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256984 | "Joseph Sullivan" <joe@j...> | 2015‑11‑21 | Making antler chandeliers |
Oh All Knowing Galoots: Recently I was fortunate enough at a garage sale to find a whole large plastic trash can full of trophy antlers from deer and small elk -- about 10 or 12 pair. After some discussion, I got 'em for $50. Now I want to make a chandelier or two. What is the accepted wisdom as to the best way to fasten the antlers permanently together for this kind of use where they will be hanging unsupported? Joseph Sullivan |
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256989 | Darrell & Kathy <larchmont@s...> | 2015‑11‑21 | Re: Making antler chandeliers |
On 20/11/2015 9:04 PM, Joseph Sullivan wrote, regarding a pile of antlers he acquired > > Now I want to make a chandelier or two. What is the accepted wisdom > as to the best way to fasten the antlers permanently together for > this kind of use where they will be hanging unsupported? > Perhaps roves & rivets would work, as they have a rustic aesthetic quality and might look good with the antlers. When I read your message to my wife she said something about divorce papers. Do those documents have any structural or adhesive properties? -- Darrell LaRue Oakville ON Wood Hoarder, Blade Sharpener, and Occasional Tool User |
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256990 | Gary Katsanis <gtgrouch@r...> | 2015‑11‑21 | Re: Making antler chandeliers |
They don't have any adhesive properties, beyond getting you into a sticky situation. Who was it who used antlers in all their decorating? If I recall correctly, he was unlucky in love . . . Gary Katsanis Albion New York, USA (where gun season for deer is just starting . . . another old tool) |
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257000 | scott grandstaff <scottg@s...> | 2015‑11‑22 | Re: Making antler chandeliers |
Ahhhhhyup A guy can get away with antler knife handles, pistol grips and maybe even coat hooks on a polished walnut plank. But when it comes to chandeliers or chairs or setees? The big antler pieces? These are established decor of the female woman haters club. Also known as natural feminine repellants. 1 in 10,000 women would welcome them, and I am not all that sure you would be happy with that one. yours Scott -- ******************************* Scott Grandstaff Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca 96039 scottg@s... http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/ http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/index.html ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.6176 / Virus Database: 4460/11045 - Release Date: 11/22/15 |
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257004 | "Joseph Sullivan" <joe@j...> | 2015‑11‑22 | Re: Making antler chandeliers |
Actually, I am married to that one and she is quite nice. Furthermore, she will be doing most of the work designing the chandelier, and I will be left with the engineering. It is to go in a log cabin in the north woods of Minnesota. Joseph Sullivan -----Original Message----- From: OldTools [mailto:oldtools-bounces@s...] On Behalf Of scott grandstaff Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2015 11:43 AM To: porch |
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257007 | Claudio DeLorenzi <claudio@d...> | 2015‑11‑22 | Re: Making antler chandeliers |
Okay then, some alternatives to divorce precipitating antler chandeliers; alternative uses for antlers, continued... Thinking back to our (early) origins, antlers were rather valuable items, both for trading as well as basic survival... The sharp tines of deer antlers were used for pressure flaking/ resharpening arrow heads (in flint knapping). Moose billets (the heavier thicker parts of the antler nearer the skull) were the traditional striking tool for bopping larger bits of flint in the initial shaping process, to create 'preforms' that could be then shaped into useful tools (knives, lance heads, drills etc). The deer antler tines/moose billets are still used by experimental archaeologists trying to reverse engineer the techniques for making the various stone tools that have been found at archaeological digs. If you are interested, a quick google video search will give you several excellent flint knapping videos. There is a very large, very active community world wide (they are much like us, actually) who work diligently to recreate the stone tools found by archaeologists. I encourage you to have a look at what they have been able to accomplish. Some of the it is quite remarkable. As far as the 'galootishness' factor is concerned, stone tool craftsmen have it, in spades! Claudio in Waterloo On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Joseph Sullivan |
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257010 | Cliff <rohrabacher@e...> | 2015‑11‑22 | Re: Making antler chandeliers |
On 11/20/2015 9:04 PM, Joseph Sullivan wrote: > Now I want to make a chandelier or two. What is the accepted wisdom as to > the best way to fasten the antlers permanently together for this kind of use > where they will be hanging unsupported? There's a video if a couple of guys who build antler furniture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j_q14SPII4 There's a couple places where one can see them using bolts. right around 2:04 there's a brief bit where an angle grinder is being used to cut and grind flush what appears to be a 1/4" bolt. I'm guessing the epoxy the in place grind 'em flush and paint the bolt ends. |
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257012 | scott grandstaff <scottg@s...> | 2015‑11‑22 | Re: Making antler chandeliers |
Practical advice for working antlers. Get a good box fan and mount it in an open window, pointing outward. Open the door or window on the far side of the room. Work directly in front of the exhaust fan. I have worked a lot of bone, horn and shell in my life. I have. You do not want to be able to breathe even a little of it, once its dust is released into the air. Please don't allow even a little of it into your lungs. It hurts. Not that anyone really needs to tell you that,.... much. One good whiff sends most people scrambling from the building. It can be beautiful as a material, and ever so sturdy. It lasts and lasts unchanging. But it is truly offensive when dust is being created. Play safe. yours Scott -- ******************************* Scott Grandstaff Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca 96039 scottg@s... http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/ http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/index.html ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.6176 / Virus Database: 4460/11045 - Release Date: 11/22/15 |
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257025 | galoot@l... | 2015‑11‑24 | Re: Making antler chandeliers |
Quoting Joseph Sullivan |
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