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Author: mberkowski
Date: 2021-01-31 00:02
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I haven't been processing my own cane long and haven't seen much yet. What are these things found in some of the tubes from a new Loree batch? One tube with both ends blocked held at least 10. They look like plant matter, but many have a shiny inside reminiscent of a seashell and some have a sort of wormy outer appearance. Many have the same basic shape. I have not seen these in any other batch of cane (though I have sometimes seen what looks like a caterpillar or spider silk). Detritus from some former resident pest?
Michael
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2021-02-01 23:48
Have you burnt any of them to see if they melt or what they smell like?
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: mberkowski
Date: 2021-02-02 06:18
No, burning them did not occur to me. I tossed them out with the waste cane but if I encounter more maybe I will try that.
Michael
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Author: CogentCap
Date: 2021-02-06 23:49
I've always thought of them as "cane rocks."
Once I cut a tube that was FULL of them, from end to end!
(Sorry I can't answer your actual question, lol)
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