STARTED WORKING ON BARREL JUST A FEW HOURS A DAY .HAVE TAKEN METAL RINGS OFF OUTSIDE AND TEMPORARY FITTED CABLE TIES TO HOLD TOGETHER WHILE WORKING ON IT.THE INSIDE WILL TAKE LONGER AS I WILL BE SCRAPING EACH PANEL TILL I GET TO BARE TIMBER.HAVE BEEN USING THE 1 INCH CHISEL I GOT FROM FLEAS MARKET WHICH I RESTORED TO USE AS SCRAPER.USING THE BACKEND OFF CHISEL.THIS PROCESS WILL TAKE ME ABOUT A WEEK TO DO AS EACH PANEL NEEDS 3X SCRAPING AS THIS WAS SEALED INSIDE WITH SOME TYPE OFF SEMI HARD SEALER.LOOKS LIKE A BLOB OFF CANDLE WAX MELTED.HARD WORK BUT IN THE END IT WILL BE WORTH IT.