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Old 10-07-2014, 12:43 AM   #68 (permalink)
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Now I'm going to respond to myself. But only so it will bump the thread. I think this makes the wooden dash a 'should have'.

Arboform

http://www.tecnaro.de/english/willkommen.htm?section=we

Tecnaro take lignin from the waste stream from papermaking and combine it with cellulose fibers (like, from hemp, man) to make a zero-carbon, incineratable plastic material. Less ductile than petroleum based plastics and it produces more accurate castings. With the same thermal expansion coeeficient as wood, it's apparently a great substrate for veneers and inlays.

The thing I like is it's foamable! Wooden insulated monocoque, here we come.



"ARBOFORMŽ is liquid wood"

Edit: I see Wired has an article on a plastic/wood filament for 3D printers:

3-D Printing Branches Out With New Wood-Based Filament

They're mystified by the source of the raw material. I think it's Tecnaro.

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