A strange request perhaps. SWMBO has tasked me to convert a clean, blown, natural ostrich egg into a container for a specific purpose. The egg is approx. 6.5 x 5.0 inches (165 x 127mm) and 2-3 mm thick. Makes the eyes water just thinking about it! Can be cut either longways or sideways. As this is a one-off and we only have 1 egg, I would like to get it right first time. Also only a week to produce the finished article, to include hinge, fastener, turned base etc. Any experience or thoughts on such stupidity please?
I have a decent range of hand & power tools but have never worked on anything this fragile.
Many thanks
Nick.