Mighty Mounts

DavidS

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Mighty Mounts are now available in Oz thru LJ since they been available over your way for ever how do they perform? any tips, tricks, precautions, problems, comments, whatever for the Ozzie users?

Thanks David
 
Make the customer sign a sworn agreement that they will come back to get their MM replaced every 5 years or 50,000 miles which ever comes first.

They degrade over time. It's one of the problems of shape cast acrylic.
 
I don't care for them for the reasons Baer mentioned. That and the fact that they're not very flexible. Which is to say that if they don't fit your object exactly, they just won't work, or at least not very well.

With all the easy and more versatile methods like sewing, clear film straps, tulle, bent rod mounts, etc. I don't see much need for them. Just one framer's opinion of course.
 
I don't like them and don't use them for the above reasons and for the simple fact that they are not strong enough for mounting firearms.

Jack Cee
 
Does anyone have any pictures of the bent rod mounting method? I have to see something in order to understand it and now you have made me nervous about mighty mounts! I have several things mounted with them in my daughters Harry Potter shadowbox. Perhaps I need to re-do it.

Thanks!

Julie
 
Over the years I've used a lot of them and have had no problems except with the gun mount. It's not heavy enough.

Jim Miller recently had an excellent article in PFM showing the bent rod method.
 
Thanks for the mention, Nona. That would be the Saxonette frame, PFM, November, 2004, page 36. There was also an article on formed-rod mounts in the February, 2002 issue.

I used Mighty Mounts frequently, until a customer brought back a two-year-old project in which we'd framed four ceramic plates. The mounts were crazed, cracked, and broken on all four plates. We never did figure out exactly why that happened; the plates were small & relatively light, and the frame was hanging in a shaded living area the whole time.

Julie, "The Complete Guide to Shadowboxes and Framing Objects" class will be in January at the West Coast Art & Frame Show in Las Vegas. That covers several different kinds of mounts.
 
Thanks Jim, I am hoping if we still exist by then that we will get to the show again. Tried to take a class last Jan. on shadowboxes but it was opposite another class. I will check and see if we have the issues you referred to of PFM and see if I can make heads or tails from them.

Thanks!

Julie
 
David & Julie,

Thanks for your interest in the Mighty Mounts. Straight from the horse's mouth MM's are made from Lexan 121R made by GE. GE states if exposed to direct UV light the Lexan can deteriorate and crack. That's just another reason for using UV glass on conservation objects. I have a set of collector coins in the office where it gets afternoon light that were done in 1990 and they show no signs of discoloration or crazing. My son also framed a set of AU coins from the 1987-88 Boy Scout Jamboree in Sydney, not a perfect fit as they were designed for US coins, but it does work.

As to the gun holder being weak, if your doing a 30-06 rifle two mounts would be the safe way to go, but lighter pistols one should be plenty strong enough.

If you have any questions feel free to call 800-255-0535.

Bob
 
Dave,

Of all the things from the Jamboree he remembers, that wasn't one of them. He said he'd see if he can find the programs to see.

It was a trip all the scouts in our family remember.

Bob
 
RMV just must be Bob Victor of Bob Victor's Mid-American Chops (that's what it used to be, wasn't it?) A good company and very nice people to work with!

Cathie
 
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