A letter of introduction to our bamboo friends around the world, with our greatest respect: The World Bamboo Organization (WBO) is dedicated to promoting the...
Does anyone have a reliable dollar amount for all bamboo products mixed, or even in segments like poles, textiles, shoots for food, plants etc. for the bamboo...
Hello Consolidated Chopper, This figure would be a lot more useful if you documented the sources. I'd love to use it if I knew where it came from. Daphne Lewis...
The curious thing in all this excitement over the sudden apparition of the theme of phytoliths in bamboo, is that there is no mention of any such discrete...
we are trying to do an experiment (inspired by Oscar Hidalgo's work) on shaping of a bamboo at its growth stage. I am trying to a make mold out of metal,...
G'day Nripal, The Bamboo Bulletin is the occasional magazine of the Bamboo Society of Australia. The November, 2006 edition included an article on shaping...
G'day Brian, Indeed, I too found it curious that there is apparently no mention of "plantstones" in Walter's work. However, Walter Liese is a prolific writer...
Hello Nripal, Don't aim the shoot towards the ground. It might die. Gentle curves. Daphne Lewis www.chalosulky.com Federal Way WA USA ... [Non-text portions of...
Hello Nripal, Much depends on what you are trying to accomplish and with what bamboo. What form are you trying to make and which bamboo species do you plan...
Where is the file section Geoff. ... From: DrWu To: bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 9:43 PM Subject: Re:...
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I think the form has to be adjustable so i will be using four pieces of wood tied with strings to get the square shape. I am just confused about the length of...
Many years ago, I saw some photographs of "square" bamboo used in a door frame of a Japanese home. The article also had a photograph of a new culm growing with...
Hello Nripal Adhikary, Oh I misunderstood your question. You are talking about changing the pole's cross section from round to square or to rectangular. When I...
Dear bamboo colleagues, I may add to the discussion about square bamboo culms from my memory when visiting 1981 the Moso forest around Kyoto with the most...
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I wrote an article about shaping bamboo using different sizes of angle iron the Japanese use 2 sets of boards that are bundled together and tied to hang about...
In India bamboo is bent to different shapes to carry palanquins to carry the idols of gods or in the olden days the princes and queens.It is a very specialized...
usually the door and window frames require about 7-9 feet length. This is sufficient. a.c.lakshmana. A.C.Lakshmana, I.F.S, (Retd) Former Secratary to Govt. of...
The shape is mostly quadrangular. The size depends on the average size(girth) of the culm. a.c.lakshmana A.C.Lakshmana, I.F.S, (Retd) Former Secratary to...
I did a search on Google Books and while the book does not mention phytoliths by name, it does refer to the production of silicon dioxide crystals and...
Dear Xavier and all, this article is a good start point for non-specialists like me. The only point I still have my doubts is wether we should start claiming...
A couple of years ago Roger Lewis made some square Moso and the photos of his bamboo and forms are on his website at: http://www.lewisbamboo.com/square.html ...
G'day Members, There is a wealth of information in the Bamboo Plantations Files Section. Several members have written to me asking how to access those files....
(((((( These instructions are written for IBM-PC-clone hardware running a Windows OS. I am strictly an amateur where computers are concerned, and am not sure...
Dear members, in addition to BP files you could find useful articles and files (in english, spanish or portuguese) at: www.bambubrasileiro.com/arquivos best...
And then there is the *Chimonobambusa quadrangularis* which is naturally quadrangular in cross section. Murali ... -- Dr. E.M.Muralidharan Biotechnology...
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