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Bamboo 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 12" Carmelized Wood Turning Stock
A grass and not a hardwood, Bamboo is a green product – fast growing and renewable. It can be harvested every four to six years, depending up on the variety and how much fertilizing is done. Most all of the Bamboo building products on the market come from China. To utilize the Bamboo...
Details
- Carmelized color
- 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 12"
- Great for handle stock; chisels, ice cream scoops and pizza cutters
Articles & Blogs

Japan Woodworker Catalog Features “Go Board”
In this day and age of electronic games, there are still a few games left to play without the aid of technology, but with the use of good old fashioned brain power. Similar to Chess or Checkers/Draughts, “GO” is an attack-capture board strategy game played on a 19″ x 19″ wood grid for two players. This size board is typically used for tournament play. The game originated in China about 2500 years ago using a 17″ x 17″ grid board, but changed as it became more prevalent in Japan and Korea. Beginners usually start with a 9″ x 9″ or 13″ x 13″ board.

Woodsense: Bamboo
This fast-growing plant isn’t technically a wood, but it shares many of wood’s finer qualities, such as hardness and stainability. It also grows lightning fast, has thousands of applications, and has a long history as one of the planet’s most revered building materials.