Hello Mark, Yes, I am aware of all you say, simply because I know Jean so well and have gone though some of his experiences, if you look at my web site all the wood and resins for my KR came from Jean. I know I brought business to him, like I want to do for you and I am not asking for a penny. But, good spruce is hard to come by in the US. You may want to go into these sites: www.krnet.org and the forum at KRnet<[email protected]> lots of guys talk about good wood that they can't find. Except maybe for Wick's who are old piano builders and have access to supplies but then again there is a long wait period. It might be an advantage to have kits set out for kr's, I don't mean already cut, but the list you may have gotten from Jean, just makes things easier when an order comes in. Jean was getting a good reputation with the kr guys, I know because they emailed me to tell me how satisfied and happy they were from my impute. So good luck, I know this can be a great success for you. And, maybe if I travel maybe will see you, because I have a good heli-pilot friend who flies in Nelson. Take Care!
Western Aircraft Supplies Ltd. wrote: > Adrian: We are always looking to supply the best quality of wood products to > the custom builder but we only want to accept additional customers when we > know we have the quality raw material on hand. > Traditionally companies have either supplied low quality materials or > accepted orders (and sometimes money) without ever supplying anything; we > don't want to go there. > We apologize for not responding to your original e-mail but we were awaiting > a log order before we contacted you to ensure we had the capability to > deliver; those logs disappeared and never arrived. > The market for high grade Sitka is incredibly volatile and its often like > looking for unobtanium, often taking 1 year to receive a delivery. > Enough whining; we currently have reorganized and have expended considerable > funds to purchase large volumes of sitka but the delivery process is > extremely slow. We travel to the area and pick our trees while still > standing in the forest, truck them from the extreme north,sawmill them > locally, dry and re-saw the product prior to manufacture and shipment. > If all goes to plan we will have a 2 to 3 year supply on hand and be ready > to meet market supply by April. > We live up to our company goal of quality products and customer satisfaction > and will only deliver products that meet that goal. > We appreciate your e-mail and hopefully you can appreciate our situation. As > soon as we have our hands on a quality supply we will be certainly looking > to service all custom builders. > Please keep in contact and we will make sure to keep you up to date. > Y.t. > Marc > Western Aircraft Supplies Ltd. > -- Adrian VE6AFY Mailto:[email protected] http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~cartera
