anyone ever used wood as a grill?? specifically bamboo...

Was wondering if I used bamboo in a custom grill, if It'd get too hot and set my ride on fire???

*stupid question? maybe. Ahh well it's too late now*

...Any thoughts, advice to treat the 'boo (if needed), or let me know if i'm just plain screwed for even contemplating it..... cheers tikEK

 

Cool Idea!

The air getting ****ed in through the radiator makes the grille cold.

Tha worst thing that could happen would be Woodpeckers or Termites.

JOE

 

My brother has it as a grill insert on his T coupe. Still in the build stage so I don't know the answer to your question.

 

If you use Bamboo for your exhaust,it will catch on fire.

For the grill,not a problem.There is no way it will get hotter than the water temperature.
You probably need over 400 degrees F to char Bamboo.

I'd be more worried about it not standing up to vibration.But since Bamboo is hollow,
you can epoxy some reinforcement inside.

 

I made a kustom bamboo grill for my BBQ It burst ito flames dont try it!

 

ahh sparky custom not BBQ - but you got me to thinkin - BBQ in the grill...

 

eyeball - got any photos???

 

try www.gilligansisland.com

 

I don't right now but I may in a few weeks. He tore it apart again.

 

Franklins had wooden grills and shells. They were air cooled ya' know.

 

Is it billet bamboo? Or just cast?

 

Do you plan to use a bunch of Orvis bamboo fishing poles? They are octagonal, would look real sharp. Wire some bamboo to the radiator of your daily driver and see if you can light it.

 

Ah hell, Finally a question I can answer with some confidence. I would not use standard bamboo for the grill. Bamboo tends to be very brittle and the air chambers inside WILL pop and make the boo crack. This happens when the air gets dry. I would use rattan with the skin on. I has the same effect as boo but is sollid and you can even bend it into a form if you steam it .Think the old rattan 1940's couches. There is a third option to use WANGI root bamboo. It has very pro*****d ribs and is also solid. It has the same bendable characteristics as rattan, but is usually found in shorter and thinner lengths. All of these will take a stain if you sand them down. Whatever one you decide to use, put some marine varnish on there to preserve the bamboo color. Untreated boo mold adn darken. Oh yeah, there is also BLACK bamboo that can run from a medium brown to a very dark, almost black color with som spots in it that make it look like tourtise shell.

 

Boo? Bamboo is a perfectly good word that is in no way improved by slangy jargonization.

Resist The Forces Of Monosyllablism!

 

you can find this stuff at www.franksupply.com this is rattan

 

black one

 

wangi

 

Benzine, sorry bro but I just can't resist. OOps, I mean brother I just can not resist. Lazy typist I guess, that and i type like a 400 lbs silverback.

 

thanks for the advice tikidiablo - will keep you all posted of my progress - I warn you it'l be slow......

 

Tikidiablo, Thanks for the bamboo info, thought you might like this photo of interior of The Oriental a 1957 Oldsmobile custom.The car made the cover of CARS April 1963 and is under restoration today.

 

If you are worried about how well bamboo would hold up....a simple solution would be to cast a few pieces out of fibergl***.

I would imagine that you could make a few plaster molds cheaply and easily and then lay up some fibergl*** in them. With the bamboo stalks made out of 'gl***, you could paint them with automotive paints and not have to worry about sealing the wood. Its a neat idea.

.....hell, I just might try that myself....

 

There is this lame guy in L.A. who glued a thousand plastic barbie dolls all over his car. . .

. . oh wait, that's COMPLETELY different

forget it.

 

oK.

INTERWESTING>

jUST FILL the bamboo with something and it'll be ok.

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So i guess you saw the Tiki HZ wagon at the nationsl then?

=]

 

Kaiser Manhattens came an optional Bamboo/bamboo style interior in 1954.

Glad to be of no help here.

 

When I build my hot rod out of military surplus vehicles, decomissioned ordinance, and twin mounted 1919 air-cooled Browning .30 cal's, maybe I should add some bamboo pungee sticks and Napalm flame-thrower exhaust....???

 

all of the hand rails in the mandalay bay shark reef look like bamboo....they are steel with weld around them to simulate the seams and painted.sounds dumb,but they looked real good...just a thought.

 

Yeah,giligan did build a pretty kick *** Roadster. And I'm sure it had a babboo grill....and engine

 

c'mon DrJ fess up.

It wasn't bamboo, it was wooden macrame' beads.

 

How about splitting the bamboo in half and epoxying the pieces onto a steel rod (frame) for support. After all the metal pieces are covered, the entire thing can be clearcoated using a epox or other 2k finish. I am sure this will hold up and even intricate design are possible because you are not relying on bamboo for structural support.
Mike

 

Be very careful,,,,ya know how that stuff grows,,,just one radiator leak and the bamboo will take over your car! HRP