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A Sports Car Whittled Out of Wood - Teak - 04-26-2016
A supercar made out of wood...
http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-sports-car-whittled-out-of-wood-1461681364
Cheers
Re: A Sports Car Whittled Out of Wood - stav - 04-26-2016
That's a pretty sweet looking car.
Re: A Sports Car Whittled Out of Wood - handi - 04-26-2016
The "Splinter" was on display at IWF several years back.
It was NOT whittled or carved. The body panels are formed plywood. Titebond sponsored the car display at the IWF show.
Ralph
Re: A Sports Car Whittled Out of Wood - daddo - 04-26-2016
handi said:
The "Splinter" was on display at IWF several years back.
It was NOT whittled or carved. The body panels are formed plywood. Titebond sponsored the car display at the IWF show.
Ralph
If a fender falls off, Titebond will disown him.
Re: A Sports Car Whittled Out of Wood - BubbaGus - 04-26-2016
I don't think I can call myself a woodworker anymore. I'm more like a just-playing-around making believe-I'm-a-wood-fooler-arounder.
Re: A Sports Car Whittled Out of Wood - MichaelMouse - 04-27-2016
In HS we got a lot of the wooden mock-up parts from the automakers then in Detroit. Mahogany, largely, and sometimes you could piece several together and recognize the vehicle they helped create.
Re: A Sports Car Whittled Out of Wood - mound - 04-27-2016
handi said:
The "Splinter" was on display at IWF several years back.
It was NOT whittled or carved. The body panels are formed plywood. Titebond sponsored the car display at the IWF show.
Ralph
I remember following his progress over the years when he started - he documented much of it. Glad to see the thing is still alive and well!
Re: A Sports Car Whittled Out of Wood - AHill - 04-27-2016
handi said:
The "Splinter" was on display at IWF several years back.
It was NOT whittled or carved. The body panels are formed plywood. Titebond sponsored the car display at the IWF show.
Ralph
In the article, he says: "For these body panels, I used two large looms and wove the wood into a kind of cloth."