I've been pondering how to make a deer antler single pen stand for a while. Finally took some time to try something out. Trick was getting the antler to mount flush, here is how I did it:
1. Rough cut the antler
2. drilled a 3/8" hole in the antler using a cordless
3. Glued dowel in antler with excess length
4. Mounted in a collet Chuck and turned the antler square to the dowel
5. Trimmed the dowel down and glued in the wood block
The wood work was pretty simple, just a piece of scrap pecan hickory.
The pen is a Stratus, also with deer antler.
Made this for a coworker that supplies me with antler. It is for a bow hunter, so he didn't want a bolt action. He told me to make something that I thought he'd like -- hopefully this works for him, wouldn't mind keeping the antler coming.
1. Rough cut the antler
2. drilled a 3/8" hole in the antler using a cordless
3. Glued dowel in antler with excess length
4. Mounted in a collet Chuck and turned the antler square to the dowel
5. Trimmed the dowel down and glued in the wood block
The wood work was pretty simple, just a piece of scrap pecan hickory.
The pen is a Stratus, also with deer antler.
Made this for a coworker that supplies me with antler. It is for a bow hunter, so he didn't want a bolt action. He told me to make something that I thought he'd like -- hopefully this works for him, wouldn't mind keeping the antler coming.