Last fall I hooked up with a taxidermist neighbor friend and he asked me to make some base plates for him to mount his work on. Will I made several types of rounds and ovals, mostly of red oak and walnut. Then he asked for a really big oval for a striped bass he was working on a 22X42 made of red oak. I would do a edge glue up, rough cut a oval and sand it with 320 grit Abranet and route a round over or a roman gee edge on it. Stain it with Minwax golden oak. His next project was a wood and glass display case for a pintail duck, with removal glass. I never done one before, but I gave it a shot. OH BTW he wanted welded or leaded glass seams and antique looking. Oh well off to the glass shop asking a million questions. This was my second one, the glass fit so tight one can hear the air rush out putting the glass over the duck.22X16X16. The wood was red oak molding. Bob, my taxidermy buddy did the diorama, turned out great, unfortunately the shipper dropped it and it severely damaged it in San Diego and had to be sent to a local taxidermist and glass shop for repair. The repair taxidermist say it was the best glass case he seen in 40 years. Repair cost to case and duck $1000. Bob, being a duck hunter wanted a turned duck call, I made these, there from a Penn State kit and hard maple finished to 1000 grit with Abranet, He said, first time out he got 2 mallards and 2 teals with them.
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