Years ago, I cut and sanded some stag horn for two knife handles. Boy does that stink.
I am thinking of a project with Stag horn, and before I get to much thought into this, is there a way to mitigate the smell during cutting and sanding?
Years ago, I cut and sanded some stag horn for two knife handles. Boy does that stink.
I am thinking of a project with Stag horn, and before I get to much thought into this, is there a way to mitigate the smell during cutting and sanding?
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I've never cut that, but for the other foul smelling things I've had to do:
Being upwind of a big exhaust fan or wearing a charcoal filter cartridge type paint spraying mask usually works.
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Main thing is top wear a good mask to keep from breathing the dust which goes into the lungs and doesn't come out. It gathers lung tissue around itself and is stuck thereby reducing lung area. The word is accumulative. And add what Winger Ed said.
Some Vicks Vaporub on the mask helps disguise the smell.
Robert
I take my tools outside when I have to work bone or horn. Bandsaw, belt sander, work table, etc...
When I had my guitar shop I had a big dust collector with 4" PVC piped to all the tools, exhausted to the outside, and that worked really well, making bone nuts stinks worse than the dentist's office I am here to tell you!
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If you don't use powder tools it will stink less. The power tools heat the antler and bone up and increases the stink. I use a respirator much of the time now when cutting even wood. Walnut dust really bothers me if I don't use my respirator.
I should say Deer antler...because that is what it is...but Stag Horn sounds much more exotic, LOL
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“If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.”
― The Dalai Lama, Seattle Times, May 2001
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“If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.”
― The Dalai Lama, Seattle Times, May 2001
I use an old hand-held meat saw (like a hacksaw but with bigger and coarser teeth) to cut bone and antler.. It cuts right through it, and there's much less airborne dust.
Rick W
Somewhere in my house, is my Dad's Meat saw, which I inherited...I've had it for over 30 years and never used it
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“If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.”
― The Dalai Lama, Seattle Times, May 2001
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |