small bamboo
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 3:10 pm
So, I have this very small (diameter wise) section of bamboo that I'd like to use on a pipe. The thing is though that I don't really know how I should do it. I have read about using bamboo, and as I understand it, you attach the bamboo to the pipe via a stainless steel tenon and use a stainless steel tenon in the stem, correct? Or is it that the tenon in the stem is as usuall and the bamboo mortis on the stem-end is lined with steel tube? I don't remember.
The thing is that this piece of bamboo only is 6 mm (0,236 inches) thick between the knuckles, and I usually drill my airway to 4 mm (0,157 inches). That means that the walls of the bamboo when drilled will only be 1 mm on either side, which doesn't leave any room for the mortises into which the tubing would fit.
Any suggestions on how to use this piece or is it simply to small? I think I remember seeing some pipes with very small bamboo shanks though, so I guess there's some way, but I dunno.
Thanks,
/Albert
The thing is that this piece of bamboo only is 6 mm (0,236 inches) thick between the knuckles, and I usually drill my airway to 4 mm (0,157 inches). That means that the walls of the bamboo when drilled will only be 1 mm on either side, which doesn't leave any room for the mortises into which the tubing would fit.
Any suggestions on how to use this piece or is it simply to small? I think I remember seeing some pipes with very small bamboo shanks though, so I guess there's some way, but I dunno.
Thanks,
/Albert