Thread: bone scales

Great idea and a good looking Razor to boot..... I really appreciate when someone uses their brain before their wallet....

$27.99 for the dovo replacements I was toying with as well .. plus shipping to the uk

Nice looking scales....and way to use your brain.

I am always looking outside the box for projects...

I don't look at something and see what it IS....but what it CAN BE!!!

I did the same thing a few weeks ago. The bone is relatively hard on a bandsaw blade, I used a cheap stamped blade that I have aside for doing more destructive cutting. Getting the bone sanded down flat and even takes some time but a 220 grit belt on a 6 inch sander makes relatively quick work of them. They are powder smooth. I took my scales out to 2000 grit and gave them a light dunk in some Danish oil to help seal the bone. It does smell but not nearly as bad as horn.

Great work Charlie. Must give it a try.
Are the number of T.P.I. critical for cutting bone or is a standard woodsaw blade ok ?

I used a trashed woodworking blade. It was a 1/4 inch around 6 or 8 tpi I do not remember it was a blade that I ran into a drywall screw. A standard wood cutting blade works fine.


Charlie

Originally Posted by spazola

Here is my first set of bone scales, it is a Robeson blade with a bocote wedge. I cut the bone from a bone from the pet store. I will see how they work out.

Charlie

few days ago I have picked up my dog's bone with the same idea
and here we go
somebody did it already
thanx for tips

digging up old thread....

Would a hack saw work for cutting out the rough shape, then sand it down?

Yes it will work the bone is not a lot harder than wood. As a matter of fact I use a wood rasp to get my rough shape on my scales because I do not like the dust from sanding.

It will be a slowish process

Charlie

Cannonfodder what did you use there for the dark spacers? I don't think those came stock from anyplace did they?