A Michael Chase
Active member
We get shipments of supplies on Air Force 463L pallets designed for C-17 and C-130 aircraft. The pallets are aluminum and a “filler” sandwiched in the middle. A forklift damaged one the other day and peeled the top aluminum skin off revealing that the filler is balsa wood. Always being on the lookout for free carving material, I salvaged all this from the pallet. Unfortunately, it was glued to the aluminum skin so it broke out in chunks. The grain runs through the thickness but I think I can laminate several pieces end to end and come up with blocks large enough to get decoy bodies out of. I’ve already found some nice clear white cedar wood in a mine roller shipping crate and have carved a nice preener mallard head from it already. I’ve also found lots of tail insert and bottom boards in the scrap pile as well. My goal is to make a decoy or two from completely salvaged materials from Afghanistan. View attachment Balsa.JPG
I'll keep you posted as I progress
Mike
I'll keep you posted as I progress
Mike