In a message dated 6/19/2003 8:41:16 PM GMT Daylight Time, 
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>  What sort of bone would one use to make bobbins from? Regular beef bones,
>  or maybe lamb since the leg bone is convenient? Would it work on a dremel 
> lathe?
David Springett told me that they use the very big beef bones to cut the 
square pieces that are then each carved and shaped into the right size.  The bones 
are boiled first, to get rid of all the flesh and fat and then sawed up into 
the smaller pieces.

Elaine Merritt
The Lace Museum
552 South Murphy Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
tel. (408) 730 4695
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