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| Hi everyone, after 6 months i finally got my muskie replica blank. I painted it myself and all that is left is to put in the eyes and the gills and touch it up with a little paint. I am putting it on driftwood and I was wondering what is the best way to mount these on a peice of driftwood?
Thanks, Zachary
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Location: Central Wisconsin | Screw the fish to the driftwood, and screw the driftwood to the wall. I made a replica a few years back made of solid wood. I actually used bolts to attached it to the wall because of the weight, but don't think you'll need to in your application.
Here's the link to the post a couple years ago. Post some pics when your done! Hope it helps
Andy
http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=78... |
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| That's amazing! Thanks for your help! |
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| Cool your doing it yourself! Have any org pics of her? |
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| Sure do, here's a picture of the replica blank before its painted
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| Hi....would you mind telling where you got the blank??
Some blanks will have a board secured to the inside for attachment and some will not.
If the blank is not reinforced at the point of attachment you may have a problem using screws. Some older blanks from certain suppliers are filled with foam and will allow the use of dowel rods to attach to drift.
If the blank is hollow and thin walled and has no board for attachment you may have to cut a hole in the backside and insert a board for attachment.
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Location: varies | That blank looks remarkably like your catch. |
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| Thanks! I was glad to see how nice the mount came out. For the mount itself, I brought it from Rick Hardy at fintastic fish mounts for 235 it has 2 holes in the back but I don't know if it has a board in it |
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| Run a screw into the hole to see if it will snug up, or drill another shallow hole to see if wood comes out with the bit. Hardy should have a board inside for attachment. |
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| I'll drill another hole in it, and check the holes thanks |
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| Have you tried contacting Rick Hardy at fintastic who you bought it from? That would be the first place I would start before drilling holes in a mount.. |
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| I just checked and there is wood in it |
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| OK....wood in back, good. Now, the difficult part with attaching to driftwood is to get the proper positioning on the wood so the fish has it's fins aligned perpendicular to the wall and the head and tail positioned the way you want in relation to the wall and wood. Since all dritwood is unique this can be a problem.
One of my suggestions would be rather than attaching the fish TO driftwood, consider putting a hanger on the fish itself for the wall and hanging a piece of driftwood under or over the replica separately. This will allow for a much smaller piece of wood and also give you the ability to change the look later should you want to.
If you must attach the fish to driftwood an easy way to position the fish properly is to use heavy gauge wire such as a coat hanger. Using two or three pieces of wire determine the distance needed to suspend fish from your wood and add an inch or two on each end for insertion into the wood and the fish. Since there are already holes in the back of the replica you can use those unless those are too close together. Position the fish on the drift and mark holes to be drilled to anchor your wire. If the wood is thin enough to drill through completely you can do that and bend wire on the back side of wood and staple or form a loop and screw to anchor wire through the wood. Insert the wire into the back of your fish in the holes you've drilled using a 5 min epoxy to anchor in fish. .
Orrr....you can form a loop in the ends of the wire bend to a 90 degree angle and screw into the fish. Then runn the wires through the driftwood to the proper length and bend and anchor as mention above. The advantage to the wire is that you can then bend the fish to the proper angles in relation to the driftwood when hanging on the wall. Just use enough wires to prevent sagging and bouncing when hanging.
There are many other ways if you're "creative".....you can also use "wire strapping , the wide metal bands with holes in it, and screw to both drift and the back of your fish.....Good Luck!
DougP
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| Thanks for the suggestions, I'll givve it a try! |
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Location: varies | mine was done with dowels.
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| I just used screws into the wood, is yours a skin mount? |
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