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Can you treat the wood with a chemical to make it stronger?
Posted: February 6th, 2015, 12:03 pm
by Shawn C
What the title says.
Re: Can you treat the wood with a chemical to make it stronger?
Posted: February 6th, 2015, 12:15 pm
by JonB
Shawn C wrote:What the title says.
It must be "constructed of wood and bonded by adhesive. No other materials are permitted."
So, no.
Re: Can you treat the wood with a chemical to make it stronger?
Posted: February 6th, 2015, 1:57 pm
by iwonder
Out of curiosity, what chemical were you thinking of?
Re: Can you treat the wood with a chemical to make it stronger?
Posted: February 6th, 2015, 5:14 pm
by Shawn C
Well, we found some wood at an invitational a team used. We think the team used a mixture of water and glue and soaked the wood, but we aren't really sure.
Re: Can you treat the wood with a chemical to make it stronger?
Posted: February 7th, 2015, 12:45 am
by someusername
Shawn C wrote:Well, we found some wood at an invitational a team used. We think the team used a mixture of water and glue and soaked the wood, but we aren't really sure.
I feel like that would drastically increase the mass of the beam.
Re: Can you treat the wood with a chemical to make it stronger?
Posted: February 21st, 2015, 1:25 pm
by boomvroomshroom
I'm pretty sure that balsa works perfectly fine by itself...