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Old 07-26-2007, 04:22 PM   #1
 
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Default New take on euro mounts

Hey guys, thought you might like to see this. The mount was done with a 12in slate tile from Home depot. I drilled a 1/4in hole in the center, then epoxied a 4in tile in one corner pointed towards the center. I then epoxied decorative stones around the edge, and coated the whole thing with polyurethane to bring out the color in the rock/slate and give it a shine. Then I attached skull with a toggle bolt into the opening in the back of the skull and tightened it snug, and used JB weld to bond the skull with the 4in tile. In hindsight I would have cut the corner off of the 4in tile a little to give myself more surface to bond the skull with. I also used a metal plate that is normally used to fabricate trusses as a washer on the back for 2 reasons. I needed something to keep the toggle bolt head from pulling through the slate because it's so soft, and also to give myself something a little wider to hang it with ( ran a piece of picture wire between the corners so that I could level it ). At any rate, I am pretty proud of the results. If anyone has any questions just let me know.

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another angle

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Old 07-26-2007, 04:24 PM   #3
 
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and the backside

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Old 07-26-2007, 10:39 PM   #4
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pretty cool man
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Old 08-18-2007, 07:17 AM   #5
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That looks nice. Euro mounts are in my opinion pretty stark, but that softens it up a bit.
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