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Bamboo Drying Frame on Two Lashed Trestles
Two A-shaped trestles of bamboo, lashed with cord, carry cross poles to hang things on to dry in the air: yarn, cloth, herbs, noodles or fish.
The picture: beef sticks hung to dry on bamboo poles in Laos.
Beginner
Half a day
Instructions
1
1
Cut the poles
Cut the poles
Saw four legs about 1.8 m long, two tie bars about 1.2 m, and two to four cross poles as long as you want the frame. Cut just beyond a node so the ends stay closed, and trim off side shoots.
Materials for this step:
Bamboo Poles10 piecesTools needed:
Hand Saw
Machete
Ruler2
2
Lash the trestles
Lash the trestles
Cross two legs about 30 cm from their tops and bind them with a few turns of cord round both, then frapping turns between them. Spread the feet and lash a tie bar across, about 40 cm above the ground. Make two trestles.
Materials for this step:
Cordage8 metersTools needed:
Machete3
3
Lay the cross poles
Lay the cross poles
Stand the trestles apart and lay the first cross pole in the two crotches. Lash it to each trestle. Lash further poles across the legs lower down if you need more line.
Materials for this step:
Cordage6 metersTools needed:
Machete4
4
Use it
Use it
Set it where the air moves, hang the work over or from the poles with space between pieces, and take it under cover from rain.
Tools needed:
Ruler5
5
Hanging line
Hanging line
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