On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:17:18 -0700 (PDT), kimosabe
wrote:

On Apr 27, 9:55Â*pm, "Artemus" wrote:


If it's the pre-finished stuff which the factory covered with their
rock hard wonder finish be careful. Â*Three feet of that stuff will
trash a set of HSS jointer or planer knives. Â*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.

Bamboo contains lots of silica which is really hard on steel and
carbide. It's probably only 2 or 3 times as bad as rosewood.

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