Small-Scale Horn Processing: CHAPTER II. CUTTING OF HORNS: 3. Cross-cutting


Small-Scale Horn Processing (WEP, ILO; 1988; 104 pages)
	PREFACE
	FOREWORD
	CHAPTER I. HORN AND ITS PREPARATION
		1. Supply
		2. Horn varieties
		3. Extraction of cores
		4. Cleaning of horns
	CHAPTER II. CUTTING OF HORNS
		1. Sawing
		2. Cutting along the length
		3. Cross-cutting
		4. Bow sawing
		5. Cutting by drilling a series of holes
		6. Discs and ring blanks
	CHAPTER III. WORKING OF HORN
		1. The workbench
		2. Drilling
		3. Filing
		4. Engraving and carving
		5. Turning
		6. Thread cutting
	CHAPTER IV. SHAPING
		1. General
		2. Heating
		3. Straightening
		4. Opening the hollow section
		5. Flattening the hollow section
		6. Bending and folding
		7. Stamping
	CHAPTER V. POLISHING
		1. Trimming
		2. Sanding
		3. Polishing
	CHAPTER VI. RATIONAL USE OF HORNS
		1. General considerations
		2. Buttons
		3. Salad servers and spoons
		4. Bracelets and combs
		5. Knobs and handles
		6. Heron
		7. Crustacean
	CHAPTER VII. ASSEMBLY METHODS
		1. Bonding
		2. Joining
		3. Pinning
		4. Screw and nut assembly
	CHAPTER VIII. DYEING OF HORN
		1. Technology of dyeing
	CHAPTER IX. MANUFACTURE OF USEFUL OBJECTS
		1. Buttons
		2. Salad servers and spoons of various kinds
		3. Hair combs
		4. Shoehorn
		5. Knobs and handles
		6. Lamp
		7. Wall light
	CHAPTER X. MANUFACTURE OF DECORATIVE ITEMS
		1. Bracelet
		2. Heron
		3. Crustacean
		4. Arum lily
		5. Insects
	CHAPTER XI. SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF HORN PROCESSING
	ANNEX I: PRODUCTS AND MATERIALS REQUIRED TO EQUIP A HORN WORKSHOP
	ANNEX II: EXAMPLES OF ARTISAN PRODUCTS IN HORN
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Partial or complete cross cuts, as in figure II.7, may be made with either a hacksaw or a band saw.

Figure II.7: Cross cutting