How do I attach bamboo poles together?! - Tiki Carving

H'T Hau 'oli Tiki Member Lamegoona Hills, CA Joined: Feb 03, 2005 Posts: 410	H'T Hau 'oli Tiki Posted posted on Tue, May 31, 2005 9:00 AM Spent Memorial Weekend constructing the palapa. Hubby gave in and just used plain ole lumber while I spent the weekend w/ the bamboo, clearing out the nodes and spliting the poles down the center. Then I just slapped them around the lumber frame and finished it all off with woven grass rope. I held them together, down the seams, with Gorilla glue. Topped it all off with layeres of thatch and that's as good as it's gettin. I did construct a lamp (fish trap style)out of bamboo by wiring it together. But first I filled the bamboo with that expanding foam. I cut "escape" slits for the foam so it wouldn't force the bamboo apart and make it split. When it hardens, you can drill small holes and feed the wire through them or use screws. I have no idea how this would work on a larger scale, like with the timber bamboo. So, hey!-I figured it out on my own, pretty much. Thanks SO MUCH for all the input guys. (I'm talkin to you, Rev.) Are you afraid someone else will learn the craft and make you have to work even harder than you already do? Cuz that'll never happen. We buy your stuff cuz we love you! Feel the love.

Spent Memorial Weekend constructing the palapa. Hubby gave in and just used plain ole lumber while I spent the weekend w/ the bamboo, clearing out the nodes and spliting the poles down the center. Then I just slapped them around the lumber frame and finished it all off with woven grass rope. I held them together, down the seams, with Gorilla glue. Topped it all off with layeres of thatch and that's as good as it's gettin.
I did construct a lamp (fish trap style)out of bamboo by wiring it together. But first I filled the bamboo with that expanding foam. I cut "escape" slits for the foam so it wouldn't force the bamboo apart and make it split. When it hardens, you can drill small holes and feed the wire through them or use screws. I have no idea how this would work on a larger scale, like with the timber bamboo.
So, hey!-I figured it out on my own, pretty much. Thanks SO MUCH for all the input guys. (I'm talkin to you, Rev.) Are you afraid someone else will learn the craft and make you have to work even harder than you already do? Cuz that'll never happen. We buy your stuff cuz we love you! Feel the love.

Post #162501 by Hau 'oli Tiki on Tue, May 31, 2005 9:00 AM