Can you treat the wood with a chemical to make it stronger?
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Re: Can you treat the wood with a chemical to make it stronger?
It must be "constructed of wood and bonded by adhesive. No other materials are permitted."Shawn C wrote:What the title says.
So, no.
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Re: Can you treat the wood with a chemical to make it stronger?
Out of curiosity, what chemical were you thinking of?
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Re: Can you treat the wood with a chemical to make it stronger?
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.
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Re: Can you treat the wood with a chemical to make it stronger?
I feel like that would drastically increase the mass of the beam.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.
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Re: Can you treat the wood with a chemical to make it stronger?
I'm pretty sure that balsa works perfectly fine by itself...
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