Ruth,

Drew Langser would be good place to start. He was the featured speaker at 
our Traditional Timberframe Conference in Old Salem this year. He also put 
me in touch with some Swiss trades people before I went to the IPTW in 
Sweden in May. He runs a workshop based school in Virginia that teaches 
traditional crafts including cooperage, Here is a link about his cooperage 
class: http://countryworkshops.org/NewCW/Swiss%20Cooperage.html

Enjoy,

Rudy

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From: "Ruth Barton" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: [BP] traditional pathwats to professions


> OK, now I know some of you on here know how to work with your hands, as
> well as your heads, so now I have a question.  Do any of you know where I
> might be able to get plans, and some instructions, for how to construct a
> wooden sap gathering tub like my ggrandfather might have used.  One of our
> sons has a friend who likes to try to do things the "old fashioned" way 
> and
> he is wanting to build a gathering tub.  For those of you not familiar 
> with
> things New England this would be a large tub in which to collect Maple sap
> in the spring to be boiled into Maple syrup.  And if you've never had 
> Maple
> syrup you ain't lived!!!!  Send address and I'll send you some.
>
> The only place I can think of that might have what Mark is looking for is
> Foxfire books but I'm not sure they would have the info either.   Thanks,
> Ruth
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