Hull’s basswood is lightweight and has a clean grain and that makes it a versatile and popular model-building material. Harder than balsa wood, it can be cut to extremely close tolerances while maintaining its structural integrity and the ability to hold fine detail. Our basswood machines well and is easy to work with hand tools, making it a premier carving wood. It nails, screws, and glues fairly well and can be sanded, stained, and polished to a good smooth finish. It dries fairly rapidly with little distortion or degradation and has good dimensional stability once dry. The drying technology used in its manufacture assures wood that is straight and flat. The wood is light and soft with generally poor steam bending properties. Available in wood strips, sheets, structural shapes, siding, and sheathing materials that are 24" long. Sold individually, so that you may purchase the exact amounts you need.