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Post by jamesp on Oct 25, 2015 4:45:22 GMT -5
Added bamboo roots in on a successful dry tumble felspar run. Labra, amazonstone and pink felspar did well in the corn cob mix with AO 14,000. It ran for 5 days, got better each day. No doubt, it adds polish on Mohs 6 stones. Probably would have been faster if they had been run in AO 1000 first. Bamboo roots were not so shiny but details were exposed and given a fine matte finish. These harvested about 10 years ago. Bamboo full of silica.
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Post by jamesp on Oct 25, 2015 4:51:56 GMT -5
Nuts w/hard shells should dry polish well
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Post by jamesp on Oct 25, 2015 4:59:16 GMT -5
Would think that bamboo could be cabbed using bamboo flooring; or cut up and face sanded, and then dry tumbled. Bangle of bamboo, probably in resin:
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Post by jamesp on Oct 25, 2015 5:10:30 GMT -5
Polished bamboo and macadamia wood(dark material)
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Post by jamesp on Oct 25, 2015 5:16:13 GMT -5
rosewood: would guess burl would dry tumble too:
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Post by orrum on Oct 25, 2015 7:14:37 GMT -5
Amazing tumble bamboo!
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Post by jamesp on Oct 25, 2015 7:47:57 GMT -5
Offers padding when doing soft rocks in a dry tumble. Might as well add some other goodies in with the rocks Bill. This guy makes some wild jewelry out of black bamboo roots. He came by the house when in town doing a jewelry show and traded a fine silver ring for some of my roots.
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Post by Fossilman on Oct 25, 2015 8:21:16 GMT -5
Looks amazing James! Thumbs up
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Post by Pat on Oct 25, 2015 10:07:41 GMT -5
Beautiful! Thanks for the show!
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Post by orrum on Oct 25, 2015 11:38:43 GMT -5
Way cool, bet they would make great flint knapped knife handles!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2015 14:14:25 GMT -5
jamesp doesn't think outside the box. He has no box.
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Post by meviva on Oct 25, 2015 14:42:32 GMT -5
Polished bamboo and macadamia wood(dark material) LOVE THIS ONE!!!!!
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Post by jamesp on Oct 25, 2015 14:44:00 GMT -5
Way cool, bet they would make great flint knapped knife handles! The roots are solid Bill, and really tough. Not sure I have ever seen a root much over an inch though. Some taper a lot over several inches. The black stuff is a specific variety called of course black bamboo. The stuff grows out of the vertical creek banks and hardens off in the air. That jeweler was freaked at the amount I have growing like that. Because I grew the bamboo along my creeks; it will not cross a creek. We sat it the creeks/ditches harvesting it. He gave my wife a very expensive piece of jewelry for the roots. He was one happy camper. He was an older fellow and probably left with a lifetime supply. I thought it might break down biologically, but it lays around the farm out in the weather a long time. Full of resin too. Kept in the house it should last long time. I have buffed it using wet diamond pads. Must dry polish or dry tumble it though. Takes deadly polish. There is some upper crust Asian restaurants that have made wild resin table tops out of it. Some cross grain, some with the grain, some are bunches of small canes compressed together in resin and then cut into slabs across the grain. Some individually machined shapes like squares glued like a checkerboard alternated cross grain/with grain. I would think cheap bamboo flooring would make killer cabs. You can brown it by heating it up on the diamond wheels in controlled fashion. The heat raises the natural resin and seal the grain.
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Post by jamesp on Oct 25, 2015 14:46:25 GMT -5
jamesp doesn't think outside the box. He has no box. Do too, it's just a bit large
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Post by jamesp on Oct 25, 2015 17:02:55 GMT -5
Polished bamboo and macadamia wood(dark material) LOVE THIS ONE!!!!! Yes meviva. The bamboo should be pursued by the lapidarian s on this forum. That piece is striking. I have a Japanese gal friend that is a master silversmith. Focuses on organic. Can't wait to see what she does w/some of this material.
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Post by quartz on Oct 25, 2015 21:58:33 GMT -5
That's a good idea, the bamboo looks good. People out here cab a lot of Myrtle wood, pretty stuff and super hard.
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Post by jamesp on Oct 26, 2015 4:24:12 GMT -5
That's a good idea, the bamboo looks good. People out here cab a lot of Myrtle wood, pretty stuff and super hard. Deserts seem to grow some super dense wood. Looking up Oregon Myrtle, they made coins out of it at North Bend during/after depression. Tree w/lots of history. www.realoregongift.com/Myrtle_Tree_Story/myrtle_tree_story.html
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Post by jamesp on Oct 26, 2015 4:30:18 GMT -5
Some funky pendants I made out of bamboo root. They all sold well.
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Post by jamesp on Oct 31, 2015 3:26:59 GMT -5
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Post by phil on Oct 31, 2015 11:26:32 GMT -5
Think that stuff would grow well in the desert southwest? Albuquerque NM area? Thanks!
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