... Somewhere on one of these groups, I JUST saw a comment a few days ago, that someone (who was a florist), stood the cut ends of bamboo in glycerin, until ...
Hey Mark:: even I'm impressed and I watched her make it.... will show her pics when she gets home....... Kinder Chambers **************************** ...and...
Hi Stephanie, I have 2 ideas either you can make the entire walking cane from thoroughly dried rhizhome of the bamboo plant ( it is very tough and flexible) ...
Hi mark, can you forward this information... Bamboo Bill is a friend of mine, an artist architect builder furniture maker etc...who was involved in trying to...
I just found this group through a search engine. I have always loved bamboo and have decided to turn a small room in my home into a bamboo tea room. I found...
Thanks Bill! The book is now available for around $50.00. I've ordered it. I've seen the MANUAL DE CONSTRUCCION CON BAMBU excerpts and you're right: they're...
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Txbooguru@...
Jul 17, 2002 3:45 am
Ranger Rick's bamboo walking stick is something else!.. Let's see:: I'm already wondering how I can adapt this for using a nice piece of Golden...
Thanks, Mozart (or Wolfgang?) Great timing because today I've been trying to brainstorm about materials for a handle, and went to a store specialising in...
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Brian Erickson
brieri99@...
Jul 18, 2002 3:01 am
On the subject of the powder-post beetle, these quotes may be of interest: "Of the few insects that attack harvested bamboo, the most serious in Puerto Rico is...
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Txbooguru@...
Jul 18, 2002 3:54 am
Is this the one by Victor Cusack ? ? I just pulled up that URL and used "Bamboo World", and all the copies shown were $50 and up:: mostly up:: do you have...
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Txbooguru@...
Jul 18, 2002 4:00 am
Stephanie:: "DO" dig up just one culm at a time, but dig around it as if you were going to transplant it:: sever the rhizome on both sides of the culm, then...
I ordered the Victor Cusack one. Actually, there are two listed on Amazon with _very_ similar titles. At $143.00, I'd run, not walk, to my local library. -...
The first place I check for used books is http://www.bibliofind.com, which is now affiliated with Amazon but still is a good source. One that sometimes...
One of the great benefits of getting together on the internet, is to share information and experiences, and communicate with each other about mutual interests...
Thanks, Kinder. I hope to do some digging this weekend. My concern was that the bamboo grows so close together, I wonder if it is possible to dig up just one....
... i found a picture of the type of whangee umbrella handles i was writing of at this commercial site (At the site,scroll down on your left to `umbrella') ...
i am a post graduate student doing my research work on bamboo. my project title is "use of bamboo in furniture making with turning and green dimensioning...
In surfing the net I came across the following in a set of instructions on cleaning ancient coins which had been buried: "Some coins will have dirt in...
a few years back i tried to construct a table (perhaps the size of a small square folding card table), from culms of P. bissetii (i was lucky enough to have...
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Txbooguru@...
Jul 25, 2002 8:35 pm
Stephanie:: If the grove is 5-6 years old, your NOT going to harm it.. My suggestion would be to pick out the culm (or culms), that you think would work, and...
When in Japan (army), in the late '40's, when visiting native Japanese homes, we played the old 78 rpm, phonographs, using bamboo needles.. They only lasted...
Posted by Bob Schreiber...reposted with correct book title and additional info. I was just in San Francisco, and dropped in on my favorite bookstore, ...
From Barry... Bob, Can you recommend a good Japanese hardware store in the (San Francisco) Bay Area? I'm looking for pull saws, for bamboo and other materials....
Intro: There is a special thrill when a newly introduced bamboo species ( or an existing species) produces the largest diameter culm (on record) in your area. ...
Greetings All, The Bamboo Forums are NOW OPEN!!! We are in the initial stages of designing the layout and function of the `Bamboo Arts and Craft Network'...
Hello All! Yes!, the new Bamboo Forums are underway, at: http://www.bamboocraft.net/forums To receive posts or to reply to the Bamboo Forums, you will need to...
Dear members, Please check out new developments underway at the Bamboo Forums http://www.bamboocraft.net/forums Please note..some of the forums are only...
Greetings all! We are finally getting around to moving our messages here at bamboocrafts over to the Bamboo Forums at http://www.bamboocraft.net/forums They...
