Carving on bone

[bil381]

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[bil381]

Has any body ever carved on bone using a carved right?

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[bergerud]

I carved a piece of caribou antler. No problem.

[lynnfrwd]

Bone is not an approved carving material. wawawa!

[badbert]

That can not smell good... carving bone

[DocWheeler]

:roll:I think that is carrying body-piercing a little too far!

[lawrence]

Ive worked a bit with bone and antler but not on the cw. Though it will stink (quite badly) it works like many woods and i cannot imagine that it would damage the machine.


Just my. 02 and i am not an official lhr rep

Lawrence

[eelamb]

Lawrence, I bet you have turned the antlers on your lathe. I have some north Canadian antlers, they are hard as rocks, and oh do they stink when turned, and do they ever dull the tools fast. I am told because of the really cold temperatures where they came from they are denser and harder.

[ladjr]

I have made many pens from antlers, and found it to be an easy turn


Leo
Life is to short carve something today

[eelamb]

Leo me too until I got that Canadian antler. It was very hard. It did turn and buff up great. Yes part of it became a pen and a knife handle. I still have one side of the rack.

[ladjr]

Leo me too until I got that Canadian antler. It was very hard. It did turn and buff up great. Yes part of it became a pen and a knife handle. I still have one side of the rack.

Was it a Deer or something else.

[eelamb]

It was a deer.

[Jeff_Birt]

The issue with natural products like bone, shell, ivory, etc is that the consistency varies quite a lot. At one depth it is smooth sailing and a little deeper and you get into something closer to 'hardened hairy snot' (a description coined by a customer of mine in Newfoundland.) For CNC work this can make getting the optimum feed/speed almost impossible. There are special bits made for these materials that provide better results. You can contact me off list for more information.