Bamboo and Glowing Balls in Nets- please help ideas - Other Crafts

P Polynesiac Tiki Socialite San Pedro, CA Joined: Jan 29, 2004 Posts: 2099	P Polynesiac Posted posted on Fri, Feb 24, 2006 5:58 PM as for the bamboo (you can use the search engine): Cutting bamboo is best with fine toothed blades, like Benzart suggested - a hack saw does a very good job. You can also purchase (if you'll be cutting a lot of bamboo) specialty saws for the job here: http://www.hidatool.com/bamboopage/saws.html These puppies make the job of cutting bamboo very easy and quick. Just plop it in a Mitre box and cut (or eyeball it too). Very fast cutting with minimal sanding needed (if any). For cutting lenghtwise, I suggest splitting the bamboo. If there are no cracks in the bamboo it will split straight. I started by using a thin bike wrench to split it, and it worked fine forcing it down through the bamboo and it split relatively straight, but the proper tools work MUCH better. You can order the hatchets here: http://www.hidatool.com/bamboopage/splitters.html and here (for a single split to cut it in halves): http://www.hidatool.com/bamboopage/hatchets.html I think this place sells the bamboo tools too, and are a little closer to your area, I think. http://www.franksupply.com/bamboo.html let this page load (it may take a while if you're on a dialup) and they're in the middle of the page. No matter how you split and cut your bamboo (with power tools or hand tools) there will still be a minimal amount of sanding that you want to do. Bamboo splinters are extreamly painful. Good luck! Franks cane and rush has plenty of bamboo/rattan and so does Oceanic arts. Now that you live in Santa Monica you MUST go to oceanic arts. Just do it. Now. Like other people said - the fencing is at HOme DEPOT As far as the glass floats are concerned, if you want glass I could make you one or two: Pm or email me for prices/sizes if you want diy plastic...HOme DEPOT again - buy the 10" plastic light covers paint it or leave it (in the lighting department), get some fish netting (OA, ebay, botique stores, joannes fabric, etc), wire a light and hang it up. If you don't want to paint it just buy a colored bulb.

as for the bamboo (you can use the search engine):

Cutting bamboo is best with fine toothed blades, like Benzart suggested - a hack saw does a very good job. You can also purchase (if you'll be cutting a lot of bamboo) specialty saws for the job here:
http://www.hidatool.com/bamboopage/saws.html
These puppies make the job of cutting bamboo very easy and quick. Just plop it in a Mitre box and cut (or eyeball it too). Very fast cutting with minimal sanding needed (if any).
For cutting lenghtwise, I suggest splitting the bamboo. If there are no cracks in the bamboo it will split straight. I started by using a thin bike wrench to split it, and it worked fine forcing it down through the bamboo and it split relatively straight, but the proper tools work MUCH better. You can order the hatchets here:
http://www.hidatool.com/bamboopage/splitters.html
and here (for a single split to cut it in halves):
http://www.hidatool.com/bamboopage/hatchets.html
I think this place sells the bamboo tools too, and are a little closer to your area, I think.
http://www.franksupply.com/bamboo.html
let this page load (it may take a while if you're on a dialup) and they're in the middle of the page.

No matter how you split and cut your bamboo (with power tools or hand tools) there will still be a minimal amount of sanding that you want to do. Bamboo splinters are extreamly painful. Good luck!

Franks cane and rush has plenty of bamboo/rattan and so does Oceanic arts. Now that you live in Santa Monica you MUST go to oceanic arts. Just do it. Now.
Like other people said - the fencing is at HOme DEPOT

As far as the glass floats are concerned, if you want glass I could make you one or two:

Pm or email me for prices/sizes

if you want diy plastic...HOme DEPOT again - buy the 10" plastic light covers paint it or leave it (in the lighting department), get some fish netting (OA, ebay, botique stores, joannes fabric, etc), wire a light and hang it up. If you don't want to paint it just buy a colored bulb.

Post #217156 by Polynesiac on Fri, Feb 24, 2006 5:58 PM