Abstract: A method of making a bamboo lamp or other item from bamboo including the drilling of a center portion of each of a bamboo section and injecting the center portion of at least a portion of the bamboo sections with an injectable spray foam. To make a bamboo lamp, the bamboo sections are dried and divided into base sections filled with foam and the single unfilled shaft section attached together to form a lamp shaft. The right and left ends of each foam-filled base sections are removed and the outer ends remaining are cut at a 30-degree angle, attached to external edges of a lower base, and glued together. An upper base can be attached to the lower base. Each base is drilled to accommodate the necessary light fixture parts for the lamp.

Abstract: Drill cuttings and similar earth materials are reduced in particle size, slurried and disposed of from a system which includes a ball mill, a reduced particle receiving tank, a grinder pump in communication with the receiving tank and separator screens for receiving a slurry of particles which have been reduced in size through the ball mill and the grinder pump. The underflow of the separator is suitable for discharge for final disposal, oversized particles are returned to the ball mill and the underflow discharged from the separator is controlled to maintain a certain level in the primary receiving tank. A secondary tank may receive a portion of the underflow to be mixed with viscosifiers and dispersants to maintain a suitable slurry composition for discharge. The system may be mounted on a semi-trailer and in weather-proof enclosures with the ball mill, receiving tanks and grinder pump on a first level and the separators on a second level.