WoodengineeredEngineered
Bamboo
A grass rather than a timber, laminated into boards from strips or strands. Grows to harvest in a few years and gives a hard, stable surface for flooring and worktops.
Properties
- Family
- Wood
- Category
- engineered
- Density
- 0.7 g/cm³ · 700 kg/m³
Densityhow bamboo compares
Applicationswhere bamboo is normally specified
FlooringWorktopsFurnitureCutting boards
Practical notes
- Density depends on whether the board is strip or strand laminated
- Technically a grass — it is grouped here as an engineered wood product
- Harder than most hardwoods in the strand-laminated form
Lumber sizeswhat bamboo weighs in each nominal size
Lumber size databaseDressed sizes are the same for every species — a 2x4 is 1-1/2 x 3-1/2 in in oak as much as in spruce. What changes is the weight, and that is derived here from bamboo's density of 0.7 g/cm³.
Tools used on itmatched on the wood family, not on this page
All toolsCircular SawCountersinkDrillHole SawImpact DriverJigsawMitre SawRandom Orbit SanderRouterTwist Drill Bits
Which tools work a material is a property of the family (Wood), not of the individual species — so this list is the same on every wood page, and changes when the tool data changes rather than when this paragraph does.