Originally Posted by Canaboo

Get some electrical tape and wrap the lugs after you've applied the glass and resin. That will pack it all down flat and make things much neater and stronger.
It will peel off cleanly after the Epoxy cures.
Just make sure you start wrapping the tape up the bamboo well away from the wet Epoxy to anchor it and then just spiral it down to the lug. That way you're not just spinning the materials around and pulling everything out of place.