Balsa Foam

[FoxBat]

Has anyone here ever used this Balsa foam stuff for carving cutom case parts? Have a look at this...

http://www.thomasregister.com/olc/73317919/balsa.htm

The Screensaver guys on Tech TV were talking about a guy making a custom case out of Balsa Foam. Apparently it is fairly easy to carve and can be hardened with some chemical treatment.

Anyone here have any experience with it?

[Kitler]

ILL try it

[Jpantoga]

BALSA FOAM SUCKS!!!! trust me, i had a school project using it, it is soooo easy to break and it irritates the skin. This stuff is horrible. Use other kinds of sculpting foam

[FoxBat]

That's too bad. It looked like it might have been useful for some of the stuff I would like to try.

Can you suggest any other kind of such foam that has worked well?

[Diggrr]

HERE's (http://www.goldenwestmfg.com/) a place that I was looking at once. That butterboard urethane foam is machinable, sandable and carvable to about any shape you want. Even sculptors and sign makers use it.