where can i buy oak staves?

[Beam]

hey I was wondering if anyone knows of a cooper or a place I can get cheap oak staves from, so I can make my own chips cut to size and toasted or charred by myself, as I find it would be much cheaper to buy the staves in bulk then buy chips from hbs, thank you

[Lowndsey]

Find a used wine barrel and break it up

[Beam]

do you have any idea where I could start looking for them ?

[emptyglass]

Find a used wine barrel and break it up

Thats the go.

Try some local wineries, they often get leaky ones and are happy to get a little cash back.
Careful with half barrel planters from nursries, sometimes they treat them for white ants.
Half a wine barrel will keep you in oak for a long time. If you have the choice of red or white wine barrels, they both have good properties, try and make sure its only been filled with wine. A guy that I used to be able to get them from also used to sell them as planters, bar tables, etc, he used to fill them up with dam water to make them watertight. He used to give me the clean ones.
Sometimes you can get americam or french oak from flooring and timber companies, but often has sapwood.

[MacStill]

wine barrels on gumtree

[Beam]

thanks guys, ofcourse theres nothing for sale around here, the closest winery is bit of an hour drive might be worth a look

[Sam.]

You should have jumped on the group buy that just happened bud ;-)

i have heaps of french oak staves I bought off Ebay ages ago. If you want a few I could post them to you for fuck all :handgestures-thumbupleft:

PM if interested.