Section 3
Wood
One culm yields one set. The species, the season it was cut, the way it was dried and the oil it is given all show up later in how a stave behaves and how it fails.
4 entries
The bamboo itself, and why the species matters.- 3.1MadakeThe species used, why its fibre suits splitting into staves, and what a substitute changes.
- 3.2DryingSeasoning bamboo before it is cut, and the cracks that follow if you do not.
- 3.3Grain and nodeThe nodes are the strong points and the awkward ones.
- 3.4OilKeeping the fibre from drying out, and the small routine of it.
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