Angle grinder blade to cut antlers
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Probably about right, I would use a recip saw but only because I have one and I have plenty blades, Grinder with cutting disc would prob be my last choice.
What do you reckon makes a grinder a bad choice?
Speed of blade burning through rather than cutting through, a diamond disc for tiles or stone would a have better cutting edge if grinder is the chosen weapon.
Mess and as above poss burning, I also have lots of recip blades as I used to get them from work, I would not say its a bad choice it just wouldn't be my choice as I have other options but if a grinder was all I had then I would have no other option.
well if you wear enough ppe you can do all sorts of tasks , but your std paper or cloth mask wont do it and then there is the clean up of all the fine dust while wearing said PPE. Far better to do it outside if you dont have extraction and create less fine air born dust via using hand tools that create what amounts to more what could be termed as " chippings " , fine antler dust really is a serious risk when it comes to cutting with high speed power tools .
Angle grinders etc make serious fine dust of this is a Carcinogenic material that will sit in your lungs
Angle grinders turn what could have been chips with hand tools into very fine airborne dust , anyhow you get a better finish as you can easily overheat / burn antler working with a tool that is primarily a metal working tool.
Hacksaw or one of those smaller handsaws even better ! A lot safer with the dust and its no big thing if your hacksaw blade breaks over a metal based disc letting go
Ok - very useful. Thanks!
I have a grinder, but think I can borrow a recip saw.
Not keen on hand tools because it will take an age to get through them all.
roaring_stag
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Make sure you do it outside the shed, and with a mask on….. the smell sticks in the shed for ages, and the dust is crappy for your lungs…..
Recip saw is fine, but not as clean or quick as a skinny cutting blade.
Recip saw is fine, but not as clean or quick as a skinny cutting blade.
John Gryphon
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9" Makita, no faffing around with the big one.
If you use a reciprocating saw and you don’t use one very often, you’ll perhaps want to put the skull in a vice (the deer’s skull, not your own) because recips are generally a two handed job.
With a handsaw you can hold the antler and just cut it off very quickly …if you have the necessary skills.
With a handsaw you can hold the antler and just cut it off very quickly …if you have the necessary skills.
This^ ..................+. #15
try it with a hacksaw, its more a pipe than a solid the inner pith offers no real resistance ( unless you have vacuum stabilized the antlers) by the sounds of things for that to work you would first have to have cut them up , which you haven't i guess.
Bandit Country
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How old is the child/children? Worth paying them a pittance to do the job? 
Old Codger
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I thought slavery had been abolished.
If you must 
…outside with a dust mask and a 1mm cutting disc
Better off simply using a meat/bone saw or wood saw as it creates less dust & you won’t miss the smell of burning antler
…outside with a dust mask and a 1mm cutting discBetter off simply using a meat/bone saw or wood saw as it creates less dust & you won’t miss the smell of burning antler
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