[woodman08]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfPuhEjkNLE"]YouTube- machining a wolf from orange osage[/ame] osage wolf's head

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjyYqnnFtqY"]YouTube- machining a deer's head out of orange osage wood[/ame] osage deer's head

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVNODVT05I8"]YouTube- maching a small bird from orange osage wood[/ame] osage bird

used orange osage end cuts very nice wood to work with ,the saw dust was like rice almost looked edible,machined out very smooth with a 6% stepover

[Phife]

Interesting grain on that wood..

What size ball nose bit did you use to do the finishing?

[woodman08]

I always use 1/4 flat end mill for the rough cut and 1/4 end mill round or ball for the final.
End grain gives a different cut ,very smooth like glass no sanding ,this material was very nice to work with .
Also black walnut end grain is very good also,bit speed were 100 to 75 at 16000 rpm