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Originally Posted by j a
opaul thanks for sharing this build. I do have a question. How do you drill and ream the antler without breaking it? What tools and how do you clamp it? Thanks! JA
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Essentially I drill the pith from the center of the antler and the void is taken up by steel and epoxy. I use a drill press clamp and secure the antler in that taking care to line it up with the drill bit on the profile. The more curved the antlers the more finesse is needed. I haven’t had any issues with cracking. Once the hole is drilled (sometimes you have to drill from both ends) a broach is used to find tune the fit. Sometimes it goes smoothly sometimes not. This one was pretty straight forward since there was little if any curvature to deal with. I do use a leather pad on the vise jaws.