# Bamboo gasifier
**URL:** http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/bamboo-gasifier/7997
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [September 26, 2024, 1:35am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/bamboo-gasifier/7997 "2024-09-26T01:35:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Brahtata](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Brahtata)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2024, 1:35am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/bamboo-gasifier/7997/1 "2024-09-26T01:35:23Z")
For sustainability and ease of access, has anyone run their wood gasifier on bamboo cuttings? It grows fast and dense depending on the species, and you can grow it on your own property and have a quick source of wood. Anyone ever experiment with this? On a larger scale, it can help reduce chopping down slower growing trees, thats if it burns well for a gasifier, I’m not sure.
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### Author:  [@ForbiddenTuna](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/ForbiddenTuna)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2024, 1:51am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/bamboo-gasifier/7997/2 "2024-09-26T01:51:44Z")
@k_vanlooken lives in Thailand and has used copious amounts of bamboo. It is definitely viable if you have it in surplus.
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### Author:  [@FruitvaleFarmer](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/FruitvaleFarmer)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2024, 2:09am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/bamboo-gasifier/7997/3 "2024-09-26T02:09:37Z")
Yep, @k_vanlooken is the bamboo expert. Here’s his raw bamboo gasifier:
> [@Building kinda of an gasifier, raw bamboo is the aim](https://forum.driveonwood.com/t/building-kinda-of-an-gasifier-raw-bamboo-is-the-aim/6710):
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> lets try a prototype … Reviving an old project… Building a firetubish thing first…
He’s done a huge amount of work on charcoal gasifiers using bamboo charcoal. These are simple, useful systems for farmers, mainly.
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### Author:  [@Brahtata](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Brahtata)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2024, 2:28am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/bamboo-gasifier/7997/4 "2024-09-26T02:28:21Z")
Does the WK design work with bamboo?
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### Author:  [@FruitvaleFarmer](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/FruitvaleFarmer)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/bamboo-gasifier/7997/5 "2024-09-27T14:57:45Z")
@Wayne would be the one to ask. But if a dead cat is worth five miles, [Using peat as fuel for wood gas generators - #3 by Wayne](https://forum.driveonwood.com/t/using-peat-as-fuel-for-wood-gas-generators/5498/3),
bamboo ought to be okay 🙂
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### Author:  [@Wayne](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Wayne)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/bamboo-gasifier/7997/6 "2024-09-27T15:26:49Z")
Good morning Kent.
I have used bamboo chunks but it has been about twenty years since I experimented with it. I have no bamboo on my place and just a very small amount in this area.
I can’t remember any issues experimenting with dry chunks of bamboo.
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### Author:  [@Brahtata](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Brahtata)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/bamboo-gasifier/7997/7 "2024-10-02T22:14:42Z")
Thank you for the info! And for your work. Have a good one
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### Author:  [@Brahtata](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Brahtata)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/bamboo-gasifier/7997/8 "2024-10-02T22:16:24Z")
I did hear that in one of the videos I watched w him in it nd I laughed lol. Thanks