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Re: Off Topic: Bamboo & glue
By:Dave ( of Calif.)
Date: 12/13/2010, 10:56 am
In Response To: Re: Off Topic: Bamboo & glue (Charlie)

Hi...
I'm just cutting up a ready made bamboo cutting board & making it into
a knife rack, to hold my kitchen knives side by side & sharp edge down
in the drawer. After hanging out on this BB for, well forever I have
developed a "Sharpening Problem"...
( every thing I have is as sharp as a razer... sissors, chisels, knives & planes etc.)
Need the rack to protect myself from just reaching into the drawer.
Dave

: It's possible to get panels and boards made from bamboo but the
: stuff is manufactured using a lot of specialized industrial
: equipment. You can do a lot with bamboo if you have an
: industrial size pressure cooker to soften it and roll it flat.
: Then it's bonded into whatever using glues that are activated by
: heat and or pressure. What you get is something that is as much
: glue as bamboo. Whatever you want to do at home will not benefit
: from any of this technology. Bamboo is tough to work with and
: the splinters are hell.
: Good luck.

Messages In This Thread

Off Topic: Bamboo & glue
Dave ( of Calif.) -- 12/12/2010, 10:28 am
Re: Off Topic: Bamboo & glue
Charlie -- 12/13/2010, 10:27 am
Re: Off Topic: Bamboo & glue
Dave ( of Calif.) -- 12/13/2010, 10:56 am
Re: Off Topic: Bamboo & glue
Bill Hamm -- 12/13/2010, 1:38 pm
Re: Off Topic: Bamboo & glue
Mike Savage -- 12/13/2010, 2:11 pm
Re: Off Topic: Bamboo & glue
Dave ( of Calif.) -- 12/13/2010, 2:17 pm
Re: Off Topic: Bamboo & glue
Mike Savage -- 12/14/2010, 9:27 am
Re: Off Topic: Bamboo & glue
Dave ( of Calif.) -- 12/14/2010, 10:08 am
Re: Off Topic: Bamboo & glue
Mike Savage -- 12/15/2010, 5:55 am
Re: Off Topic: Bamboo & glue
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/13/2010, 10:49 am
Re: Off Topic: Bamboo & glue
Malcolm Schweizer -- 12/13/2010, 9:05 am
Re: Off Topic: Bamboo & glue
Dave ( of Calif.) -- 12/13/2010, 9:46 am
Re: Off Topic: Bamboo & glue
Malcolm Schweizer -- 12/13/2010, 10:48 am