Midwest Products Project Woods Balsa Economy Bag

by Midwest Products

Product Features

• Economy bag contains 72 Cubic Inch of balsa wood in assorted sizes
• Balsa cuts easily with a hobby knife and can be stained or painted to represent any wood type
• Grown in South American rain forests

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 6.1 x 2.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000BQWULK
• Item model number: 19
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,425 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing (See Top 100 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing)
  • #22 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing > Craft Supplies > Woodcrafts > Unfinished Wood

Product Description

Grown in South American rain forests, Balsa is kiln dried to produce a light weight and high strength-to-weight ratio wood. Balsa cuts easily with a hobby knife and can be stained or painted to represent any wood type. It is the premier wood for modeling and is also suited to almost any craft, art or school project. Economy bag contains 72 Cubic Inch of wood in assorted sizes.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Midwest Products Project Woods Balsa Economy Bag, June 12, 2011

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Steam Shovel "Hoggyboy" (Oregon, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Midwest Products Project Woods Balsa Economy Bag (Kitchen)

Wood is scrap salvage. Not finish milled. Requires lots of extra sanding to finish. Many pieces starting to split and crack. Don't expect first quality balsa.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Hoggyboy's review nails it., November 18, 2011

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Kate Stokes (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Midwest Products Project Woods Balsa Economy Bag (Kitchen)

I am a big fan of Midwest's wood products--the ones sold individually on the rack at the hobby store. Those pieces are always pre-sanded/finished and look/feel great. This bag is full of nothing but rough un-sanded pieces (literally splinters coming off of them at all angles; that bad) which are good for only a few applications where scrap wood is needed. I create enough scrap with normal wood usage so I don't need a bag of scrap. I thought this would be a sampler bag of different wood sizes/shapes and while it is that, they are not of the same quality as Midwest's normal line of wood found at the local hobby shop. I can therefore not recommend this product to anyone looking for anything other than scrap wood pieces.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Definitely an 'Economy" Bag, December 26, 2011

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Ryan Michael Cope - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Midwest Products Project Woods Balsa Economy Bag (Kitchen)

If you are into serious hobbies, or anything that requires really high quality wood, I would not recommend this bag at all.
It worked okay for what I needed, as I was just cutting up some wood to practice with, but for actual use, it's not really ideal.

There were a lot of really large chunks of wood, that you really couldn't do a lot of stuff with. If you're looking for a lot of thin slices, this really isn't your bad. Additionally, I know that balsa wood is generally fragile, but some of the thin strips had already broken by the time I received my package.

Overall, this wood wasn't really that high quality. It was very rough, and I've seen a lot better for a little bit higher prices.