How To Cut Balsa Wood Sticks

Then push your balsa sheet up against the fence and alongcutting your chosen width.
How to cut balsa wood sticks. Place the ruler under the cut line. To make it a bit sturdier glue a popsicle stick just like in the first photo. With each pair of pieces cut the second one so that it mirrors the first allowing you to press the two pieces together back-to-back.
Send me an email to order. Because it is soft and light balsa wood is easily cut shaped and sanded making it a popular choice for building models and toys. Balsa has a high weight to strength ratio and can be very light weight.
Hold the tip of the knife at 45 degrees to the wood. For simple curves such as cylinders cones and such you can simply apply the wood to the formers or suitable shape holder having a good selection of tins tubes and rods helps here and tape hold the balsa to the required shape and allow to dry. This is a short video a run through of my basic tools that I use for cutting balsa wood as a request for a subscriber.
The thickness of the balsa also comes into play. Follow the contact link in the main menu. Minimum order of 30 if youre buying sticks only.
Balsa wood sticks can be used for towers bridges structures craft projects RC airplanes and models. A sanding block makes a good tool for pushing the balsa along and a wooden push stick for finishing the cut both of which will keep your fingers away from the blade. Put pressure on the ruler with fingers.
Apply very light pressure to the knife. Create the first cut perpendicular to the grain only. I made a few passes on the wood and ended up with this.