Hobby Lobby Bamboo...bow?

[makenzie71]

I found some 2.5" (diameter) bamboo in the clearance bin at Hobby Lobby.  80" long...some checking on one of the pieces.  Bought four.  I know it'd make narrow backings, but I'm kind of wanting to split one stave down into  back and belly laminations, then split the rest into like 1/4" strips for a core.  Anyone ever done anythign similar?  What else can I do with this stuff?  Oh the ideas run rampant in my head...

[M-P]

There have been some bows along those lines posted, but you'll have to look them up yourself, unless someone else can remember them.   On the anything else side...   there's nothing that says you can't use several narrow strips to back a bow.  I did it once and it makes for an unusual appearance.   Or acquire som ipe and make narrow bows.  Ron

[Ryano]

by the time you flatten the inside enough to glue it up you'll have nothing left. You need much larger bamboo for making bows.

[makenzie71]

They'll make 1.25" backings.  I've thought about multiple backing strips, too.

[makenzie71]

When I break the bamboo down into strips to make the core, do I need the file the nodes down so they can be glued together uniformly or is there another method I should use?

[canidsong]

for that you need 'boo of a large enough diameter, and with a thick enough wall that you can flatten in inside and outside.

like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbPJEeHLvIA

but removing the crown aswell, so you have two flat surfaced to glue to.

[makenzie71]

Thanks for the link, but that's for backing bows.  I know how to back the bows, and how to prepare the bamboo for backing.

My primary concern here is how to prepare bamboo for a core.

[canidsong]

but removing the crown aswell, so you have two flat surfaced to glue to.

this is why you need good diameter 'boo, and/or with a high wall thickness.

[makenzie71]

Sorry...since your link was about backing bows, that's what you were referring to.