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pPop quiz for materials experts: The machineable stuff in the following photo comes in sheets, like wood, but it ain’t wood. What is it?/p

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pThat’s sugarcane, pressed together with an inert, non-hazardous acrylic polymer and rendered into A HREF=”http://www.torzosurfaces.com/tiikeri.html” Tiikeri/A, a material from Oregon-based A HREF=”http://www.torzosurfaces.com/index.html” TorZo Sustainable Surfaces/A. /p

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pThere’s no formaldehyde used in the lamination and sugarcane is fast-growing, making this a rapidly renewable material. It can also be worked with standard machining tools and it’s highly durable, meaning it can be used in place of wood or plywood, saving on trees. As for the aesthetics, you either like it or you don’t, but it’s good to know it’s out there as an option./pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/materials/torzo_sustainable_surfaces_16192.asp”(more…)/a
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