Re: Anyone Know of a good lookin\' antler mounting kit?
any skills at all, and you can do your own.
1. saw off antlers, getting as close to the back of the bases as possible, cutting straight down into the skull, so the rack will be upright when attached to the plaque. make the second cut just above the eye socket, where the skull is at its narrowest point.
2. clean off hair and meat. it is actually easier to do this before cutting off the antlers, but this is how i get most of them.
3. cut out a piece of 3/4'' plywood in the shape of a teardrop. at the rounded end, (top), i needs to be just a smidge wider than the skull.
4. drill two 1/4'' holes in the skull cap, and attach it to the teardrop, at the top.
5. get some modeling clay, and build it up below the skull cap down to the point, and up over the skull cap smoothing everything out evenly.
note: put a small piece of rope,1/4'' or 3/8'', around the bottom of the pedicle. this will keep the clay from building up around the bases too much, and allow you to tuck in your felt.
6. allow the clay to dry, then cover it with felt, or material of chioce. i use the fuzzy stuff from walmart. it covers any imperfections in the clay, and it is a little stretchy.
7. drill two holes in your plaque, and put screws through the back of the plaque into the teardrop.
8. attach a hanger, i uses 1/4'' screw eyes, to the top of the plaque to hang it by. i do 70 or 80 a year this way. nice little sideline business. for a small fee, you can ship them to me and i will do it for ya!
here are some pics of mine.
BG12