Patent ID: 7647957

Claim:
A method for making plywood, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of freshly cut stalks of Arundo donax L. or bamboo; (b) removing green husk and leaves from each of said stalks from step (a); (c) longitudinally splitting each of said stalks into a plurality of longitudinal pieces; (d) peeling inner walls and removing knuckles from said longitudinal pieces; (e) peeling said longitudinal pieces into longitudinal sections with a thickness substantially the same as a predetermined thickness; (f) weaving said longitudinal sections perpendicularly into woven mat-like sheets; (g) cutting the woven mat-like sheets into a predetermined dimension; and (h) bonding together a predetermined number of woven mat-like sheets of a predetermined dimension from (g), one layer on top of another, by applying an adhesive between the woven mat-like sheets and pressing them into a block of plywood, wherein the adhesive comprises a resin and potash.