Woods!
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cycrunner said:
I just used basswood for the first time on my new BASX car. The board I used had a tight and consistent grain and I very much preferred it over standard pine and even liked working with it better than DD4H premium sugar pine block. However, my sample at least was a bit denser than the sugar pine.
B_Regal Racing said:
BRR, are you sure about it being lighter than balsa? The numbers I saw had it around 18lbs per cu. ft. vs. around 10lbs per cu. ft. for balsa. There's always a piece to piece variation I know, but it doesn't appear to be lighter based on that. It's claim to fame was that it was stronger than balsa for the same weight piece so you could make a part thinner and have the same strength and weight. Still, it looks like it's lighter than white pine, I believe that's around 27lbs per cu. ft.
bracketracer said:
I'm not sure, but I think you understand it correctly. I was reading about this wood on an RC forum (model airplanes), and it seems to be a favorite. And, as you know, everything on the internet must be true. Given what you said, I'm not sure it would work out as you need a 1/4" body just to hide the weight (more or less).
I now have a body design coming in around 12 to 13 ounces that I can consistently make, with fenders (balsa) and graphics, but I want to cut it down to under 10 (without using sharpies for color /images/boards/smilies/smile.gif ). I was hoping this wood could lighten up the body a bit and still keep what little rigidity I have...
Anyone know what the PineCar brand blocks are made of? My local hobby store sells them, but they seem like they would be soft to me.
I'm not real ggod with woods but I would guess a type of pine. although I have handled blocks that could almost pass for cedar. They are less consistant in color, weight, grain and squarenss than the BSA blocks.
That sounds correct, I bought a Pinecar (or was it PinePro?) block one time and it has virtually no grain and seems soft, it almost seems like a pressed/glued sawdust material...lol This must be poplar.
Poplar is harder than yellow pine(BSA block). Poplar also has a greenish, or grayish tinge to it depending on where its taken from the tree. Yellow pine is yellow (go figure).
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Rocket car said:
Hi Rocket,
I was beginning to wonder if you would ever chime in on this.
For color blind folks like myself and Opa, can you please include other descriptive terms?
Which do you prefer? Poplar, or Pine?
Thanks,
Joe
Yellow pine is lighter than poplar. Yellow pines grain usually looks like a wavy ribbon. Poplar has very little grain and the difference in color between the grain and the rest of the wood it not as distinctive. I've been using basswood and balsa for my cars.
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Good stuff.
Thanks Rocket.
I once worked for a cabinet maker.
My first task for him was to separate the woods by their species...
That job did not last long for me.
Thanks Rocket.
I once worked for a cabinet maker.
My first task for him was to separate the woods by their species...
That job did not last long for me.
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Hey Paul,
I am so stoked for these races.
Did you get at least one in each division as you hoped for?
Yes. They all looked the same.
I am so stoked for these races.
Did you get at least one in each division as you hoped for?
Yes. They all looked the same.
Well Kinser, my cousin owns a lumber company which operates here in Wisconsin and in Pennsylvania. I think I need to run this by him.
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I have used poplar a fair bit for ultrathin and narrow razer wheel bodies because it drills well and is strong. It is more dense, but when you use so little, the higher density doesn't hurt much. Over the years I have used a bunch of different species including bass wood and aspen and like those too. I have never made a car out of balsa - which is usually a good reason to do it !
quadad said:
My car Goat Slayer is 100% balsa with a 1/64 plywood top. Very fast car, but shipping it always made me nervous. It's been retired to Zeebzob USA.
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