Applications of Balsa Wood?

The balsa wood is well known for its soft and lightweight characteristics. And it can be used as the raw materials of some models and so forth. Although it is expensive, balsa wood is very popular among people to make use of it. It is one of the most easy wood to work and obtain. There are A-Grain, B-grain and C-grain balsa wood both in domestic and international markets. In fact, balsa wood comes from Centeral America and South America. It can be used for many different requirements.
For example, it can be used in aircraft and boat industries for its lightweight and soft characteristics. As you may know that, balsa was used as the raw material of the Havilland Mosquito aircraft. It also can be used in boat industry actually, since the end grain balsa sandwiched between fiberglass layers can provide strength and flexibility while it reduces weight to a minimum. It can be used to make the deck of boat and so forth.
What's more, it is mainly used for model building. It can be the selected material for the modle industry actually. Well, the balsa wood is graded according to how it is cut from log which may affect its properties. As we have introduced above, it can be classified into A, B and C grains. A grain has the best bending properties. And C grain offers stiffness. B is between A and C actually.
Next, it can be used for watersports industry to make surfboards, life rafts and so forth. You can use the soft and lightweight balsa wood to make fishing boat by yourself actually. And it was used to make the swimming training float before the introduction of polystyrene. Nowadays, both modern surfboards and fishing boats are used balsa as their raw material since it can float very well.
One of the interesting application of balsa is to be used in film industry. Do you remember the scene that man use chair to smash over one's head? Well, the chair may be made from balsa wood actually. It can give audience a real feel and improve the real effect.
It also can be used to make the table tennis bat actually. The balsa wood can be used with the mixture with plywood to give a lightweight bat but a powerful control. Balsa wood also can be used for insulation and so forth. All in all, it is widely used both in our daily life and industry areas.