I picked up a new chuck for the lathe & decided to try my hand at turkey calls & strikers. Here are the beginning results.
White Oak with slate over glass & Walnut with glass over glass.
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LoginStrikers. Left is carbon/Cherry. The rest are all hickory with crushed sunflower seeds & resin(2), Cedar, Kingwood, Walnut & an all Cherry striker.
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Login2 scratch boxes. I made the boxes but one of the best turkey call makers out there made the paddles & tuned them for me. Thank You Larry!! :biggrin:
Left is Walnut & Cedar. Right is a yellow/dark blue laminate & White Oak.
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Looks like they are free I like them
so you might as well let me try them out :yoyo: :biggrin:
They don't look like first tries to me Glen. You sure you ain't been turning a few in secret? Nice strikers too.
John
Bout time you posted......... Slacker.........
Nice job! Mr. call maker......... :biggrin:
Nice looking calls there Glen. Now you just have to have time to go out and use them.
Jerry
The strikers really stand out to me. Nice work Glen :congrats:
:laf: :laf: I aint sure they're gonna call a bird in yet Bill!! :alscalls: :alscalls:
Thanks John. I made one pot call a couple years ago when I 1st got the lathe but didn't know what I was doing. It had a decent sound but zero volume. Here I guess you gotta have a toneboard too. :innocentwhistle: :laf:
:nofgr: Al!! You watch your potty mouth calling me a call maker!! :nono: :nono: A dabbler maybe but not a maker. :laf: :laf:
I'll be scratching on the slate call tomorrow AM right around 6:00 Jerry!! :eyebrow:
Thanks Jim. Those are the easy part. :laf: Just grab some hickory dowel rod & turn a topper for it & you're in. Hickory on slate might be the easiest call to learn in my limited experience.
I actually made 3 scratch boxes but gave one to Coulter. He mentioned making one some day so I gave him a pattern box. :biggrin:
Quote from: HaMeR on April 18, 2010, 07:06:02 AM
I actually made 3 scratch boxes but gave one to Coulter. He mentioned making one some day so I gave him a pattern box. :biggrin:
Did you miss where I had mentioned that exact same thing :pout:. Very cool Glen and when you manage to get an arrow on one point it my way :biggrin:.
:confused: I sure did Barry. Sorry!! :shrug:
But if it helps any I was getting gas yesterday & talked nice to an Ontario couple. :yoyo: :yoyo:
Quote from: HaMeR on April 18, 2010, 07:44:04 AM
But if it helps any I was getting gas yesterday & talked nice to an Ontario couple. :yoyo: :yoyo:
You'll not catch me making that mistake :nofgr: .
:laf: :laf:
:yoyo: Nice Glen.
Hope they call one in for ya.
Quote from: pitw on April 18, 2010, 07:52:04 AM
Quote from: HaMeR on April 18, 2010, 07:44:04 AM
But if it helps any I was getting gas yesterday & talked nice to an Ontario couple. :yoyo: :yoyo:
You'll not catch me making that mistake :nofgr: .
and Ontario isn't a part of Canada that is claimed. :laf: