Re: Hobby store wood, was/ Re: Per the '10-'11 AMA rules for LPP

From: <colemancoat_at_aol.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:17:02 -0400 (EDT)

I realy like National Balsa. Their minimum order is 25 bucks and my
package came in 2 or 3 days. I got anywheres from 4.5#-6.5# wood.
Theyre realy cheap too actualy. The lightest hobbyshop wood I found was
a sheet of 1/8" at around 6#.


-----Original Message-----
From: Mark F1diddler <f1diddler_at_yahoo.com>
To: Indoor_Construction <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Mon, Mar 14, 2011 8:06 am
Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Hobby store wood, was/ Re: Per the
'10-'11 AMA rules for LPP







--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "jabiruchick"
<jabiruchick_at_...> wrote:
...>
> After using some of my new skills for calculating balsa density, I
discovered with much dismay that my stash of beautiful clear-grained,
straight 1/32 sheet that I thought was light "enough" is actually 10 lb
stock! Off i went to the hobby shop, where I found they didn't even
have 32nd sheet. The dude working there tried his best to find it, even
though he told me they probably don't make any sheet thinner than 1/16
because it's so fragile...>>

I've noticed that over the past 3 or 4 years, around here the pickins
have become slim and slimmer for finding decent indoor-worthy balsa in
the RC hobby stores I used to regularly check. Used to be not rare to
find 5.0lb straight grained A, and sometimes C, in 1/16", 3/32", and
(even more easily) 1/8" thick balsa. But I have heard good things about
a couple of the mail order suppliers, such as Lonestar. Anyone here
tried to use Lonestar to get 5-5.7lb lb wood? Apparently you can pay
a premium to specify a weight range (but not necessarily that narrow.)
I wouldn't expect every sheet to be useable, but if you end up with one
good sheet out 6 or 8 sheets purchased, that would seem to be a good
value, and should last for many models.

The pickins are probably still decent around large cities, IF you know
what you are looking for.
Mark F1diddler






  
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