Follow the filament's natural path for both AMS and external spool. The filament path in all available Y-Splitter designs is optimal only for the AMS. For the external spool, however, the splitter usually turns in an up direction, which can cause the filament to get snag when inserting it. You must be careful not to make the slats too thin, otherwise they will bend in the center when held at both ends.

To make the roof of the bamboo pergola, you will need to split it into slats. For this, you can use a 4-blades bamboo splitter, and use bamboo sections with a diameter of 8-9 centimeters. The first step is the harvesting of the bamboo poles. It is important to harvest them when they are at least 3 years old to have good mechanical qualities.You also have to cut 4 strips of 5 to 7 centimeters wide which will be used to fix the legs of the table. At the level of the length of these slats, it must be slightly less than the length of the slats to make the table top. You should count 2 slats of about 75 centimeters and 2 slats of about 35 centimeters. If you have cut bamboo slats of different sizes with your bamboo splitter, they should be matched to the same size. In our example, I sawed the strips so that they are all 90 centimeters long.

Also I advise you to read my article to learn how to split bamboo into strips with the bamboo splitter to know exactly how to do it. 11. Tie the strips obtained with the bamboo splitter with wire Finally, if you need to split large quantities of bamboo, a manual bamboo splitter will no longer be sufficient. Be careful with this technique anyway because if the ground is too rough, you risk damaging the end of the bamboo.)

For my part, I made groups of 4 to facilitate the handling during the installation of the roof. The slats can be assembled together easily using wire. You can also use the same technique we saw in my article " How to make a bamboo table", which consists in fixing the bamboo slats to a thin wooden board by nailing them to it. 12. Put the bamboo slats on the roof