Grinding Bamboo

[Flem]

I was grinding some bamboo yesterday and once again I was dismayed at how much waste there is compared to the finished product. All you get is 2 skinny little lams from that big ol' slat. Am I doing something wrong, or is this everybody's experience?

check out the arc on this one, least I know how to orient it in the stack!

[Roy from Pa]

Looks normal to me.

[BMorv]

Yeah that's my experience too, but I normally scrap the part you are grinding into lams.  Are you using the backing?  That's the only reason I get bamboo. 

Is that how most bamboo lams are made? Cut from slats like that.....I may need to make an effort to keep them for lams if that's the case.

[Flem]

I've been wasting the rind. Might try cutting it off, but I'm afraid I would not have enough meat for a lamination. Stuff is kind of spendy to experiment on.

[BMorv]

Hmm....I'll start trying to cut the rind off squarely...Maybe when I get a few piled up we can do a trade, rind for core?  No use both of us wasting the parts the other is wanting.

[Roy from Pa]

ROOKIES:)

[BMorv]

ROOKIES:)

What do you do with your core cut offs?  Sell them on the pink market?   

[Roy from Pa]

By the time I'm done prepping the rind side, there hain't nothing left.

That's some thick bamboo there.

Those lams look wider than the boo..

[Flem]

Hey BMorv, now thats a good idea. I'll let you know if I can cut off the rind and still have enough meat to grind a lam.

Roy, it is thick. It's Japanese giant timber bamboo. I was hoping to get 4 lams per stick with this stuff. The lams are the same width as the slab.

[Roy from Pa]

I see now..

 

[BMorv]

Where do you get the boo from lignaphile?

Looks like the stuff from Frank's.

[Flem]

I get it from a buddy who lives in L.A.

[Wolftrail]

I dont use Boo but if I ended up with 2 skinny little lams like that I would be more than happy.

[Roy from Pa]

Ben, the place I told ya about in Florida  has that, I think.

[Flem]

If you can get your hands on some of this stuff, don't hesitate. It's beautiful Bamboo, the spacing between nodes averages 15". My buddy said it's 5-6" in diameter!
I have used it correctly in the past, this bow was made from 3 pieces glued-up into a blank.