Dear Doug,
I did this recently.
I got some Bones and hand them sawed in two pieces lengthwise by the
butcher.
I took the marrow out (and even used it for making dumplings).
Then I cooked the bones for 5 h. It smelled of soup
Then I stripped them as far as possible from meat, sinew and so on, that was
the yuckiest job.
Then I cooked them again in water with soda added for about an hour, it
smelled of an old washing machine
Then I put them out in wind and weather ever since January. They got snow,
rain, sun, wind and are white now.
As they have been sawed lengthwise, it will not be a problem to glue their
flat surface to a straight piece of wood (I will use polyurethane glue) and
cut strips of bone off on a bandsaw or a table saw.
Besides: I know, why you are doing this. The suppliers of bone strips here
in Germany charge such ridiculous amounts of money for the stuff, it's
pathetic!
Wish you luck!
Michael
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Betreff: BONE!
I am trying my hand working with this material.
Preparing bone:
I tried a 20th centruy approach here. Had fresh cow femur de-kneedd and hip
jointed, then split - demarrowed by hand, nearly puked. Mixed a brew of
automatic dishwasher tablet, bleach and clothes washing powder heated to 70
degrees and steeped for a half hour then boiled mercilessly for 2 hours.
Scraped bones halfway through the process - gagging all the way, revolting.
Bones beautifully clean, odour free and pearly white at the end of this.
Bones are irregularly shaped and irregularly thicknessed. I am having
difficult envisioning how to tackle them. Woodworking approaches won't work
on this material.... Can anyone who has worked with this irregular, smelly
but beautiful material gve a novice some insight into its mysteries? How
ought I approach converting a bone into flat, thin natural heads and tails?
Many thanks
Doug.
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