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Main Boards => The Bowyer's Bench => Topic started by: billy dryden on October 12, 2021, 08:37:20 AM
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Where are you guys getting your bamboo for trilams at?
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PM sent
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Do you want pre cut bamboo backings already flattened on the belly side or do you have the capability to cut your own slats from a full bamboo pole?
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The last stuff i bought was split in about 2" strips but still needed ground. Enlighten me on how to start from the raw material Roy. Im honestly open to either.
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I buy whole poles of bamboo and cut out 2 inch wide lengths, then run them through my drum sander to flatten the belly side. I normally get 4 backings out of one pole. Once the belly side it flattened, I trace my bows pattern on it and cut that out almost to the line on the bandsaw, then use a hand sander to get right to the line. Then I taper the backing from 1/8th thick at the riser to 1/16th thick at the tips.
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Roy are you cutting your poles with a band saw when you cut your 2”slats out of it?
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Ya know what, I messed up there.
No I split them with a machete and a hammer.
They split very easy and straight, you can run a split the entire length in about a minute.
Sent you a PM.
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"No I split them with a manchette and a hammer."
What the heck is a manchette ?
Never mind, I looked it up...
Each man carried by his left side a long manchette, or sword-knife, secured to his girdle. :biglaugh:
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Put yer bifocals on ole timer?
LOL
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Ya know what, I messed up there.
No I split them with a machete and a hammer.
They split very easy and straight, you can run a split the entire length in about a minute.
Sent you a PM.
you can run a (and) split the entire length in about a minute.
Put yer bifocals on ole timer?
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Too late, done saw it. Don't get yer girdle in a wad... :laughing:
Probably autocorrect but still funny...
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It's a coreset not ah girdle:)
:wavey:
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:biglaugh: :wavey: