Posted by Dan Tomkinson on January 5, 2010 at 12:31pm
any one else tried making nuts and bridges out of beef bone ? I have found that it works great! it is way more resilient than wood or plastic for this application and cheap too if you get a shin bone at the super market you can get a ton of nuts out of it , just my thought s figured I would share
I bought a bone at a pet store and cut it to length. BUT when you start sanding it down it smells like I'm in the dentist office -- which I don't like the smell of a dentist's drill on teeth. The question is, after the bone is shaped is there something I should use to seal it (inside and out)?
Ok as far as the smell goes it smells like your making soup LOL ! Really the worst part is it makes you hungry for moms home made broth . and it takes about an hour or two to cook the marrow out of it then you clean it up in the sink I use a long handles spoon to dig the cooked marrow out of the bone ,If you have a dog he will love you for it , my cat sure did, then I dried it by the wood stove but you can bake it on low in the oven to do the samre once its dry I cut it up on the band saw and grind it to shape with my bench sander and dremel i posted a pic on my blog check it out , when used for bridges it gives nice ringing tone to your build
I'd love to hear more about how you process the bone etc.
I've heard that bone from butchers and pet shops needs to be boiled for many hours to get the fat out. I read somewhere that boiling outdoors is advised, due to the smell, and that a bit of caustic soda helps to whiten the bone.
Any advice would be appreciated. Cheers.
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I carved this little scull guy as a decoration ,my wife says its creepy
I've heard that bone from butchers and pet shops needs to be boiled for many hours to get the fat out. I read somewhere that boiling outdoors is advised, due to the smell, and that a bit of caustic soda helps to whiten the bone.
Any advice would be appreciated. Cheers.