Working with my first ikea cutting board
Do I use the same speeds and feeds on bamboo as hardwood?
Basically yes, as a starting point. It machines better than most hardwoods though so there is more margin for pushing feeds and speeds further
EDIT: some old bamboo F&S references I used successfully here
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I will note that this depends on the sort of bamboo — I have some treated bamboo flooring which is incredibly tough and wants a shallow depth of cut and reduced feed rate and speed to reduce the cutting forces to reduce deflection.
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Yeah I was referring to the “Ikea” variety 
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