Bamboo Pegs vs. Bolts vs. Lashing: When To Use What
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- čas přidán 15. 08. 2021
- When building with bamboo, there are a few methods you can use to secure joints. Bamboo pegs, Nuts and bolts and lashing are the most common ways to join bamboo together.
We also go into how to fasten two pieces of load bearing bamboo with bolts.
If you are interested in bamboo construction, you'll want to check out this video.
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Thanks for the video. Just a couple comments I have... when Drilling through, you could drill backwards thru the exit hole and Reem it out a bit more so that you get no fiber ripping when passing the rod through. Also it can be easier sometimes if you happen to have a long thin drill bit that you can use to pre-drill. Also, a couple months after construction you may have to revisit those bolts and snug up the nuts again as the bamboo will slowly shrink in diameter. Aloha amigo!
Definitely, Ideally you're building with dry bamboo, but everything you said was spot on, I could have better drilling practices, my eye for detail needs work.
For lashing try "bank line" (I use #36 twisted tarred Catahoula brand). It's cheaper than paracord, plenty strong for the purpose, and doesn't stretch as much. Thanks for putting out more videos! My wife and I love watching.
Thanks for the tip and thanks for watching. I'm going to keep an eye out for that stuff.
Great video, hope to build a bamboo house in the future!
Thank you so much for your videos, I am watching you from Uganda eastern with a lot of bamboo forests and I am now going to make use of them.
You should! Bamboo is awesome!
Love it!!
If you grow some bambusa textiles. Cut the bamboo split it hammer it soak it 48 hrs then wrap your bamboo fram joints with it. It will dry and never loosen. Much better than paracord or hemp twine.
Thanks: Miami Bill
Interesting...I'll have to give it a try. To have it all made from bamboo would be awesome!
This was very informative. I've been thinking about how to build bamboo fencing and thinking about techniques for joining is very helpful. I'd be interested to know (or see a video) of adding some kind of organic/natural coating on the outside of bamboo to increase longevity. Thank you!
Marine varnish should work well
I've used mason's line from home depot for lashing. UV resistant and works great for stuff in my garden
That’s a good tip. I’ll have to try it
Thank you for this video. Have you ever made a bamboo garden arch trellis?
I have not done arches because bending is a lot of extra work. But I do have bamboo trellises
Well I'm thinking about moving to Nicaragua. Starting a farm. And I was looking for an alternative building material. Good video aloha
I was just looking at property in popoyo. Good luck down there
Great video!
3 months in Fern Forest, and I’m still here😝 where is a good place to get Bamboo from around here?
There's some by the Glenwood store. Not the best timber grade but still good. Otherwise try ask on fb and people normally offer
@@HomesteadinHawaii yeah, I don’t use FB
What about lashing it with wire? I see some channels from Vietnam doing that on their bamboo structures. Some drill the bamboo and string the wire through it for extra security.
They do that all the time in Asia, seems to work fine, it just doesn't get it very tight
Very useful video, thanks from India
Thanks for watching!
Awesome video!! Btw, you look like Phil Anselmo of Pantera :)
Shhh!
Yes, I would like to see lashing techniques and what knot to use.
Will do
Instead of tightening the nut to near crush-point, would be be a good idea to use an extra nut at each end of the threaded bar as locknuts?
I haven't seen that done but could be worth a try
Hi,
Interesting video… I wondered if cable ties could be of any ‘alternative’ use in the whole proces of connecting bamboo…
Sure worth a try. People use all sorts of things
I live in a colder climate. What do you think about a simple, log style cabin made out of large diameter bamboo (obviously the void areas would be filled with some kind of insulation)?
Heck, if you could find something to seal the outside of the bamboo really well (to be air and water impermeable) you probably could pull a weak vacuum on it and get like 97% of the air out and make it super insulating. And then you would only have to worry about insulating the areas in between where the bamboo touches (the kind of U/V shaped areas where obviously there won't be much insulation). Could be done with fiberglass, expanding foam, foam sheets, etc.
Actually, thinking about it some, you would have to be careful doing this, because between the atmospheric pressure and the weight of the bamboo on top of the bottom pieces, it would be likely to break. You would probably have to do like at least 1/4 to 1/2 of the bottom of the bamboo wall with bamboo that has expanded foam inside of it, and then the rest with the weak vacuum. It might just be too much faff all in all. I know how to make vacuum insulated panels for cheap, so I would probably just line the inner wall with these, and use expanded foam in the poles themselves (this should strengthen them against crushing. Heck, you could alternate with every other pole with expanded foam, and then put cellulose insulation, kapok fiber, or what not in the other ones).
As I like to say, “every idea is worth experimenting with.” Good luck!
Would it be ok to notch out both bamboo poles making them fit into each other before lashing them together or would it make it weaker ?
I think so if I understand you correctly, feel free to watch my other videos on building with bamboo
But you mentioned about the bolt breaking the bamboo, so will not break eventually when you start to add weight?
It depends on what the bolt is doing. I donʻt try and use bolts to hold all of the weight, thatʻs the bamboo job. Bolts just keep it together.
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Can you use young, soft, just cut bamboo to bend it to the shape you want?
No. You bend bamboo with either heat and a bender, by making relief cuts or by using a bunch of splits bounded together. All from well aged bamboo
Awesome! This would be good for furniture too, right? Aloha!
Just pegs and lashing mainly for furniture. But sometimes the lashing is just decorative over joints that are pegged
Mahalo! 🤙
What kind of bamboo are you using ? Was it aged properly? Seemed pretty weak
Bambusa oldhamii. It was probably a little green. I probably just grabbed a piece to use for the video real quick. Nirmally they're treated.
Instead of concrete- node- void fill, please try construction adhesive expanding foam injected through a tiny hole. And please do a follow up video of your experience. I have not tried it myself but I think it would work because it will create great added structural integrity of the “longitudinal” fibersThank you BUT! Too much foam could cause an explosion from inside out? And I guess concrete could do the same
Interesting thought. Id be curious to try testing it.
How much load can bolted bamboo hold?
1 ton
Great video lots of information very easy for me to understand. So I am now subbed Sub’d & Bell’d
Mahalo!
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