antlers

[muffinski]

Anyone had some experience of mounting antlers? not strickly a framing job, but one never likes to turn away work. They already have some predrilled holes that I am thinking to use clear cable ties to hold onto a small wooden plinth/board, they do not want the wood that they go onto to be much bigger than the skull.

[Graysalchemy]

You usually use the two holes behind the antlers and use nice brass screws into the wooden shield.

[prospero]

You are lucky that there is the piece of skull joining them. Someone asked me to mount some shed antlers the other day
which I politely wriggled out of.
Just drill some holes in the skull plate big enough to take a screw and paint the screw heads white. Don't over-tighten them.

If going on a small plaque it will need screwing to the wall with a rigid fitting. Mirror plates or wotnot.

[muffinski]

thanks guys, how much would you charge for something like this ball park figue?

[prospero]

Cost of plaque + 30 quids + vat.

(Deer Park figure. )

[muffinski]

ha ha I did ask i guess

[Roboframer]

If you're putting them in a ball park I'd suggest an acrylic box or blunt the horns so the ball doesn't get punctured. Prospero seems to want to put them on his shed

Cost of plaque x 2.4 plus any other bits and pieces and then your hourly rate.

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[muffinski]

[prospero]

No eye deer.

[Graysalchemy]

No its still no eye dead (it's dead). I used to work on a Highland estate I lived in a caravan next to the dear larder and at this time of year I woukd be greeted by the smell of boiling dear heads.

The holes in the skull I think are natural if I remember correctly.

Finally you usually have a plaque under them with the name of the estate and year.