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Bamboo

#1 Post by dan76 » Mon Jul 15, 2013 6:43 pm

Maybe you guys can help me. I want to buy a box of bamboo flooring for grinding my own lams. Where do i get it and what should i be looking for.

Is this it
http://www.bamboo-oz.com.au/flooring/vertical.html


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#3 Post by bigbob » Mon Jul 15, 2013 7:10 pm

Looks like any of them will do the trick.
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#4 Post by dan76 » Mon Jul 15, 2013 7:12 pm

Just so long as its vertical bamboo right?

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#5 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Mon Jul 15, 2013 7:23 pm

Dan,

I can't say for sure but that first link may not be real vertical bamboo flooring as it mentions something about a cross middle layer???? The second link looked like the right stuff.

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#6 Post by dan76 » Mon Jul 15, 2013 7:29 pm

Thanks jeff and bob i will let you know which one i go with and if it's the right stuff :biggrin:

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#7 Post by Goatchaser » Mon Jul 15, 2013 7:43 pm

I notice the third company you linked to actually offer free samples of their products, might be worth looking into. :wink:

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#8 Post by bigbob » Tue Jul 16, 2013 8:19 am

Stickbow Hunter wrote:Dan,

I can't say for sure but that first link may not be real vertical bamboo flooring as it mentions something about a cross middle layer???? The second link looked like the right stuff.

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Ooopps! ,I didn't read it properly Jeff. you are right!
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#9 Post by Gringa Bows » Fri Jul 19, 2013 6:00 pm

Yep Dan,that first place is where I've got my last 3 boxes from. :biggrin:

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#10 Post by dan76 » Fri Jul 19, 2013 9:04 pm

Whats postage like on a box rod and how much is a box.

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#11 Post by bigbob » Fri Jul 19, 2013 9:06 pm

Duh its where I get mine too!
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#12 Post by Goatchaser » Fri Jul 19, 2013 9:10 pm

so is it the right stuff or not? as it does say it has a cross section laminated into it??

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#13 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Fri Jul 19, 2013 9:14 pm

bigbob wrote:Duh its where I get mine too!
That's where a lot of fellas were getting their vertical bamboo boards from. What threw me a bit was this statement:
The stability of Vertical bamboo floor boards are greatly enhanced by the opposing direction of the middle layer, commonly known as crossbonding.
I this the same stuff that we have always got before?

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#14 Post by Gringa Bows » Sat Jul 20, 2013 9:53 am

no I get the vertical of coarse :biggrin: I usually go down and pick it up ,last time I got a box it was $150..............even Clarky gets his from there :wink:

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#15 Post by bigbob » Sat Jul 20, 2013 1:45 pm

Shouldn't mention this until i can get up there for another box or two but Durn told me last time I was there some months ago that the last pallet he got in for a cancelled order was it, as the supplier was not making vertical boards any more; only strand woven ones which are useless for our purpose. Guess I'll just have to scuttle back up there quick now before its all gone!!!
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#16 Post by yeoman » Wed Jul 31, 2013 6:24 am

How many boards come in a box?

I feel I should get me some.
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