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What am I doing wrong? Boo question with picture

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JackCrafty:
Hmmm.....I get the same thing if the nodes are too crooked to begin with.  I usually don't work the really bad pieces of cane (or tonkin, etc.) and just concentrate on the straightest ones.

Also, look at how thick the wall of the tonkin is (at the end).  Most will be thick-walled (the good stuff) but some will be thin-walled and pithy.  I don't know if the pithy stuff I've gotten is tonkin or some other bamboo mixed in....but the thin-walled stuff will kink every time.

Using less heat is good advice....use only enough to get the results you want.

Pat B:
Patrick, the thin walled stuff might be immature(first year) culms that were cut.

JackCrafty:
First year culms?  That makes sense.  :)

ricktrojanowski:
Patrick
If I only used the straighter pieces I would have nothing to choose from. ;D. 

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