by Rick » Mon Mar 03, 2014 1:08 pm
Fellow who made my little carved rig used high density Venezuelan balsa that was originally warehoused for WWII life boats for the bulk of their upper bodies, but it apparently took two pieces glued and doweled together to do it. Though the heads, tails, body bases and keels are harder woods (also glued and doweled, no metal in them) employed for durability and to afford a low center of gravity, I was worried about the balsa's durability, but it's held up quite well. At least to my careful use of the little run-and-gun "spread".