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Basswood Strips - 10mm x 10mm x 40cm - 100/pkg ||

Product Number: KD83-BW1010H
CAD $43.97
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Basswood Strips – 10 mm × 10 mm × 40 cm (100/Pack)

Designed for STEM, STEAM, and Design & Make learning, these premium basswood strips provide a strong, lightweight, and easy-to-work-with material for hands-on engineering, architecture, and model-building projects. Their smooth, straight grain makes them easy to measure, cut, shape, glue, and paint, making them ideal for elementary and middle school classrooms. Perfect for building bridges, towers, vehicles, prototypes, and other creative designs, these versatile strips can be cut quickly and accurately using a mitre cutter. Conveniently packaged with 100 strips per pack for classroom and makerspace use.

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Basswood Strips – 10 mm × 10 mm × 40 cm (100/Pack)

Encourage creativity, problem-solving, and engineering design with these high-quality 10 mm × 10 mm × 40 cm Basswood Strips. Specially selected for educational use, basswood is a preferred material for STEM, STEAM, and Design & Make programs because of its smooth grain, consistent dimensions, and excellent workability.

Basswood is easy for students to measure, mark, cut, shape, drill, glue, and finish using common classroom tools, making it an excellent choice for introducing woodworking, structural engineering, and product design concepts. The 40 cm length is ideal for elementary and middle school learners, providing ample material for creative projects while remaining easy to handle and store in the classroom.

These basswood strips are ideal for a wide variety of curriculum-based activities, including:

  • Bridge and structural engineering challenges
  • Tower and load-bearing investigations
  • Architectural models and building prototypes
  • Vehicle and transportation design projects
  • Catapults, launchers, and mechanical systems
  • Robotics and engineering prototypes
  • Renewable energy and sustainability models
  • Design thinking and rapid prototyping
  • Makerspace innovation challenges
  • Arts, crafts, and three-dimensional construction projects

Basswood's excellent strength-to-weight ratio allows students to test engineering concepts while working with a material that is lightweight, durable, and easy to manipulate. It accepts wood glue, hot glue, paint, stain, and most classroom finishes, enabling students to create professional-looking models and functional prototypes.

For fast, accurate, and safe cutting, these strips can be used with a mitre cutter, allowing students and educators to produce clean, consistent cuts for precise model construction while minimizing waste and improving project accuracy.

Key Features

  • Premium basswood with a smooth, straight grain
  • Dimensions: 10 mm × 10 mm × 40 cm
  • Lightweight, durable, and easy to work with
  • Easy to cut, sand, shape, drill, glue, and paint
  • Compatible with mitre cutters for fast, safe, and accurate cutting
  • Ideal for STEM, STEAM, Makerspace, and Design & Make activities
  • Excellent for engineering, architecture, model building, prototyping, and design challenges
  • Suitable for elementary and middle school classrooms
  • 100 strips per package

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