.
FAMILY HANDYMAN #352 Oct 1994 (v.44#9) pg. 54
Coopering wooden buckets fitted with wooden bail (handle). The stave sides are held in place with wooden hoops.
POPULAR WOODWORKING #41 Feb-Mar 1988 (v.7#5) pg. 34
Added Info POPULAR WOODWORKING #43 Jun 1988 (v.8#1) pg. 6
Make a firkin. Get an introduction to coopering by making a small wooden bucket where the bottom is larger than the top and a wooden dowel handle goes across the middle above the top opening.
WOODWORK #12 Winter 1991 pg. 72