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My name is Larry Copas and I'm a diehard wood addict.  The following is a brief summary of my experience working with wood.

I bought a manual band sawmill in 1994 to saw walnut logs I was cutting while I did timber stand improvement on my farm in north Missouri.  One thing led to another and I decided I needed more education about sawing.  I attended a National Hardwood Lumber Association course to learn about grading.  I than spent about a week at a commercial walnut mill learning how to grade and saw walnut logs.  Soon I was selling walnut lumber and cants in the wholesale market.  I also attended the Missouri Forest Products Professional Timber Harvester course (certificate #203) to learn how to safely harvest trees.  I added a solar kiln and a de-humidification kiln to dry wood for the local cabinet shops.  This continued for about 12 years until I decided to move to northwest Arkansas.

I bought a few acres of ground on beautiful Beaver Lake at Nob Hill.  No walnut on the property, but plenty of oak and hickory.  First I built a shop, than a couple of years later a house.  I sawed and dried red oak from my property for all of the cabinets and trim.  I also sawed red cedar to line the closets and for posts on my decks.  I was still using my manual mill but came to the conclusion in 2010 that with my advancing age it was getting harder to lift boards and roll logs.  I bought a fancy sawmill that has all kinds of hydraulics to flip boards and roll logs.  It also has a computer setworks to accurately saw logs.  At this time I primarily custom saw logs that people bring to me.  Occasionally I sell wood that is excess to my needs, but in reality I'm a wood hoarder.  

I have worked with wood since I was old enough to hold a tool.  My first job out of high school was in a cabinet shop where I worked for a few years until I went into the USAF during the Vietnam war.  I continued woodworking as a hobby during the time I worked and later retired from Southwester Bell Telephone Company (aka AT&T).  At present, I belong to the Stateline Woodturners Club where I was voted woodturner of the year for 2019.  I'm also a supporter of the Eureka Springs School of The Arts where I volunteer and have taken classes.

Let me saw your logs so you can make something useful and beautiful.  I'm always ready for a conversation to talk wood.  Give Copas Sawmill a call.

A few of my recently completed projects.  Click on the picture to expand.
Basswood and cherry box
Cherry bloodwood pinwheel
Sassafras box with veneer top
Hand mirrors maple and walnut
Walnut box with veneer top
Maple box with shop sawn veneer of walnut, ash, and cherry.
Building cabinet boxes in my shop.
Kitchen under construction.
Red oak kitchen.
Cedar closet lining.
Cedar front door.
House entrance.
Red oak bathroom cabinets.
Red oak bathroom cabinets.
Wood Christmas ornaments.
Wood Christmas ornaments.
Wood turning.
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