I have received my materials, which are 24 of these bamboo rods. My first impressions are that they are a bit shorter than I expected, they are fairly light, and their thicknesses vary a lot (see below), which may affect my design a bit.
I've also received two roles of nylon string, which look and feel a lot like dental floss. I'm not sure how they'll support loads but I'll just have to experiment.
I haven't had time to work on the actual design/construction yet, but on 1/30 I'm planning on taking all the bamboo rods to the machine shop and drilling holes at the ends, through which I will do the string connections. I will have my friends help me with the process.
The following images show my basic design plan, taken from a great online blog. I'm going to see how it works with my materials and then play with the concept from there.
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