Lonestar Balsa is back
George Gassaway posted on the Old Rockets list that Lonestar is back and I thought some of you might want to know. I know they were one of the main sources of balsa for many modelers, both R/C and Rocketry, and probably some vendors too.
http://www.lonestar-balsa.com |
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Dou . |
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I noticed in the address he's relocated, instead of rebuilding: LONE STAR BALSA 12058 S. Profit Row Forney, TX 75126 He had been in Lancaster... |
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Yeah, I saw that. Either way, it's a bit of a haul across town. Lancaster is 30-45 minutes away on the south side of Dallas, and Forney is due east, about the same length drive (from Plano). But it's worth it once a year to see all that balsa and all their other stuff. It charges me up a bit :) ... Not sure what caused the fire, but I hope they have better protection at the new place. At the old one, the balsa dust in the air - with no machines in operation - was pretty bad. In addition to grain elevator explosions crossing my mind, I couldn't help but wonder if it wasn't potentially harmful to be breathing that stuff over a long term. In just a short time in their shop/warehouse picking out some balsa, I found the dust noticeably irritating. Doug . |
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Heck, I even find sanding balsa irritating. :p Any type of dust in the right proportion with air is just waiting for an explosion. It makes me wonder if they could employ a ventilation system to help with the dust. There's no way to completely eliminate it, but I think a significant chunk could be bitten off. |
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With today's tech, they can monitor just about anything. The chicken farmers have equipment to monitor and control the urea/ammonia levels in the air. Of course, if you've ever been in a chicken house, you'll know why :) Doug . |
Pretty much anyone who works with balsa can become sensitized to the dust.
After 50 years of balsa butchery, I do all my sanding out of doors these days and I still wear a dust mask. |
Balsa supply is tight - in the past this has been the result of electrical windmill construction (cores of blades) and military pallet construction (cores of pallets with aluminum skins and aluminum extrusion edges).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/463L_master_pallet Nice link to AAR in there. I worked with them and visted a few times, but I never asked them if they had surplus balsa sales. If you're in Cadillac MI, you might want to find out if they do. |
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