excellente, gracias. muy bueno. This is an excellent video that rally shows how to work bamboo.

@wingituk The bamboo should be around 2 " or smaller. As it gets larger it gets more difficult.

I think the back splits happen because he is only heating on the inside or belly, the side under compression. If you look at the failure in the picture it occurs on the outside or back, the side under tension. IMHO, if you applied the heat more evenly and particularly on the far side some of the excess tension will be released. However if you into bow making then you will not want to loose the tension in the back of your bow. In this case during the heating and forming process you only want to release just enough tension so the bow will not fail when fired.

Thanks for the video, quite interesting!

Martinez numero uno

THANK YOU ...VERY INFORMATIVE

It would be useful to find out what Victor is getting the surface of the culm to, temperature-wise. If the culm would not dry out too much, putting it into a large solar kiln with an elastic forming jig and curve the culm more slowly. No danger of charring, and perhaps fewer failures since the temperature would be more uniform, not focused only on the inside of the radius.

would it work with a jig?

Víctor gracias. La idea es hacer cuadernas de una canoa

You are great

ok thank now if you make a jig could use bigger size of bamboo as you make it larger?

es un vuen trabajo

We could use a rocket stove to heat the bamboo. The fuel would be dried bamboo. I use dried bamboo all the time in rocket stoves and mass heaters (if you use a "J" tube, it's even gravity fed)!

You can make a jig to bend out standard curve.

Una pregunta,como saber cuanto doblar para siertas curvas

Oh, and also. When bending bamboo - does it have to be fresh bamboo or a set of canes that have sat around for awhile?

Embuste, todo bambu entorta desde que esteja verde, essa técnica é bem rudimentar, hoje existem técnicas mais avançadas. O bambu ao ser dobrado só lasca se estiver machucado ou como um pré corte. Tente o cozimento, é uma técnica que mantém a cor original da fibra.

I hope he doesn't get too close to the propane?

This is the same method for bending steel pipe.

Why fill with sand? I don't understand

I have seen this done in 3 minutes.

That's an insane amount of work and propane just to bend a stick.

El hombre creativo procura hacer las cozas lo mejor posible - el flojo siempre quiere trabajar menos - los muebles de bambu son una manera ecologica y barata para el consumo urbano

Very labour intensive and expensive to just bend a single piece of Bamboo! There has to be a quicker way of doing this, maybe by steaming a bundle all together in some sort of container and then bending them?

You need to see my vlog of how it's done here in the Philippines, it's slightly different to this!

The professor would have worshiped you

wow

maybe a funnel would work

Gracias Victor x compartir la técnica , quisiera saber k tipo de bambu x favor

What about boiling it or steaming it ? that usually works with wood. Would it spoil the bamboo?

that is very very expensive

How does the bamboo not catch on fire?

Do they start w/ green or dried bamboo?

It might be wise to edit out several minutes of things like tapping the sand down...

i know this is 9 years old but what's the purpose of filling it with sand?

It is still very stiff.

que es lo que le echa al boambu maestro ? y gran trabajo

البامبو شجر ممتاز لكل اعمال الادوات المنزلية والمكاتب والمدارس وكثير جدا غير ذالك

Is more insane your car. Or do you walk to work?

wouldn`t ya be able to start the shape of the bend you want when it is a young bamboo plant thus and let it grow into the bent shape ya wanted?

que tipo de gas usa?

una pregunta que utilisas para dovlarla que le echas adentro te loagrafeseria si me pasase el tips

How stiff is the bent bamboo after it is bent? I would like to use this in the course of making a recumbent bike frame. Also I assume you have to start with green bamboo?

Lindo trabajo pero el miedo fue más fuerte el sopleteando alado el tanque y la manguera

Debe haber un método más sencillo, rápido y económico...

C est bien mais au prix du gaz c'est illusoire désormais. La technique de petites découpes en " V" est plus rapide et gratuite✌

Over hot coals.

People here just heat it on a wood fire. I use a paint stripper.

Maduro antes era artesano de bamboo , Maduro was

disculpa para que la arena porque le llenas de arena

what are product use under bamboo bending\

Labor intensive isn't this? How about we use the sand method and get pvc pipe that is wide enough to accomodate three of this diameter bamboo, cap the end of the pvc with small drip holes at the bottome for condensation and excess steam and hook it up to a little electric steamer or use gas stove to generate steam. Seems more practical.

This is too long to bend a bamboo any body have easy way in less time to bend a bamboo please explain me

the important question is why is he wearing such nice pants while working?

nice yob bravo-croatia -.

It would be LOT easier to boil the bamboo in hot water and then bend it.

professor girafales

見事です　good

a garrafa de gas teria que está atrás do operador e não na frente do fogo tudo errado.

Need expert men to band this.

I don't own a car. I ride my bicycle to work... Nice try, though!

too much expensite in this time ...

I'm at 5:49, I'm so bored I'm going to kill myself (take that damn rattle away from him!).....good info on bending bamboo:)

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looks like it comes out to 35 cents an hour. about as cost effective as the government.