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Basswood in Houston? (1 Viewer)

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Hi all I'm looking for basswood blocks to make a large airstone (3"x3" bubbling surface)

Hobby lobby only had strips, anyone know of a better local source?
 
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incysor said:
G & G model shop on times Blvd. in Rice Village might have some.
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Yeah, check em out. That's my grandmother's brother's store(my great-uncle). :)
 
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G&G rules

I just picked up a 3"x#'x12" block of basswood for just a little more ($6.99incl tax)than what a single limewood airstone costs at a LFS. I should be able to make 24 huge airstones with it.

I'm building an "oldschool" countercurrent skimmer for my 29 gallon. It's based on a 3" pipe. Using this basswood block I should be able to make the entire bottom of it an airstone- Now I just need an air compressor to keep up with it :)

I picked up a second block as well, anyone want/need a custom airstone for under a dollar?
 
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"G & G Model Shop is a mile south of Papa Bens located at 2522 Times Blvd. just east of Kirby in the Rice Village. Gus Freitag has the oldest model railroad shop in Houston and is a longtime member of the NMRA. As a general model shop, Gus has trains, planes, cars, and military. His railroad materials are strongest in Lionel and HO, but his real strength is in the scratch building supplies and scenery area. Gus is the largest Evergreen styrene dealer in the world and keeps the local architects and Rice University students stocked with speciality shapes in styrene, brass, and wood. "

Found this on the web. Gus is my great-uncle.

Anyone know what styrene is?
 
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He probably means polystyrene, a plastic. "styrene" is C8H8 and is liquid from -20F to 300F.
 
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He didn't write it. It was on some website that listed a bunch of model shops in Houston.

Found this on google "Styrene is primarily a synthetic chemical that is used extensively in the manufacture of plastics, rubber, and resins"
 
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