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   JohnWW | May 06, 2004 10:16pm | #1

   I've been interested also, so I just did a quick web search.  The only price I found was quoted in a Journal of Light Construction article: $170 for a 4'x8' sheet 3/4" thick.

   If you wanted to play with a sample I've seen some being sold as cutting boards at a Linens and Things store.  I suspect it would be similar to a hard tropical wood in its machining qualities.

   John W.

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   MBL | May 07, 2004 02:59am | #3

   Thanks, John and Michael.

   Looks like it is not quite yet popular and probably that makes it expenssive.

   Have considered gluing pieces, but the intereste is not that firm yet.

   Stil exploring the issue. Do like bamboo as a material and it has many very useful properties.

   It's light, strong, and hard to scratch, and water resistant, and looks good even without finish.

   But it looks like it won't be soon before it is seen much. Perhaps it is not easy to make, though bamboo is by no means difficult to grow and replace.

   Michael, when you get the floor pieces, if you would say if it looks easy and feasible to glue up a size say 2' x 2'. And also if it comes in boxes and how much one box covers and costs, and the thickness. Whether it can edge-glue to itself maybe with buiscuits, or whether it would need to glue over another piece of common p.w.

   Thanks.

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   jackplane | May 07, 2004 03:30pm | #4

   Wow, 170$ a sheet sounds outrageously expensive. FHB recently talked about solid bamboo being the new environmentally friendly choice to replace hardwood floors. Perhaps because it grows so fast, it's good as solid stock, but I don't know why the sheet good costs so much.

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   Michmesquite | May 06, 2004 10:24pm | #2

   I haven't seen bamboo plywood, but I am about to install a bamboo floor in my house. 

   If you don't need plywood, you could buy some flooring and glue the pieces up to make a panel.

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