AndyD Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 basically when should you throw out the odds and ends of balsa,ive collected so much just latey but it never gets used because of sorting through it all,but i know what will happen if i do bin it...that one piece i need,then you buy a bit more and it starts all over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanN Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 I think you've answered your own question Never! I keep mine in an old kit box. I might sort it very occasionally and chuck out scraps that are too small, or that I can duplicate out of other pieces, but that aside it all gets kept Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza58 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Hi Andy This is indeed a question that aeromodellers have considered at great length over the years. I too have pondered over that very matter when one has a moment to sit and think. Sometimes I just hold a scrap of balsa while I consider its future in the grand scheme. Truth is....I just can't bring myself to just !ob it out. Ever. It goes into the box called 'that'll come in handy'. Gazza Oh yes...just a thought.... Don't you go throwing all that nice balsa sanding dust away. Keep it in a jar....comes in dead handy when mixed with glue or dope to make filler...! Edited By Gazza58 on 03/01/2016 12:33:14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Fry Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 What you need is a power saw that produces your own strip wood. Then it all gets used if it's bigger than a matchstick. Go on, you know it makes sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticky fingers Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Thanks fellas, Glad i,m not the only one who can,t find it in my heart to chuck away off cutsof balsa (and ply) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daithi O Buitigh Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 I must hold the record here - when I came back to the hobby, I found that there were 20 year old planks of Solarbo at my parents' house, plus off-cuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunie Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Throw away leftover balsa? Go and wash your mouth out with PVA immediately! I've got balsa in stock that I bought in the early nineties, it'll come in handy for a project somewhen soon, honest. It is course perfectly seasoned. I actually did use some back in the summer when I built a Depstik from the RCM&E plan. Shaunie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Barlow Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Keep it! I've nearly built 2 models from the scraps drawer! A Sig Wonder and recently the Atom Special. Just needed to buy the odd sheet to either get the length or right size! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Walters Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Thank you guys now I know I'm totally normal! Just sorting out my workshop shelves........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyD Posted January 3, 2016 Author Share Posted January 3, 2016 hHi Gazza,someone else told me to try the sanding dust an glue years ago. i never did so i think i might just try it now on my ballerina cowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i12fly Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 I've got a piece of 3" by 1" offcut from Mossie builds that my Dad obtained in the war..... Also a sheet of 1/16 with a Keil Kraft label -never been used as it weighs 60g bone dry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 I thought everyone had a box of wood pieces too small to be of any further use I have drawer full of junk, too. Anything goes in there - bits of plastic, metal of all types, old undercarriages, copper pipe etc but not wood, that goes in the aforementioned box. If I want/need to make something I sort through my junk drawer until I feel inspired by an odd shaped piece of something. Wouldn't want to be without either. I also have pieces of electronics I can't bear to part with. Amplifiers I built years ago and never actually use as well as the remains of PCs. When will I ever use a modem ever again. There's a 'Quad' amplifier I built when I was about 15 using the wound components from a damaged one - that's 60 years old now! There's a genuine Quad II amplifier and pre-amp in a cabinet in my workshop that keeps getting in the way. I should put it on ebay, I guess. Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyn44 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Just buy a second shed and lock it away in there. You never know who's about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daithi O Buitigh Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Posted by AndyD on 03/01/2016 15:44:28: hHi Gazza,someone else told me to try the sanding dust an glue years ago. i never did so i think i might just try it now on my ballerina cowl. That's a good substitute for plastic wood but mix dope and talcum powder for sanding sealer. If you use the scenty stuff SWMBO doesn't complain as much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Reynolds LaserCraft Services Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 I have more offcuts than full sheet, I keep everything just incase, but sometimes you just gotta say "I need to make a pathway through to the living room" This is just one box, 12x24x8" full of ply circles, there is nearly 1500 of em Edited By Dylan Reynolds LaserCraft Services on 03/01/2016 17:44:35 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Dylan, I bet you could sell those discs! Didn't somebody say recently he had to cut about 200 ply discs to make a dummy scale engine...... put them on E-Bay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Same as Chris every now and then build a model out of them, pushy cat, atom, me 109, and now a ballerina. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Peter Miller Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Posted by Dylan Reynolds LaserCraft Services on 03/01/2016 17:44:13: I have more offcuts than full sheet, I keep everything just incase, but sometimes you just gotta say "I need to make a pathway through to the living room" This is just one box, 12x24x8" full of ply circles, there is nearly 1500 of em Edited By Dylan Reynolds LaserCraft Services on 03/01/2016 17:44:35 Yes. ME!!!! I cut oit about 190 discs from 1/32" ply. Those are too thick Edited By Peter Miller on 03/01/2016 18:41:20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Wright Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 So where is the best to buy new balsa from. I know of SLEC, Balsa Cabin and Inwoods. is it all of similar quality or is there a best brand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Reynolds LaserCraft Services Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 bit big for cylinders, unless you're upto about 1/3 scale lol, they are varying from 30 - 60mm dia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Whybrow Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Posted by Daithi O Buitigh on 03/01/2016 12:59:05: I must hold the record here - when I came back to the hobby, I found that there were 20 year old planks of Solarbo at my parents' house, plus off-cuts I can beat that, I recently dug out a box from my first bash at aeromodelling, there were planks of Solarbo balsa from the early eighties in it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plummet Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 I have one of those long "Really Useful Boxes" into which I throw any bits of wood that "just might come in!" It is the first box that falls on the floor when I try to move something bulky, and so I have no idea how many times I have had to pick most of the bits up again. Yes I know that these boxes have clip-on lids to annoy you when you are trying to gain access, but they automatically unclip whenever the chance to be annoying. Plummet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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i12fly Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 My 3" x 1" x 12" Mosquito (full size) offcut my dad obtained must be 70 years old........ He used to cut strip wood for rubber power models from these Anyone got older stuff than that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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