Post #807415 by tikiskip on Mon, Jan 16, 2023 6:20 AM

In the Franks Cane and Rush catalog the bamboo they sell "is guaranteed to split" it is written.

But yeah, I think it will just split if it is going to split no matter what you do, can't hurt to try releasing pressure though.

Heck that stuff can grow up to over a foot a day.

Bill Sapp said that when they were building the Kahiki the Bamboo inside as it dried it would crack and when it did "it sounded like a gun going off."

I have some seven-inch bamboo from the Kahiki, so it was some BIG stuff in places.

Also, when we have a fire it is fun to make a bundle of fresh cut bamboo and throw it into the fire as it burns it sounds like firecrackers going off.

Bamboo gets its name because it goes BAM when in a fire..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTJtAa9DKNc