Toni, have you considered bone? I have made pens from bovine shin bone. Should be a few shin bones out your way??
Jim
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Toni, have you considered bone? I have made pens from bovine shin bone. Should be a few shin bones out your way??
Jim
Jim can you tell me more how is shin bone done?
I will ask the butchers
Toni
I've got some white corain that Skew gave me. Not to sure if it's the artic or snowflake. Will have a look on Thursday when I get back home, stuck in Melbourne at the moment
Tony how thick do you need it iv got some double thickness ,it's normaly 12mm thick ill give it to skew to send to you if needed .this stuffs about 24-25mm thick.please dont be agressive with it scrape where nessasary.
Toni.
Here is a pic of one I made from a celluloid blank bought from CSUSA. Don't know if you any access to their stuff in Oz. THe stuff was easy to turn. It is not pure white, but has some pearlescent quality to it. They call it "white marble"
Just read your query re white whatever what length material do you need I have Corian and already drilled white quilted maple.Send me the details quick if you are in a hurry. Peter:2tsup:
Toni ive got some taking it over to skews now the double is the snow flake one skew was talking about is called antarctic . have funhttp://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ons/icon10.gif:2tsup:
ok thanks mates I definitely appreciate you help. I look forward to it arriving. Thanks everyone for your help.
Toni
Toni,
I have played around with bone, mostly for lace bobbins, and some pens. Shin bones produce the thickest sections. Cut both ends off the shank and leave the central piece long enough for the pen. Cut it length ways to produce the blanks. This can be done on the bandsaw, but it chews up the blade a bit. I bought a non ferrous metal cutting blade for my bandsaw. Put the blanks in a pot on the stove and bring almost to the boil only then it cool. Boiling for too long makes the bone hard, Do it carefully and it is like firm plastic Do this three or four times. The last time put a few drops of detergent in the water and only heat, not boil. For a nice white, soak it in bleach (snow white or similar)for an hour or so. For colour, soak in cold tea or coffee, this gives you an antique appearance. To polish, sand with up to 600# wet and dry paper and buff with EEE. Leave it for a week to dry out. Bit of mucking around, but I think the end result is worth it.
Jim
thanks heaps Jim. That a very white pen there.
Toni
have a go at quongong sapwood,rare wa and maybe elsewhere in the bush,maybe of help Cheers Graham
Here's the white one. I'm still working on the stand, but here is the trial, not finished nor glued up. I'll post a thread with better pics of all four when finished next week. The bonewood is brilliant white as you turn it, but goes a bone/off-white colour with time/finish - can see how timber got its name.
Cheers
still really nice job though Neil.
Toni
G'day all
I have had the same request. Pen made yesterday as I only have a couple of days. No Pics yet.
I used Koto for the timber section came out quite well
Would have liked to use Corian but no time to reasearch where to get it locally
Will post pic's when I find the Camera. Off to the shed now to make a box for it