A Sports Car Whittled Out of Wood

[Teak]

A supercar made out of wood...

http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-sports-car...1461681364

Cheers

[stav]

That's a pretty sweet looking car.

[handi]

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

[daddo]

handi said:

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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

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If a fender falls off, Titebond will disown him.

[mound]

handi said:

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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

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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!

[AHill]

handi said:

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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

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In the article, he says: "For these body panels, I used two large looms and wove the wood into a kind of cloth."

[BubbaGus]

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.

[MichaelMouse]

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.