A new twist on the classic engineering project: the balsa wood bridge. We were allowed to use 140g of balsa wood veneer, so I made tubular plywood. It was so strong they didn't have enought bricks to break it.
A pattern from a 4000 year-old vase is laser-cut on disc of aircraft plywood, to make a flat-packed kaleidoscope for The Wood Coop.
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On the left, is the classic engineering structures project: build a miniature bridge to span 18", using only 140 grams of material. We were allowed to use balsa wood, veneer, glue, and string. I created tubular plywood by laminating veneer around a form, and they didn't have enough bricks to break my bridge.
On the right is a laser-cut disk from a kaleidoscope I designed, using the pattern from an ancient vase.
