What type of bone for bridge?

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Permalink Reply by Vaughan S. Nelson-Lee on May 21, 2011 at 8:43am

I was going to boil/bleach them first, but thankfully all I have is handtools!

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Permalink Reply by Jason W. on May 22, 2011 at 5:44pm

I've been thinking about this and two things come to mind... I wonder how a raw chicken bone would work compared to one that's been cooked? The cooking process causes the bones to become more brittle and splinter under pressure (which is why dogs shouldn't get 'em). Secondly, I wonder if theres something you could fill it with to help keep it's structure. Although, that might be defeating the purpose.



Mungo Park said:

Just remember when you cut them up if you use anything but hand tools they really stink bad, yeck, almost enough to make you want to buy the next ones. Half way through I am thinking is this worth saving 2 bucks, but that is just me, love the smell of wood hate the smell of bone,  I don't know how that guy who makes slides can stand it, Kudos to him he is a brave man.

                                           Cheers Ron.

 

I use a bandsaw and a dremmel with a dust mask for speed and convinience sake, but I have to agree. I feel like if hell had a smell, it would be someone putting bone to a grinder... blech.

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Permalink Reply by Rand Moore on May 18, 2012 at 10:05pm

Maybe another potential use for that home made milk plastic that's the topic of another CBG discussion/thread. LOL.

-Rand.

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Rose on May 22, 2011 at 6:39pm

I've been wondering the same thing. I have access to a large supply of pigeon bones at work, and I always thought they would look cool, but I never grabbed any because I figured (rightly) that they wouldn't be strong enough. A strengthening filler would be nice.

Jason W. said:

I wonder if theres something you could fill it with to help keep it's structure. Although, that might be defeating the purpose.

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Permalink Reply by Vaughan S. Nelson-Lee on May 23, 2011 at 3:06pm

I guess you could fill them with a mixture of epoxy and sawdust or something, no?

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Permalink Reply by Jim Olean (JimO) on May 18, 2012 at 1:07pm

This has been a great forum topic for me.  Someone sent some info that bleach tends to make the bones brittle.  They said that the pros use a diluted peroxide mixture.  I boil, soak in H2O2, and sun dry.  Kills the smell and bacteria.  I first tried this process on chicken bones, then found out they were hollow. Oh well.

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Permalink Reply by wormil on May 18, 2012 at 6:47pm

Jim I'm glad you bumped this old thread as I've been wondering about bones. I buy bags of soup bones from an Asian market, couple dollars gets me about 5lbs worth. My dog loves the marrow but some of the bones are too hard even for her so now I have a use for them. Thanks for the tip about killing the smell.

Also, for anyone still wanting to try bird bones, turkey leg bones are very dense and strong and should be plenty tough enough as a guitar bridge. Wing bones are also pretty tough and might make for a good nut.

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Permalink Reply by Randy S. Bretz on May 18, 2012 at 9:06pm

Cow bones...remember...the Tone is in the Bone ! and for the smell of milling cow bones into my custom slides...yeah it smells like $$$$$$ to me...lol.

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Permalink Reply by Clock The Wolf & Negative Bunny on May 19, 2012 at 12:43am

This is just nuts!

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on May 19, 2012 at 2:35am

Sometimes, you gotta saddle up, and take the bridge to a better life.

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Permalink Reply by James Avery Cunliffe on May 19, 2012 at 2:48pm

Where I live in Colorado they sell antler bits as dog chews in the pet shops... they do look good. Worth a try. 

 

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Permalink Reply by Randy S. Bretz on May 20, 2012 at 9:06am

try and get the part of the antler where it connects to the skull cap, you want it to be dense thats why bone works so good. It transmits the sound from the neck...the denser the material the better the sound. Where a metal bolt robs the sound...thats just my 2 cents worth...lol.

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