'08 European Mount

[huntnphool]

Here is a somewhat local printer.

http://nwhydroprint.com/

[robb92]

In the first pic it turned out relaly nice, sorry to see what happened to it, if there are some bimps form teh super glue, I wold sand them down with a dremel or hand sand them. Looked realy nice.

[bow4elk]

Cool, didn't know they were around...

[HardCorpsHuntr]

So sorry Clindsayrun..., what beautiful craftsmanship on the plaque!

I've used maple burls for two of my elk plaques and one for a euro muley.   I just ran two three inch screws through the back and into the skull (not brain surgery here!)

[huntnphool]

Love the plaque and the rack on that HC,

[Pathfinder101]

THose are all great looking euros.  I have been doing them on all my deer for the past 3 years too.  I love the look, they don't take up as much space as my head mounts, and in most cases it makes the rack look bigger.  I have not spent much time doing different display pedestals though.  THis is a cool thread.  LOVE the hydro-printing.  I never thought of doing that.

[alecvg]

So sorry Clindsayrun..., what beautiful craftsmanship on the plaque!

I've used maple burls for two of my elk plaques and one for a euro muley.   I just ran two three inch screws through the back and into the skull (not brain surgery here!)

How did you make that plaque?

[HardCorpsHuntr]

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How did you make that plaque?
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I bought my burls from Randle Woods; a wood store in east Lewis County.  I look for the burls with lots of variegated mineral streaking, coloration change just prior to rot, grain charactor etc., and have them cut to 1".  Sand and sand some more.  I stir a quart of high-gloss polyurethane making sure there's no bubbles and  I pour it on thick and let it ooze off the edges.  A little touch up on the edges is usually required.  This one below doesn't have the stark color changes, but it's a beaut.

[Pathfinder101]

those are super cool.  Might try that.

[clindsayrun]

UPDATE # 3

So here are a couple of pics of the skull now that it's glued back together. You can see some of the sheen from the super glue. It actually went back together pretty well. As you can see most of the fine interior bones were completely destroyed. I hadn't thought of sanding away the blotches of super glue. Thanks Robb92, I'll give that a go.

I just finished the sanding and second coat of stain on the connector arm between the two plaques. I should be able to epoxy the mounting screws back into place on the skull and have in back on the wall in about 24 hours. 

As for making the plaques I'd seen similar stuff on other peoples posts.  I measured the length and width of the skull and used a scroll saw to cut out the appropriate shapes.   It sure did look nice the first time... I guess next time I'll take into account that the skulls are a lot heavier that you think they'll be.

[Pathfinder101]

Great fix job.  I don't know HOW you dropped that skull and didn't break out the lower nose bones.  I have seen two drop off the wall like that (one of mine and one that a buddy did) and both times the nose bones broke into a million pieces.  NO way to fix that.  That's a nice buck by the way, have you posted the story and hero pictures yet on another thread?

[alecvg]

How did you make that plaque?
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I bought my burls from Randle Woods; a wood store in east Lewis County.  I look for the burls with lots of variegated mineral streaking, coloration change just prior to rot, grain charactor etc., and have them cut to 1".  Sand and sand some more.  I stir a quart of high-gloss polyurethane making sure there's no bubbles and  I pour it on thick and let it ooze off the edges.  A little touch up on the edges is usually required.  This one below doesn't have the stark color changes, but it's a beaut.

Thanks! I might do that with my next buck.


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[Black Ghost]

Nice save on that skull!

[fc2038]

That  sucks Dosen't look to bad nice save!

[clindsayrun]

FINAL UPDATE