National Balsa Wood Co. selling balsa wood, basswood, plywood, cherry, walnut, maple and mahogany. We have been proudly serving the needs of Model Makers, Manufacturer's, Architects and Students for over 20 years. Our state of the art facilities combined with our volume buying power directly from the plantation's, allow us to pass on incredible savings. We carry a wide variety of sizes including balsa and basswood sheets up to 12" widths, perfect for architectural and modeling needs. We invite you to browse our secure online store.
Need under 7lb Balsa? We have it!
Our Aero Light Balsa (Contest Balsa) Wood Sheets are soft, extremely light weight (4 -7 lbs per cubic ft) model grade quality wood.
Need wide balsa or basswood sheets? We have it!
We offer Balsa & Basswood up to 12" wide!
Need Dragster Blanks? We got them!
These blanks are predrilled with 2" deep holes perfect for your co2 cartridge. They are cut from lighter weight balsa wood and are excellent for competition.
Quality is always our #1 goal and our Customers Agree!
Let customers speak for us
Very nice wood, good prices and fast shipping. What else can you ask for??
Been buying this plywood from National Balsa for almost 25 years. I use for my line of large scale railroad rolling stock kits. Eric is kind enough to cross cut the plywood for me so when I scribe and laser it, the car side scribing follows the grain of the plywood giving the cars a more realistic finish. Besides the plywood, I buy all my other basswood plank and stick wood pieces from them. National Balsa is integral part of my business.
If you're looking for Balsa Wood or any other kind of wood. National Balsa is the only way to go.
Perfect for wing saddle fillets, cowl repairs, and other compund curves in our built up boats and planes.
They are great. Second time I’ve ordered from them and I will continue to order from them.
Works great., but it would be nice if it could cut wider strips.
I’ve bought balsa from National Balsa for at least 8 yrs. Great products, great employees & great customer service!
National had the best price, cheapest shipping, and, although I did purchase a particular grade, it was all workable and not warped.
What a great supplier .. packaging was perfect .. delivery was fast .. thumbs up all around
I was very happy to find reasonably priced 1/32" Baltic birch plywood for my model building. In hobby stores (if you can find one) it is usually expensive and online I have found it difficult to locate any below 1/16" thickness.
The wood was delivered in a timely manner and the company kept me apprised of its delivery along the way. The wood is excellent quality!!! I will use them again and recommend them to others. Hmmm. I wonder if they have boxwood and holly.
The plywood is of excellent quality, It was well packaged and delivered on time. The price was competitive.
I was offered the light balsa package by National Balsa. I have to admit that overall, I was greatly impressed at the quality and value of the package deal. National Balsa has given me the greatest value and service in the past, and I look with great pleasure in doing business with them in the future.
Received my order well packaged and timely..
Easy to order and received the supplies within a few days. Thank you
Just thought I'd send you a picture of the canoe I built with 1/4x3/4x48 balsa strips from your shop. It's 20 feet long, 4 feet wide, weighs about 100 lbs and survived its first outing on the lakes of the Allagash waterway.
Clark Dixmont, Maine
Hello National Balsa,
Two summers ago my friend Ben and I bought balsa from you to make a surfboard.I thought you would appreciate the photographs I took of the process and final product.Let me know if you would like to use any of them. The surfboard rides great, thanks for the quality balsa!
All the best,
Sebastian
"My engineering class (high school seniors) created a suspension bridge from balsa you supplied last year. It took my entire class of 18 students about 4 months to build. In the end, a 50lb cart drove across the full length of the bridge and I stood in the middle of the span with a total load of 200lbs on the road deck. The bridge itself is 2m long and 40 cm wide with a tower height of about 1m."
Hamilton High school AZ.
Featured products
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1 x 1 x 24 Balsa Wood Plank
Regular price $4.06 USDRegular priceUnit price per$5.68 USDSale price $4.06 USDSale -
1 x 1 x 24 Basswood Plank
Regular price $3.17 USDRegular priceUnit price per$4.44 USDSale price $3.17 USDSale -
1 x 1 x 36 Balsa Wood Plank
Regular price $6.09 USDRegular priceUnit price per$8.53 USDSale price $6.09 USDSale -
1 x 1 x 36 Balsa Wood Triangle
Regular price $4.28 USDRegular priceUnit price per$6.01 USDSale price $4.28 USDSale
