source for pedestal woodworking plans?
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From: razorsharp
19-Dec-16
Counting my mounts before they are even killed but I'm hunting South Africa in August and I want to do some pedestal mounts. Ready made ones are outrageous. Anyone know of plans available to build your own?
From: EIStone
19-Dec-16
I am waiting on my sable to come back from Africa and am also interested in making a pedestal for it, hard to put a shoulder mount on the wall without a very sharp turn.
From: safari
19-Dec-16
How high are your ceilings? I have a 51 inch Kudu shoulder mount on a 32" six sided base with about 4" to spare in 8 foot ceilings
From: razorsharp
20-Dec-16
About 8 ft.
From: Ken
20-Dec-16
There are some videos on making pedestal bases on youtube.
From: safari
20-Dec-16
If you think that may work for you I can take some pics and try and upload. Please understand I am not a computer savvy guy. So try is all I can do.
From: razorsharp
27-Dec-16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvS8bEUfDE8&lc=z13zflkwnmzsuzaqp04cjdfjyzi2clkhjdo
From: sleddogpa
27-Dec-16
My buddy and are heading there in august as well and I too am counting chickens before their hatched lol. I was fortunate enough to take a great oryx in Texas and hoping for a gemsbok while in SA so I am interested as well in the pedestal option to put both together. Let me know how you make out on the build.
From: MathewsMan
28-Dec-16
My dad and I have made several based upon photos or ideas then create our own. mcKenzie Taxidermy Supply has lots of types in their catalog .
Here is dads zebra
From: MathewsMan
28-Dec-16
I thought granite would be neat on my Kudu top- but even having the holes for the rods drilled was not cheap- I had about $500 into building it myself
From: MathewsMan
28-Dec-16
For reference this is a 54" kudu but I have 10' ceilings in my basement game room
From: MathewsMan
28-Dec-16
Somewhere I saw a multi-height base
From: MathewsMan
28-Dec-16
Another idea was a pedestal of faux stone. I had a bunch of leftover after I did my walls, but man this thing is heavy.
From: MathewsMan
28-Dec-16
Dad just got this back, You can't really see the woods, but dad built the pedestal.
From: MathewsMan
28-Dec-16
Just saw this on FB from a friend, and my next one I'll build will be this one. I like the habitat underneath and the mount sitting on just a wood top.
From: No Mercy
30-Dec-16
Here's one I did out of barnwood from our farm.
From: krieger
09-Jan-17
I like the barn wood. Probably cause I have a shed full, and it's paid for. heh heh
Seriously, nice job on that ,No Mercy.
From: Rob Nye
13-Jan-17
Very nice no mercy; is that a fence post?
From: razorsharp
22-Jan-17
All of those are really nice! Thank you!
From: t-roy
22-Jan-17
This one's a little different than maybe what you're thinking of doing. I did everything myself except the mounts themselves. Very satisfying.
