Peel and stick wood wall paneling. Stikwood - would be cute on a wall in a boy's nursery - hunting nursery - rustic nursery
“I love the smell of wood. The feel of wood. I love everything
about wood,” he says. “But I’ve always been a bit upset about
how wasteful it can be.” The master woodworker has spent the last three
years coming up with a product that would give consumers the look of
rustic, reclaimed wall paneling, using as little of the natural resource
as possible.
Called Stikwood,
his ultrathin wood planks have an adhesive backing that sticks to just
about any surface, creating the look of what would ordinarily be a
costly, material-hogging piece of décor.Slicing wood thinly is nothing new, but until recently, nobody in the woodworking world was doing so efficiently. That’s because if you want to cut a 1/8-inch slab, a 3/16-inch blade is used, which generates more sawdust than useable product. Taking a cue from snowboard manufacturers, McCall sandwiches together layers of wood laminates before cutting the composite into virtually paper-thin slices.
As with making snowboards, the process is costly and laborious even before the final boards are cut. But what’s invested in time and energy upfront is recouped in less material waste. McCall, using a Wintersteiger thin-cutting horizontal bandsaw, is able to use a 1/25-inch blade, rather than a 3/16–which is nearly 500% more efficient, he explained at the recent Dwell on Design conference.
