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mounting antlers on a plaque
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<blockquote data-quote="Buffalobob" data-source="post: 329915" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>The way I did it for many years until I just quit altogether was to cut out a plaque and use a router to fancy up the edges. Stain the wood and varnish it. Drill a recessed hole in the back of the plaque for the bolt and nut. Screw in a hanger or else drill a small slanted hole for sliding over a nail to hang it.</p><p></p><p>For the skull you will need to make a compound cut with a hack saw. The exact angle of the cut is determine by holding he skull up against a wall and looking at how you want the horns to go. They will stick straight out if you just make a straight cut. I cut on an angle so they point upwards at an angle when mounted. So cut it however you wish and then clean it up and let it dry. Get a bolt that is about the right length and will go through the plaque. Fill up the skull plate that the horns are attached to with plaster of paris or bondo or whatever and put the bolt in with the threaded part sticking out so it will fit through the hole in the plaque. Let it dry and then assemble your plaque.</p><p></p><p>In about 15 years you will one day find the skull and horns laying on the floor and the plaster of paris still bolted to the plaque up on the wall. Pick up the antlers and throw them away. Take the plaque off the wall and throw it away. By this time you will have killed something better to take its place. If you haven't killed anything better then congratulations for spending time with your family and your job and hope you do better when you retire.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buffalobob, post: 329915, member: 8"] The way I did it for many years until I just quit altogether was to cut out a plaque and use a router to fancy up the edges. Stain the wood and varnish it. Drill a recessed hole in the back of the plaque for the bolt and nut. Screw in a hanger or else drill a small slanted hole for sliding over a nail to hang it. For the skull you will need to make a compound cut with a hack saw. The exact angle of the cut is determine by holding he skull up against a wall and looking at how you want the horns to go. They will stick straight out if you just make a straight cut. I cut on an angle so they point upwards at an angle when mounted. So cut it however you wish and then clean it up and let it dry. Get a bolt that is about the right length and will go through the plaque. Fill up the skull plate that the horns are attached to with plaster of paris or bondo or whatever and put the bolt in with the threaded part sticking out so it will fit through the hole in the plaque. Let it dry and then assemble your plaque. In about 15 years you will one day find the skull and horns laying on the floor and the plaster of paris still bolted to the plaque up on the wall. Pick up the antlers and throw them away. Take the plaque off the wall and throw it away. By this time you will have killed something better to take its place. If you haven't killed anything better then congratulations for spending time with your family and your job and hope you do better when you retire. [/QUOTE]
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