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Thread: Finally got around to mounting my spring gobbler! Made a cedar log tail fan mount.

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    Finally got around to mounting my spring gobbler! Made a cedar log tail fan mount.

    Finally got around to mounting my fan today. Used a fallen cedar tree blown over from a winter storm on my property.

    Two days working on and off trying to fabricate a fan mount. I Removed some downed cedar trees and sawed into logs last winter. Plan was to was to use them for firewood and smoking. Started with three pieces a coupe of days ago and broke all of them trying to open up the inside to insert a photo. I glued this one back together and started sanding. Finished it off with minwax antique finish left over from my 1873 Charles Daly stock refinish. Left it on the table to dry. I’ll hang up it by my other fans tomorrow.












    If anyone is interested I used fiberglass bondo on the tail fan to set it. I first cleaned all the meat and fat off around the tail feathers and applie borax. The fan was pretty beat up and lost a lot of feathers so I was pretty pleased it turned out as nice as it did. Saved a few extra feathers to add to the fan but I think I. Going to leave it the way it is.

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    Looks very nice! The pic adds a personal touch

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    Thank goodness, you blurred out the face on the picture!
    Spell check doesn't work in Chrome, so if something is spelled wrong, it's just a typo that I missed.

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    very nice thank you for sharing

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    Quote Originally Posted by ulav8r View Post
    Thank goodness, you blurred out the face on the picture!
    I’m shy.lol

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    Well it’s been around a month now. Finger still hurts. I dug in the hole where the screw went almost to the bone twice now in the last week trying to get anything out. TThink he hole was calloused up pretty good and was dark colored. I believe there was wood, dirt , and, or ,metal in the wound yet and healed over. Think I finally got it all out. Time will tell but it’s still about as sore as the day I drilled a screw into it.


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    Nice work on the mount.
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    What a great display! Well done.

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    Very nice, thanks for sharing.

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