Curt, I have to side with your wife - I think it's funny too! However, I am sorry about all of the work you put into it.
Jim On Thursday, July 12, 2018 at 11:15:55 PM UTC-5, Curt George wrote: > Hello to everyone. > > My wife called me at work, She found this funny. OUR dog. eat my > project. My bone turning was glued up and drying on my work bench. Our 87 > lbs. puppy eat my home work...! ;-p > With all being said and done, I will have to start over again. > > One thing I learned on this was, By cutting the bone in disks by the use > of a diamond hole saw. made the sanding / keeping a uniformed bone size > easier. > I cut two bones into 14- 1/4" thick x 1" dia. disks. > The glue was a slow set epoxy. (no idea if it would have held together, > but I do think it would have.) > > I will not have a lot of Free time coming up over the next few weeks. But > I will let you all know, if something works out... > > Have a good night/day. > > C.A.G. > > > > On Monday, July 9, 2018, 9:32:23 AM EDT, 'Curt George' via Legacy > Ornamental Mills <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > > Hello and Good morning. > > Thank you Joseph an Lonnie for your reply's. > > Ive come up with some more idea, to play with in this topic, but so far no > real testing has been done. > When and If anything comes up form my ideas, I will be sure to let you all > know what I did. > > Have a good day. > > C.A.G. > On Monday, July 9, 2018, 7:03:24 AM EDT, Lonnie Carlton < > [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > > Yes, over the years I have used epoxies and hid glue but not on bone > (much). I also have antique cars and have used all types of glue depending > on the need. You already know more about the uses of bone than I do. If I > can help, just let me know. > > Thanks, > > Lonnie > > > > *From:* 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills [mailto: > [email protected] <javascript:>] > *Sent:* Sunday, July 8, 2018 7:56 PM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:> > *Subject:* Re: FW: Question for all on turning bone? > > > > Thank you Lonnie > > > > So you use CA glue.That is something that I have lots of. Have you tried > Epoxies, or Hide glue? > > > > Bone is not something that lots of people talk about, I want to find out > as much as I can on this topic. > > > > Again Thank you. > > > > talk to you and all more latter. > > > > C.A.G. > > > > On Sunday, July 8, 2018, 11:16:25 AM EDT, Lonnie Carlton < > [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > > > > > Hello Curt, > > Looks like I forgot to attach the CA glue site. Please find it below. > > > > https://www.starbond.com/ > > > > > > Thanks, > > Lonnie > > > > > > > > > > *From:* Lonnie Carlton [mailto:[email protected] <javascript:>] > *Sent:* Sunday, July 8, 2018 8:52 AM > *To:* '[email protected] <javascript:>' < > [email protected] <javascript:>> > *Subject:* RE: Question for all on turning bone? > > > > Hello Curt, > > This is Lonnie (a new member) I am an old wood turner. Over the years I > have work a lot with antlers, bone and horns making pen and inlays in > bowls. I have had very good success using CA glue. Below, is a site where I > am able to get CA glue in large quantizes at a low price just in case you > may need one. > > Thanks, > > Lonnie > > > > > > *From:* 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills [ > mailto:[email protected] <javascript:>] > *Sent:* Saturday, July 7, 2018 5:53 PM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:> > *Subject:* Re: Question for all on turning bone? > > > > Hello Mac > > Thank you for your reply. > > I have read about the ants... But at this time soap and water will do me > fine. > > > > The funny think about turning bone is What I hear is pretty much all the > same stuff. Where to get it, cleaning.,, /but what I really want to know is > how to make something out of > > bone its self. > > Most stuff that I've seen is very small things, like chess parts and > buttons, sowing bobbins... What I've seen i on a few sites, are small boxes > and ... larger things that just one bone can never be big enough. Which > means to me I have to glue up a number of parts to make something bigger. > > > Now the question comes to mind is HOW? Wood glue? Epoxies? CA glue??? (to > name just a few bonding methods.) Is Laminated turning the best way? > How about segmentation turning like how people make bowls. If I can take > lots of little pieces and turn it into something much bigger, > > > > Its starting to look like I will be forced to do the old, trial and error > method. Just make something and see how it works out. > > > > If you hear any more on this topic Mac. Please let me know. > > > > I have very little free time coming to me over the next few months. so for > me its going to be hit or miss. when it comes to chasing dreams. and new > ideas. > > > > If anyone can point me in the right direction, Please feel free to do so. > ;-) > > > > Have a good night. > > > > talk to you all more latter. > > > > C.A.G. > > > > On Friday, July 6, 2018, 10:48:09 AM EDT, MWF <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > > > > Curt, > > > > I recently talked with a taxidermist about the subject (more focused on > skulls - but the info applies to other bones as well). > > > > What I can tell you is regarding getting all the meat, marrow etc. off/out > of the bones. Her preferred way is using a particular beetle. They > consume all that "soft" stuff in the bone - leaving you with the "cleaned" > bone. Look that up on the internet. > > > > Another method I have heard of is to place the bone(s) next to an ant > nest. They will have a feast - after which you will have a "cleaned" bone. > > Word of caution: You may want to place a "cage" over the bones - since > some rodents/critters may gnaw on the bone, or worse yet, run off with it. > > > > Have a safe day. > > Mac > ------------------------------ > ------------------------------ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills > Sent: Jul 6, 2018 10:34 AM > To: Legacy-Ornamental-Mills > Subject: Question for all on turning bone? > > Hello Everyone. > > As you all know, I am always looking at new turning materials, I made a > posting a week ago on turning bone. > > > > Dose anyone have any info on this topic? I have done a pretty large > search on this topic as of late. but honestly I have not found much. > > > > The outer part of the bone is all that is used. As for a leg bone,( the > thickest bone) the edges can get somewhere just over 1/4" for thickness. > > > > Knife makers use what is called Scales, they are basically the bone cut in > half, and then sanded down to 1/4" to make the handles on knifes. > > Where turners, So what I have found out so far, cut disks out of the bone > and then glue these disk together to make turning blanks, for small boxes > > and other ornaments/ details. > > Bone can look like ivory. and its a neat materiel to work with. The > Router/ Legacy cuts bone very nicely. and its something that I would like > to play > > around with more in the future. > > > > What I am asking everyone,is INFO. on this topic. what kind of glue works > best for glue ups? stuff like that. > > I've also been looking up where to buy bone. and how to process it. Old > bones work best. sorta like green vs dried wood. each has its own > advantages... > > > > So far I've been buying dog chew toys/ bones for dog... the newer the bone > the wetter the marrow, (messy!) > > and Hydrogen-peroxide will whiten the bone with out weakening the bone. > Boiling is not good, and bleach is also not a good practice due these > process both > > weaken the bone. > > > > Any ideas. or thoughts on this topic. > > I would be great-full for. > > > > Have a great day. > > > > C.A.G. > > > > > > P.S. I am working a double shift, today and this weekend, so I will not be > in contact until late Sunday. > > > > More latter. > > > > c.a.g. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at > https://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at > https://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at > https://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at > https://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at > https://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at > https://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at > https://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. 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