[Strawbale] bamboo pinning

[Michel Wingard]

I use bamboo because it is a renuable resource common
around the world and because its tensile strength is
equal to rebar.

--- Leanne Rellstab <lmcclain at wyoming.com> wrote:

> Why is bamboo the common material used for pinning? 
> We are doing some vertical pinning to help
> strengthen/stabilize the walls.  What would be wrong
> with using lumber that we have on hand?  The only
> thing I could think of was that bamboo, being round,
> would suck into the bales better than a 1x2 would. 
> Just wondering.
> 
> Leanne>
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Peace, Michel
www.2dogdesign.net

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