When soft spots spread across our foredeck, we cut deep into the balsa core to get to the root of the problem. The post Balsa ...

Meet Joe Macken, the genius who’s spent 21 years building an insane 3D model of New York City (NYC) out of balsa wood. This New Yorker’s dedication is next level- he’s got nearly a million buildings ...

An industrial designer from Mooresville, North Carolina has spent 10 years and 20,000 working hours constructing the Harmon Splinter - the coolest wooden car in the world. Joe Harmon’s Splinter ...

What's your pandemic project? Have you used your time at home to tackle a project you've always wanted to do, but didn't have the time? Build bookshelves? Create a chicken coop? Complete a room ...

DETROIT -- The 2006 Corvette Z06, the fastest 'Vette ever built, gets its speed from balsa wood. OK, maybe that understates the value of its V-8 and light body, but when building a car that goes from ...

Second-year students in the Northampton Community College architecture program spent weeks constructing bridges from balsa wood, knowing this day would come. They tested the limits of those bridges in ...

Computer simulations will be used to design the optimal shape and ensure the structural integrity of the natural fiber rotor ...