Threw this together... (Euro hanger)
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From: EmbryOklahoma
27-Mar-17
Base cleaned up...
Base cleaned up...
Skull holder made on a hinge to pivot...
Skull holder made on a hinge to pivot...
Wanted to make a double wall hanger for my wife's and my buck from 2016. Put it together from some scrap we had lying around at the shop. I used a hand drawn template and cut out the base with a plasma. I used guide strips to get the cut as straight as possible. Then fabricated the stems that hold the skulls from 3/16" and 1/4" bar stock. A little bending and manipulating and got the desire I wanted. Here's the rough workings...
From: Brotsky
27-Mar-17
Turned out really nice Rick! Strong work!
From: EmbryOklahoma
27-Mar-17
Just needs some paint and a place on the wall.
Just needs some paint and a place on the wall.
The almost finished product...
From: ElkNut1
27-Mar-17
Hey, very creative & cool, nice bucks too!
ElkNut1
From: rooster
27-Mar-17
That's awesome! I've trying to come up with something for my wife's and my pronghorn euros. I wont steal your idea. I'll post what I come up with.
From: Mt. man
27-Mar-17
Looks GREAT!
From: Habitat for Wildlife
27-Mar-17
That is cool!
From: BOWUNTR
27-Mar-17
Very nice.... I'll take two. Ed F
From: GotBowAz
27-Mar-17
Nice job Embry! That's awesome. Whats left to do to it? looks great as it is.
From: EmbryOklahoma
27-Mar-17
Rooster... The hardest part is the stems that hold the heads and getting the angle right. If anyone needs a closer look at the stems, I'll be glad to take a closer photo.
Eric... just needs a little finish buffing and some paint.
I'll post a finished photo when I clean it up a bit and put it on the wall.
From: tacklebox
27-Mar-17
Looks good Rick, I saw a few of the first photos quickly scrolling FB and was wondering what you were up to. Cool idea!
From: midwest
27-Mar-17
Looks good, Rick!
From: willliamtell
27-Mar-17
Great art and function combo - simple, powerful, good looking, and efficient way to mount multiple euros. I'd love to see details of the stems. How many discs did it take to grind to the finished dimensions? How much time did you invest start-finish? If you used screw-on fasteners to attach the stems to the base, you could ship it pretty readily, and I think you might get a bunch of customers. How about a desktop version - maybe feature just one centered rack? Maybe orient the arrow tip towards the viewer in that instance for stability.
From: CJE
27-Mar-17
Very cool, great idea......wonder what spine arrow you would need to shoot that thing?
From: EmbryOklahoma
27-Mar-17
Ben, here's a few photos of the stems and how they slip into the base. Simple hinge type. Made it all total in a couple hours. The toughest parts were bending and manipulating the stems to fit each head and get the angle I was happy with, also the distance from one another.
CJE... the head is 10,500 grains to be exact. Probably going need something hefty to make it launch. :)
From: EmbryOklahoma
27-Mar-17
This is the pedestal I did of my 2015 buck, for those that haven't seen it...
From: APauls
27-Mar-17
So you're more than just a pretty face!!! Nice work buddy.
From: Destroyer350
27-Mar-17
Embry - You should really start selling those. Very unique and unlike the ones on the market. Thanks for sharing!
From: CJE
27-Mar-17
Probably take a fence post to get it to fly right!.
From: Crusader dad
27-Mar-17
Really cool stuff. Great job and thanks for sharing.
From: Straight Shooter
27-Mar-17
I want to put in my order! Looks great.
DJ
From: Z Barebow
27-Mar-17
Nice project Rick!
From: IdyllwildArcher
27-Mar-17
That's really cool Rick
From: Dennis Razza
27-Mar-17
Love it!!!
From: stick n string
27-Mar-17
Thats BA embry
From: Ambush
27-Mar-17
That's pretty well thought out mounting system, there EmO. The table mount one to. Good looking and versatile. Looks like you have a full machine shop around you to so sky's the limit.
I'm going to put the plasma to work and cut out a bunch of smaller skull hooker copies. If you don't mind, I'll make a couple copies of yours to?
Be interesting to see if there are many patterns that lend themselves well to small silhouettes. Like the Browning deer skull or the Kuiu ram.
Great job!
From: WV Mountaineer
27-Mar-17
Yeah! I like it Rick. Nice fabrication work man. God Bless
From: EmbryOklahoma
27-Mar-17
Appreciate the kind words from everyone. Thank you!
Ambush, oh man, I don't mind a bit, do what you want with them. I have no patents. :) I'd like to see them also.
Here's a hitch receiver I made out of extra scrap metal lying around. The browning logo was plasma cut out. The arrowhead done with a hand torch. Every now and then an idea will hit me and I'll build it. It's nice that my job also lets me do these side projects. I definitely enjoy it.
From: TD
27-Mar-17
Good work Embry, came out great! I sense a cnc table in your future....... heheheh....
Kool thing about euro hangers..... when you shoot something bigger they're easy to swap out..... =D
From: JohnB
27-Mar-17
Looks great Rick! Maybe flat black paint the stems with some of that black plastic tool dip on the ends to keep those skulls from sliding around with those OK earthquakes.
From: The last savage
28-Mar-17
Great job Rick.. Nothing better that fabricating your own stuff!!
From: EmbryOklahoma
28-Mar-17
TD... we actually have a CNC plasma. It sits in a corner in our wharehouse. Our volume is not near what it used to be (oil) and there's shops around town that can do the stuff we need, at a cheaper rate. We make pipe cutting and beveling machines for a variety on applications. Mainly for pipe liners.
John... that plastic tool dip is a GREAT idea. Think I'll do that. As far as earthquakes, yep.. we got em'!
From: Franzen
28-Mar-17
Nice. Really like that pedestal and I don't recall seeing it previously. Good work on both.
From: Scar Finga
28-Mar-17
Excellent Craftsmanship! Very well done!
Scar.
From: GhostBird
28-Mar-17
Well done. Very nice.
Another good idea for the back plate would be to cut out the shape of States.
From: EmbryOklahoma
28-Mar-17
Ghostbird...
From: KS Flatlander
28-Mar-17
Rick, Sent you a PM
From: EmbryO-klahoma
28-Mar-17
Thanks, John! That aluminum arrowhead looks good!
From: willliamtell
28-Mar-17
Really well thought out. Rick your scallops on the edge desk mount is a handsome take on a stone head.
So who's going to whip up some versions for sale (with a licensing fee to Rick)? Maybe go alu for the base- save some shipping lbs. Or a CNC/plasma version. This is too good of a product to let go - and we need some 'merican product before oversees knocks it off.
From: Treeline
28-Mar-17
Lots of great looking stuff! Makes me wish I had some metal and wood shop tools to play around with...
From: EmbryOklahoma
28-Mar-17
Did this arrow on the state base portion in about 15 minutes. Used a manual vertical mill. Not perfect, but I'm going to make an offset single Euro holder out of it.
From: JRABQ
28-Mar-17
Really nice work!
From: Bowboy
28-Mar-17
Very nice!
From: Native Okie
28-Mar-17
Looks great buddy!
From: drycreek
28-Mar-17
Nice work Embry ! I really like the state profile idea. That sets what's left of my brain to spinning ! I have two euros now that need a home base !
From: BULELK1
29-Mar-17
That is way cool. You did good work for sure
Good luck, Robb
From: Jasper
29-Mar-17
Very impressive Embry! Great work!
From: MassBucks
02-Apr-17
Good work buddy!
From: Ambush
02-Apr-17
When I saw the first pic of the arrow head laid out on the plate, I thought it was just a scrap piece of iron. I didn't recognize it as a state silhouette.
Silly Canadian, eh?
From: GhostBird
02-Apr-17
Looks great. You do some good work.
From: TD
02-Apr-17
Cool stuff..... as somebody that plays around a bit making things.....the hard part is to figure out how to make more than $5 an hour doing it..... =D
From: EmbryOklahoma
04-Apr-17
Thanks guys! Tom... you are so right, although, I think there's room to make money with these. The time to make and assemble is quite small. That is where you could recover money from material costs. I just have no desire to make them to sell. I'd make them for donation or for friends and family, that's about it.
Here's the finished project in the double Euro... just needed paint.
From: EmbryOklahoma
04-Apr-17
Try this again... geezzz
From: EmbryOklahoma
11-Apr-17
In the house...
From: GotBowAz
11-Apr-17
Very nice Embry, great work!
From: EmbryOklahoma
12-May-17
Here's what I ended up doing with the state design...
From: JohnB
12-May-17
Rick it looks great but some how my shin would find it.
From: PA-R
12-May-17
Outstanding Rick.
From: EmbryOklahoma
12-May-17
Thanks fellas. John... it's actually almost flush with the bumper.
From: carcus
12-May-17
Good stuff Rick!
From: JohnB
13-May-17
Nice job Rick I notice that broadhead is pointed toward MO next time your passing thru KC we will buy you a cold one!
From: Rob in VT
14-May-17
You have skills my friend!
