| Project by junipercanyon | posted 431 days ago | 1257 views | 2 times favorited | 5 comments |  |
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I milled the juniper board with my alaskan chainsaw mill attachment, ran it through the planer a few times to get the thickness I wanted. Then shaped the edges with my flap wheel grinder, and went through a few hours of sanding from 120/220/320/400/steel wool. The wood was a little too “new” looking so I took a torch to it to give it a little contrast. Finished with 3 coats of Teak oil, then 3 coats of polycrylic. I coated the horse shoes with a spray lacquer.
-- Juniper Canyon Design
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Monte Pittman
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#1 posted 431 days ago
Nice looking. How did you attach the antlers?
-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability
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#2 posted 431 days ago
Very nice, I really like the grain on the juniper.
-- - Martin
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#3 posted 431 days ago
I drilled through and countersunk 3 screws through the back of the board into the antler. I ran the screws through, then took them back out and filled the screw holes in the antler with super glue to try and add strength. Then I coated the surface area of the antler with liquid nails glue and screwed it back in place.
-- Juniper Canyon Design
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#4 posted 431 days ago
Sounds like that would help a lot strength wise. Good work!
-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability
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#5 posted 431 days ago
Thanks…it felt pretty solid. I was worried about pull out, but I think the combo of screws and glue will hold up pretty good.
-- Juniper Canyon Design
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