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9th January 2014, 10:31 PM #1
Some new lidded boxes
A few years back I turned lace bobbins from bone, the then craze waned so the lace bobbins died into oblivion. During a minor clean up I found some bone left over, this prompted a new venture. One threaded, lidded box emerged. This box ended up on the floor in several pieces as a result of buffing. I spoke to a local butcher and acquired some new bone. The two light coloured boxes are bone and the third box is dead finish. C and C welcome.
Jim
Threaded boxesS.jpg threaded boxes1S.jpgSometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important...
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9th January 2014, 11:05 PM #2
Oh. They look great. Did you do anything to prepar the bone? I got the impression reading somewhere else that you have to boil the bone first before working with it. And which bits are they? The ends of a big leg bone?
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9th January 2014, 11:09 PM #3
So you don't actually have many turns of thread on the lid part. I think I am trying to do to long a thread. Have terrible trouble keeping the tool parallel cos the thread cutting bit is not directly parallel with the handle. Maybe I should paint a line that IS parallel on the side of the tool?
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9th January 2014, 11:33 PM #4
A.M. I get shin bones from the butcher, just the bit in the middle about 150mm long. The first lot I put on an ants nest to get rid of the meat, but they didn't touch the marrow. The bones are put then put into hot water and brought to the boil, with some detergent, twice, to kill the fat. Then just go for it.
I like to use only two or two and a half threads to remove the top. Any more is a pita. You can still make a long thread and cut off what you don't need.
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9th January 2014, 11:41 PM #5anne-maria.
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10th January 2014, 07:07 AM #7
Nice work Jim have borrowed photos to show end results to relo's hubby who's a butcher whom I have requested thigh bone from when available.
It was good to read Geoff's article on bone turning.
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10th January 2014, 10:37 AM #10Skwair2rownd
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Well done PP!!
That Dead Finish looks great!! I love this timber. Wish I could get more.
Must try some bone sometime.
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10th January 2014, 09:26 PM #11
So are you gonna tell us how you did the tops or do the bullocks around Mareeba have solid shin-bones
They look very nice by the way
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10th January 2014, 10:29 PM #12Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important...
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11th January 2014, 01:52 PM #13
Jim you can keep the bone turning all to yourself. The smell turns me away from turning bone.
That dead finish box looks vaguely familiar. Very nice work mate.
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