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Originally Posted by Intrigued
Anybody remember what Henry Ford did with all of the wood scrap he ended up with when building the Model Ts? Started a charcoal plant (with a relative as I remember), and sent the scrap over there! Besides being the first to really use mass production, he could be thought of as the first mass recycler!!!  |
Yep.. and where is Ford now...
I've watched a guy use wood to build racing seats... he covered and padded it. It didn't pass spec, so he took them out and used them in his home.
There was an email circulating around my old work awhile back about a guy that had built an operable car from carved wood. In fact, he had furnished an entire room from carved wood, carved a solid bed frame that looked like an open book, carved a library of book covers, carved a complete dish set, a "hanging jacket and hat" as well as many other things in his home.
I'll try to find some images again, but don't expect anything.
Oh.. google "Morgan automotive" Completely wooden frame.
EDIT -
The artist's name is Livio De Marchi
Link to his gallery -
Livio De Marchi
The functional boat cars are here:
Livio De Marchi