Bamboo building resources and inspiration

Hi everyone!

I tried a forum search and didn't find what I was hoping for...

A condo up the road is trying to take down all their bamboo, and I'm getting truckload of it for free! Happy dance!

Can anyone with some experience share the best: essential tools, books, blogs, and/or videos for beginning building with bamboo? I have no idea what species, and I assume it's about 1-2" in diameter - that's what I've seen in our area.

I really want to use it for: trellises, pergola, fencing, and really just about anything (I would totally go for a patio table out of it).

I've spent some time on Youtube and am thinking I need a saw and a splitter to try weaving fencing. I can invest in necessary tools and books to do good work, but I don't want optional fancy best-for-experts tools. Most of the bamboo books I've seen are for making proper buildings or furniture - not there yet.

I'll share a picture of the pile once it's dropped off. I'm planning to work on it when the kids are back in school and it's just me and the baby. Feel free to share inspiration pictures too - I've already found some on the forums and loved them.

How did this work out? Did you do some creative things with it?

I'm on a homestead, so my projects tend to be on the practical side, rather than the pretty side. I learned off the web how to make a simple "tripod knot" ( https://www.animatedknots.com/tripod-lashing-knot ) and used it for bean tripods. It's easy to hook on extra poles if you need them.

I have also pushed poles into the ground and then braced them with horizontal and diagonal poles for strength and function. I would suggest you allow 2-3 times more length of rope to tie the poles together than you think you need. Bamboo is quite slippery and you need to wrap the rope around many times, in many directions, for it to feel secure.  However, I used a frame like this to hold a group of tomato plants one year, and they were quite happy.

This link has some inspiring ideas and some good info:
https://permaculture.com.au/bamboo-permaculture-robyn-francis/

Jay, you are so right, lashing them together ,,,,,,if done well.... is a challenge.  Amateurish attempts from this quarter, but I am improving  .... drilled holes next to a joint, strung with fencing wire and twisted carefully, is one idea for tighterconnections

Please keep us informed. One dear brother of mine taught a uni class , back in the mists of time
BAMBOO AND PAPER SCULPTURE
amazing what the university crew created , even waxed paper translucent roof on a garden shed
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Also a classic gravel bike with bamboo frame.  , so strong
I'll try to find the syllabus and reserved reading for his class and Moose it to you

One thing I have learned, with tiny and large sections don't bother to split a lot of bamboo, start with a little.   Lashing and weaving seems to be adequate and aesthetically pleasing
Good luck friend, the sky is your limit

Jay, you were part of this thread years ago, bamboo is great for squash of all types

One more suggestion, or two.  Travels through this world, often in third world countries, have shown me about scaffolding techniques.  Bamboo is lighter and indeed preferred over steel in various situations.  
And building micro studio apartments ? Or sleep pods inside abandoned warehouses?
Many ways to think outside the ( non bamboo) box.