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'08 European Mount
« on: January 26, 2009, 11:26:18 AM »
I finally got around to bleaching out my '08 deer.  I also made a simple pedestal to mount the skull on.  I can hang it on the wall as shown, or rotate the skull 180 degrees and place it on a table to display it that way as well.

All in all it was pretty simple...just took a few nights to complete each step.

I hung it dead center above the fireplace in the living room.  The wife isn't home yet so we'll see what she thinks of my choice for a display location.  It's pretty cold out so I don't think she'll send me out to the doghouse, but we'll find out this afternoon.

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Re: '08 European Mount
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2009, 12:44:26 PM »
Looks good man!

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Re: '08 European Mount
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2009, 01:01:05 PM »
Looks good,Hope your wife like it ;)

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Re: '08 European Mount
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2009, 01:11:11 PM »
Nice

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Re: '08 European Mount
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2009, 01:54:19 PM »
Looks nice. What is the process for doing a euro mount?

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Re: '08 European Mount
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2009, 03:13:58 PM »
Nice wood work and the mount looks good as well.

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Re: '08 European Mount
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2009, 04:20:21 PM »
Nice work, looks good.
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Re: '08 European Mount
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2009, 07:18:42 PM »
very nice

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Re: '08 European Mount
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2009, 11:01:41 AM »
UPDATE!!!

Okay, so I used pine for the plaque. That was all they had at the hardware store here in Oroville. With some sanding and a few coats of nice stain I got it looking pretty good. Turns out I should have used a hard wood like I originally wanted to.

Anyway...here are the newest results of my hard work. I guess I made the arm that connected between the two plaques a little thin. Also after conducting my disaster analysis I saw that I created the piece with the stress of the weight bearing along the grain, rather than against it. I remember doing this because I wanted all the grain to flow in the same direction. Instead I played right into the woods natural weakness.

I woke up this morning to find my trophy in pieces. I guess I'll try to super glue it back together but I know it won't look the same. All the fine bones of the nostrils and insides are destroyed.

Oh well, maybe next year.


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Re: '08 European Mount
« Reply #9 on: January 28, 2009, 11:12:31 AM »
Ouch
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Re: '08 European Mount
« Reply #10 on: January 28, 2009, 11:39:55 AM »
OH that SUCKS! Doesnt look like any of the antlers broke though.

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Re: '08 European Mount
« Reply #11 on: January 28, 2009, 07:20:56 PM »
UPDATE # 2

Okay, so I've actually managed to glue the large pieces back together. I've also constructed a new and stronger arm to connect the display plaque to the wall plaque. I need to sand it and put a second coat of stain on, so it will still be another day before I can put it back on the wall.

The skull looks sorta okay now. There are several residual superglue stains and a couple of places that didn't quite go together like they should have. Also a majority of the thin, fine nasal bones were not repairable. They were also very difficult to vacuum up, not sure why.

Anyway, I'll post another pic in a day or so with the round two final results.

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Re: '08 European Mount
« Reply #12 on: January 28, 2009, 07:34:31 PM »
Might just be a prime candidate for hydroprinting.
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Re: '08 European Mount
« Reply #13 on: January 28, 2009, 08:37:29 PM »
Hydroprinting, I'd never heard of that before...not on a skull anyway. Pretty neat  stuff!

Got anybody in mind who can do it, or should I just run it through google.

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Re: '08 European Mount
« Reply #14 on: January 28, 2009, 08:43:49 PM »
Hydrographics is a firm I've used in Oregon for my product design work.  They'll dip anything.  Look them up.
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