I just took a white coopering class at the John C. Campbell Folk School with Will Hines. It was a extremely great experience, and deserves its own post, (I need to dig up the camera first).
But we worked with sassafras, and Will noted that he's having trouble finding a good source of sassafras nowdays. I told him I'd help him find some, so here I am.
He's near the NC/TN border, and he's looking for both boards and split out sections of straight-grained wood (think firewood sized). I believe he used to just get whole logs in the past, but his old source retired.
So, anyone know of a new source?
If you know of a source near Wake County as well, I'd sure like to know that too, so I can continue with coopering on my end.
Thanks!
But we worked with sassafras, and Will noted that he's having trouble finding a good source of sassafras nowdays. I told him I'd help him find some, so here I am.
He's near the NC/TN border, and he's looking for both boards and split out sections of straight-grained wood (think firewood sized). I believe he used to just get whole logs in the past, but his old source retired.
So, anyone know of a new source?
If you know of a source near Wake County as well, I'd sure like to know that too, so I can continue with coopering on my end.
Thanks!