Jerry,
Thanks for the photos of the bamboo splitter in action. I could see the dividers in the original photo, but not the blades. Had no idea there were such things as "bamboo websites", but I guess today there's a website for everything.
You did a fine job on the canopy. I believe that if you can hide the mistakes, they couldn't have been really big mistakes. And now you know, when you have company for breakfast and can't find the egg poacher, you have an emergency back-up.
Be well, be safe,
Jim