Balsa wood the softest wood.
Remember those Balsa wood airplanes that had a rubber band driven propeller? We used to buy them for a quarter when I was a kid.
Did you know that Balsa wood was used for the floor pan on a sports car?
To see which car go to www.TheBenchDawg.com.
What toys did you have that were made of Balsa wood?
Keith
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Joe Watson
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#1 posted 1550 days ago
my wife as part of an industrial arts class in junior high school had a balsa block she was supposed to carve into a car which she designed, of course she failed the assignment because she didnt do it but the kit was in our house when we got married so i did it for her. she had held onto it for all those years. I build model airplanes as well as fly them now. I always have a stock of balsa. It is really a neat wood.
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Chris Davis
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#2 posted 1550 days ago
Very informative.
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Kjuly
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#3 posted 1549 days ago
I did not know that it was used in boats. The more I look into Balsa wood, I am learning how versatile the wood is.
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Dwain
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#4 posted 1530 days ago
Another interesting note, Balsa is becoming the rage (again) for surfers of really big waves, i.e. 30 feet and above.
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a1Jim
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#5 posted 1530 days ago
Did you know Balsa is technically a hardwood?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochroma_pyramidale
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