Bamboo

[Sharp Blade]

A friend of mine is giving me the remnants from his bamboo flooring adventure. I want to try to make some boxes from it. anyone have any suggestions on how to work the wood?

 

[Mike Davis]

I hear it burns well. :dontknow: :no:

 

[michaelgarner]

Use super sharp blades and bits. It splinters very easily, I used it to make end table tops because that was what the customer wanted. They turned out well but I did have to get a new table saw blade after because I to used flooring that had a finish on it. Keep us posted...

 

[BrianInChatham]

I made some trim to match a bamboo floor I put in and had to keep fiddling with the router speed to avoid scorching the wood- I found it a lot more difficult than other materials.

 

[CarvedTones]

One of the best descriptions I have heard of that product is "fibergrass". That's because bamboo is big grass stalks. It is a strong tough fiber, but I would not call it wood. They have to use a resin to bind the fibers into a material that the Western world finds suitable as flooring.

 

[Sharp Blade]

Thanks to you all. I will do some testing to see what happens. I'll let you all know once I get the stuff in my shop.

 

[BSHuff]

It has a very high silica content, and will dull blades very quickly. It works nice, but I don't find it worth the blade investment