Updated: Bamboo poles group buy

Sorry guys. I'm not going to be able to make it out to polo tonight. Most likely not to Souths tomorrow night either.

OK so I'll make a brief appearance at south's tonight with some bamboo.

nice! hope you stick around for a few games...

hey, only just seen this. Been searching the boot sales of london for a while now for a suitable pole to no avail... Has anyone got a spare bit they over ordered that they wanna sell me?? my polo bike's nearly ready, and i'm still one mallet short of a picnic... cheers...

hey, only just seen this. Been searching the boot sales of london for a while now for a suitable pole to no avail... Has anyone got a spare bit they over ordered that they wanna sell me?? my polo bike's nearly ready, and i'm still one mallet short of a picnic... cheers...

Hey i got quite a bit of bamboo coming my way so you can have a length of that and i've got all the tools/bits you need to make a mallet more than welcome to build round mine. I'll pm when i have the BAMboo!

Mike - Adam picked up some bamboo for me but he couldn't carry it all. Do you want me to paypal the money for the rest and post it? Or shall i just pick it up at the Cambridge tourney if you're going?

we could strap all the pieces together a get a really long bamboo pole and you can have the end piece?

Anybody built their's up yet? Any problems drilling or any other issues i should know about before making one?

Did anyone try heat treating it ?

Don't drill big. Smaller is better. I'm thinking it would be a good idea to reinforce it with some tape or inner tube or something...
Most of the ones I saw in Berlin had hockey tape wrapped up to about a foot above the head.

Moog - 1 poles 20/25mm diameter - £4
Bill - 2 poles 20/25mm dia - £8
Otto - 2 poles 20/25mm dia - £8
Andy - 1 pole 20/25mm - £4
Gabes - 2 poles 20/25mm - £8
zoe - 1 x 3 meter pole 20/25mm - £4
Ray - 3 poles 20/25mm diameter - £12
ev - 1 pole 20/25mm - £4

Sorry, I still need to cut these. I don't have much time these days!

I'll be in London around 2nd July, is it ok to collect it then Mike?

yep.

yeah what mike said!

also googled it...

When it comes to drilling the bamboo to join the pieces together always use a hss metal drill. Bamboo is extremely hard and will blunt an ordinary wood drill in an instant.
oh and just for a laugh:
http://www.bamboocraft.net/forums/archive/index.php/t-665.html

i like the bit about making a cot for his 6month old baby

I'd be pleased to correspond on the subject. Apart from my bamboo joint work I am currently designing a bamboo playpen for my 6 month old daughter as a matter of urgency. She's a holy terror already, fingers into everything. I also have a design for a traditional cradle and hammock in bamboo on the back burner.
sad.

...i'd actually be tempted to use em's wrap it in electrical tape and hammer the head on technique, to keep the mallet in place/ with a bit of epoxy too. i think drilling is a bad idea.

also cut a small slot in the bottom of the cane, and hammer in a small wedge.

@mike, all things that grow, taper ;)

also cut a small slot in the bottom of the cane, and hammer in a small wedge.

with a bit of wood glue in there too yeah?

hows the horse polo mallets fixed?

oh and hi!

yup, they are wedged. glue it in.

and hi

I'll be at downham later Mike, any chance you could bring the bamboo along?

yes yes!!!

Actually, I think I'll be at Downham tomorrow for team games. Bamboo bundle in bag...

;799936']Actually, I think I'll be at Downham tomorrow for team games. Bamboo bundle in bag...

i have this ace bit i got in Japan... its coned shaped so you can drill variable sizes depending on pressure.... bit like this...

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/15976/Drill-Bits/Specialist-Drill-Bits/Step-Drill-4-22mm

good for those random bamboo widths.

So you drilled those? How big of a bolt/screw did you use?

2, 50mm screws holds as good as it needs to i piloted them.

the bit i've got is a bit like a grinder tool so actually melts a hole... then you push the bamboo in and the plastic shrinks round it.

no need to drill bamboo, it makes it fail anyway. screw in the same hole as the bamboo goes into the head through. So the screw runs along next to the shaft, effectively wedging it in place.

;799936']Actually, I think I'll be at Downham tomorrow for team games. Bamboo bundle in bag...

Yo Mikey...any chance I could buy a couple of sticks please? What's the deal?

Borrowed one of Ray's on Sunday...felt poppy...kinda liked it, till I broke it.