/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Carve something out of them? Little figures or arrowheads maybe?

What type of bones are they? They're massive

>>406364

Probably deer.

>>406331

If they're particularly old, they'll be brittle, and if you need to cut them open, they'll stink, on account of the marrow.

But, bone is a nice material. Let it soak in a bleach and water mixture before working with it. Soaking it in water for longer will make the material far easier to work with.

I've made guitar picks, tool handles, and arrowheads from bone.

>>406364
Human obviously.
That guy killed some thieve in his backyard, buried him and is now asking what to do with the bones.

I like bones too... Wanna go out into the woods together?

>>406378
Grind them up and make bread OP.

>>406331
Bone is a great material to work with and can make many useful and decorative items. Some basic projects to consider: knife handle scales, pendants, beads.

I've just finished researching this myself and there's lots of info to be found online about how to carve, shape and finish it (all pretty basic stuff) as well as how to prepare it for use (not as obvious).

Basically what you want to end up with is bone free from grease and with no organic material remaining. I don't know anything specifically to do with using weathered bone, it is possible it could have done a lot of the prep work for you actually!

Once you've cleaned it up if it doesn't smell, is opaque and very white (this should mean it's not greasy) I think you're good to go.

>wearing your 33's on the trail

what are you doing son

How about nothing because removing anything from a state park is illegal. As well as defacing or destroying anything inside one.

>>406378 you must be a detective.

I live near some wooded acreage. I'm interested in this.

I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the University of Phoenix, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret expeditions for Bigfoot, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in Bigfoot remains identification and what you have there are Bigfoot bones OP

>>406456
Fair enough, legal note. I'm sure if he's discrete, as in not carrying them out in his mitts, he'll be safe enough from capture and incarceration.


>>406996
Ah, good to know that bigfoot is a quadrupedal herbivore.

I know that bigfoot 'experts' face a lot of challenges, beyond the imaginary status of their specialist subject to begin with. But giving a firm bigfoot ID to bones that can't be from a bidep would be near the top of my list of things not to do. Maybe that's just me.

>>406331
>state park
>taking bones

Ok then, enjoy your crime.

>>407008
Oh pull your panties out of your crack, it's not like he's advocating vandalism.

>>407005
aww shucks man I was just joshin', you know, for a larff

sheesh :[

>>406378
so he wants to be this guy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Gein

>>406456
>>407008
confirmed for cowards.

I gotta do something like OP too.
I've taken a cabinet making class this year and in it there is also a smaller art course to help coming up with designs and stuff.
Anyway we where given things to draw at the start of the year and I got a bovine skull(not really sure what it is) and now we have to come up with a something that incorperates what we've been drawing into a design.
Meaning I'll be working with bone (that I've yet to sorce) and wood.

I'm really stumped at what to make here or even how I'll get what I need. I don't think there is any place near by that has skulls hanging around and on-line the prices are nuts! If anybody was any idea they'd like to spitball that would be cool too.

Sorry for hoggin in OP.

>>407042
Does it have the horn intact? Or not? If you have the horn, you could put it on the cabinets doors as a decoration. Remove the core and cut it in half, then either use it as is, or flatten it. If you know anything about carving, you could add the horn to some carved areas or some such.

>>407042
Purely for a source of bone, your local butcher is the first place to look if you don't mind doing the cleaning yourself. If you're lucky you could source a skull from a butcher too, but cleaning it would be much harder work.

If you want bone ready to go, check a pet store for bones for dogs. They're often really well cleaned (very white, not translucent = well defatted) and they should be quite cheap, but you're limited to size.

>>406382
What is wrong with that negro?

>>407065
this. Buy beef bone from your local butcher, cook a soup and you've got yourself a nice, fresh, marrow-free bone. You don't want to work on the bone without electrical tools, it's fucking pain in the ass to saw it manually. And when you use electric saw, ALWAYS wear some kind of tight glasses and a breathing mask, because microscopic bone dust will be fucking everywhere and it probably isn't the safest thing to breathe in. Also, don't do it in your bedroom, work either outside or in some kind of work room and wear old clothes, because everything will be powdered.

>>407091
>Buy beef bone from your local butcher, cook a soup and you've got yourself a nice, fresh, marrow-free bone.
Yes <bangs head on table> should have mentioned this benefit of starting from scratch — free beef broth.

OP, this wouldn't be the end of the cleaning process, you need multiple stages for that.