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**disappointment2** · 07-11-2006, 08:51 AM

Thanks everyone ^___^
And I know balsa wood isnt the sturdiest stuff around, but I dont exactly have a scroll saw or a bam saw or anything, so I dont exactly know how to go about shaping a harder wood. At least with balsa I can just take an x-acto knife to it and cut out what I want.
But yes, this is my first project and it's not great or anything, but I'm very proud of it for my first attempt. I think before I get to staining and whatnot I'll etch in some sort of design on it with my wood burning tool. Not sure how well that'll go since a woodburning tool will go through balsa like butter.

07-11-2006, 08:51 AM	#5
disappointment2 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 475 Senior Member	Thanks everyone ^___^ And I know balsa wood isnt the sturdiest stuff around, but I dont exactly have a scroll saw or a bam saw or anything, so I dont exactly know how to go about shaping a harder wood. At least with balsa I can just take an x-acto knife to it and cut out what I want. But yes, this is my first project and it's not great or anything, but I'm very proud of it for my first attempt. I think before I get to staining and whatnot I'll etch in some sort of design on it with my wood burning tool. Not sure how well that'll go since a woodburning tool will go through balsa like butter.
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