"mj" wrote in message
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Don,
Thanks. I would just use this for the pattern. I'll eventually make
a
urethane mold and use that to mold the tires with rubber molding
compound. For the pattern, I need something that is going to be
somewhat easy to work with as I need to figure out how to cut the
lugs
on the outside of the tires. I thought wood would be the way to go
initially as it would be fairly easy to carve with a chisel and
knife.

Basically, I was going to turn the wood pattern down on a wood lathe
to
the approximate width and height dimensions. Then I was going to
hand
carve the lugs on the outside of the tire. Now I'm wondering if this
wouldn't be easier with Polymorph. Can I carve this stuff too? I
just
bought a mill, so that might be an option to get the lugs carved.

Mike


You might want to look at polymer clays-any craft store will have
it...