Carving on bone

[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.