On Apr 28, 8:17*pm, kimosabe wrote:
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.

Bamboo canes are usually split with some sort of
froelike instrument. Not sure if you could split laminated
bamboo flooring planks.