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3 Images of Mboo ( copyrighted name) Cofee Table from the workshop of yours truly. I just completed a coffee table that I made from left over bamboo floor boards, which are engineered from strips of glued and laminated bamboo. I machined off the grooved bottom surface of the 5/8" thick floor boards with a recently acquired 13" power planer to a thickness of 1/2", glued the two together to make an one inch thick board, ripped off the tongues and grooves on a radial arm saw, planed the thin edges off by clamping together several boards and voila: I had 1" thick X 3.5" wide engineered bamboo lumber to build furniture with. The bottom shelf is made from 3/4" thick medium density fiber-board ( MDF) finished with bamboo veneered wall covering ( expensive @ $ 45/square yard) manufactured by MDC Wall Covering. I finished everything after sanding with water-based clear polyurethane paint applied with a sponge brush. This was a project I have been planning for a number of years: To verify if glued/laminated bamboo sections could be used as a replacement for quality timber for furniture and interior construction. I was hampered by not having a power planer to undertake the task and prove it to myself. Finally I got it done. And it WORKS! There HAS to be a market for engineered bamboo sections of many many shapes, manufactured in Assam. One way to generate employment and cash in rural Assam from a widely available raw-material thru value added engineering and manufacturing. cm _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
