Thanks Dave! The bocote is 4", the maple is 3 1/2" and the blackwood is 2 1/2".Knowing little about Duck Calls and preferred ways of holding them, I certainly like the Bocote one. It just looks a little longer and perhaps a little easier to hold? They are all nice though. - Dave
Thanks! Ya the weather has been better lately. Felt good to do a little turning.nice work! I was just looking the other day at conversation history to see if you'd posted about making calls now that it's cooling off
Got the lanyards off ebay. Can't seem to get a link on ebay. Here's where I got them from.Found that Woodcraft sells some duck call items. Who sells turkey call kits?
Edit: bsshog40, where did you get the lanyard?
I'll bet!Thanks! Ya the weather has been better lately. Felt good to do a little turning.
The hardest thing about turning these is trying to come up with an original shape that still serves the purpose of being a good call. I know a couple duck hunters and from what they say, different sizes make different sounds. So I think just using my imagination with different shapes is just gonna be a preference to the caller. As for the inserts, I got a couple double reeds from woodturningz and then bought some colored single reeds off ebay. These all have rubber wedges plus, you can also buy reeds and re-do these to your preference. Not sure if I'm gonna go down the path of making my own inserts yet. I actually 3d printed one that turned out good but it still had that slight rough 3d surface. Gotta try and figure out a good way of buffing it smooth without applying too much heat to it. If I can figure that out, I may just 3d print more of them and buy reeds and wedges and experiment with that. Hope I helped ya out. I've duck hunted years ago but never used a call, so learning what is a good or bad sound is out of my expertise right now. Lol I know they quack! LmaoI'll bet!
How hard was it to turn the calls? I can't remember where you got the reed from the conversation this summer. Would you mind refreshing me?
My thought was to just somewhat mimic the shape of some of the calls I've already got and start from there. I have a cool blank that I bought last spring that has been set aside to make a goose call out of. Probably time to get started on it. Thanks for the heads up on woodturningzThe hardest thing about turning these is trying to come up with an original shape that still serves the purpose of being a good call. I know a couple duck hunters and from what they say, different sizes make different sounds. So I think just using my imagination with different shapes is just gonna be a preference to the caller. As for the inserts, I got a couple double reeds from woodturningz and then bought some colored single reeds off ebay. These all have rubber wedges plus, you can also buy reeds and re-do these to your preference. Not sure if I'm gonna go down the path of making my own inserts yet. I actually 3d printed one that turned out good but it still had that slight rough 3d surface. Gotta try and figure out a good way of buffing it smooth without applying too much heat to it. If I can figure that out, I may just 3d print more of them and buy reeds and wedges and experiment with that. Hope I helped ya out. I've duck hunted years ago but never used a call, so learning what is a good or bad sound is out of my expertise right now. Lol I know they quack! Lmao