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Main Boards => The Bowyer's Bench => Topic started by: Mad Max on August 24, 2017, 05:09:00 PM
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I have a Stranded Bamboo Riser block 1-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 16"
One of the PA guy's wants me to use it for the riser.
Any body use it before?
Hey I found this
http://www.bambooindustry.com/bamboo-plywood/strand-woven-lumber.html
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Should work just fine. It's essentially bamboo flooring grown large -- bamboo embedded in epoxy.
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Looks interesting. I'd give it a shot!
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Never seen it in person. I don't know? do you think the fades would be OK? they have to bend multiple times..
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The riser needs to be 18"
The block is 16", so I will pattern sand and glue 1/8 to 3/16" to the back of the riser and pattern sand again. most of the fade will be what I add on, so YES. then it has a power lam also.
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It's very flexible. I used it once as a belly lam in a bamboo backed tri-lam. That bow is still shooting. Nasty stuff for slivers though.
I got it from a piece of flooring.
Dave.
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It's not flooring, it's more like a beam.
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I saw that stranded boo flooring and wondered about it's potential for lams. I decided not to take a chance with it, but now I'm thinking of glueing some up for a riser.
Max, we need pitchers!
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I made some lams from it, they don't bookmatch worth a darn but look kinda cool anyway.
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Stranded woven bamboo beams.
Glued under very high pressure
http://www.bambooindustry.com/bamboo-plywood/strand-woven-lumber.html
https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/FSC-certificate-Eco-Friendly-Bamboo-Beams_60245985419.html?spm=a2700.7724857.main07.187.2bd13975lGfyEK