| Summary: | Bamboo has been widely used as a subtitution of wood. Bamboo is fast
growing species and be able to be harvested in two years old for furniture and
handicraft material. Bamboo legi (Gigantochloa atter (Hassk.) Kurz) is one of the
commercial species with many superiorities. The quality of furniture and handicraft
are affected by several factors such as age and stem part. The aim of thus study was
to investigate the quality of three and four years old of bamboo legi with different
stem part as material for furniture and handicraft.
This study was designed in accordance with Completely Randomized Design
with the two factors, which were age and stem part. Age factor comprised of three
and four years old of bamboo, while stem part factor consist of positions on bottom,
middle and top. The examined parameters and supporting information were properties
of physical, mechanical, and adhesive. The data was analyzed by analysis of
variances (ANOVA) with 1% and 5% of significant level and continued by Honestly
Significant Difference Tukey.
The result showed that the optimum processing properties of bamboo legi had
average sawing defect of 1,93% (very good), drilling of 26,68% (good)
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