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Default Lumber Liquidators Weekend Sale / Rosewood / Bamboo / etc.

On Apr 27, 9:55*pm, "Artemus" wrote:


If it's the pre-finished stuff which the factory covered with their
rock hard wonder finish be careful. *Three feet of that stuff will
trash a set of HSS jointer or planer knives. *DAMHIKT.
I've yet to find a chemical striper which will touch the stuff.
SiC sandpaper will do the job but you'll go thru a bunch of it.
Fire does a wonderful job on it.
Art


That's the stuff. I didn't know the finish was going to be that much
of a hassle.

How resistant is bamboo to resawing? I tried resawing some of the
rosewood on the bandsaw and the table saw. Things didn't go well and
I don't want to do that to my blades again.