3 slate over glass pot calls I assembled the other day with some strikers I made for them. . Maple, Walnut & Sassafrass pot calls.
I DID NOT make the top striker of those bottom 2. :nono:
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee217/BrightwoodTurnings/slatecalls001.jpg)
Strikers I did make excluding the one I did not make. :readthis:
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee217/BrightwoodTurnings/slatecalls003.jpg)
Looks like someone is getting ready for TURKEY season! Nice looking calls. What is the multicolored shaft on the striker with the cherry head?
Jerry
QuoteWhat is the multicolored shaft on the striker with the cherry head?
I'll have to PM you that trade secret Jerry. :wink:
Glen,
I've never used a pot call, so please help to enlighten me here. Does the different types of wood used (striker and/or call body) make a big difference in tone or pitch, from one call to another? :confused: I've found it does in some of the box calls I've used. :shrug:
Also it would be interesting if someone would do a short demo showing the different turkey calls... and how to work them. :innocentwhistle:
Quote from: HaMeR on March 06, 2011, 10:23:16 AM
I'll have to PM you that trade secret Jerry.
Glen,
I have made the $100 PayPal transfer for the trade secret and can only say that it is probably the best spent $100 that I have made in a long time.
Since I electronically signed a memo or confidentially, I will not be able to share this with others. For those who have inquiring minds and an extra $100, just send a PM to Glen.
Jerry
Looks like ya been busy Glen. Nice. Now if You'll excuse me I have to go plow some more %*5$%^ snow. :madd:
John
Quote from: Hawks Feather on March 06, 2011, 11:13:44 AM
Quote from: HaMeR on March 06, 2011, 10:23:16 AM
I'll have to PM you that trade secret Jerry.
Glen,
I have made the $100 PayPal transfer for the trade secret and can only say that it is probably the best spent $100 that I have made in a long time.
Since I electronically signed a memo or confidentially, I will not be able to share this with others. For those who have inquiring minds and an extra $100, just send a PM to Glen.
Jerry
I bet I can tell ya , I'll even do it for $50 (didn't we used to have a "nanna nanna boo boo" smiley with his tongue stickin out? insert that here. :biggrin:)
Look good Glen.
Where's mine? :confused:
:shrug: I'm not a turkey hunter, but Doug said he'd call one in for me... I think he needs one bad.. :biggrin:
I didnt know you did Turky calls, HaMeR :wo: Who Rrrrrrr you?
Nice looking stuff. :congrats:
Quote from: FinsnFur on March 06, 2011, 07:43:20 PM
I didnt know you did Turky calls, HaMeR :wo: Who Rrrrrrr you?
He has been taking lessons from ?. Not me though.
Jerry
Chet-- Yes it does make a difference. So does the distance between the slate & the glass as well as the wall thickness. You can actually change the sound by increasing grip pressure while you play it. That is why it's so hard to tune a friction call to everybodies liking. We grip them different.
Thanks everybody. Especially Jerry for the :hahaha: HEY SCOTT!! paid in full trade secret payment. :laf: :laf: I'm not a call maker tho. At least not yet. I'm dabbling with some things around here tho & if I do make calls I doubt I make too many predator calls. There just seems to be way too many makers out there.
Jim-- I make lots of things from wood. :biggrin: I have 10 small bowls started right now that will set on tables at my Daughter's wedding reception & be given away at the end. If I can swing it & get the right tools I'll make there wine glasses for their toast. :biggrin:
Doug-- These 3 are spoken for. If you don't mind waiting a while I cam get you one. Not sure it will be in time for Turkey season tho. Supposed to go to work next week now. I hope I do anyhow.
Brad-- Be prepared to shoot thru the side of the pop-up blind!! :yoyo: :yoyo:
Quote from: Yotehntr on March 06, 2011, 07:31:07 PM
:shrug: I'm not a turkey hunter, but Doug said he'd call one in for me... I think he needs one bad.. :biggrin:
So......Just what are you saying Yotehntr???? :confused:
HaMaR get ta cuttin, It aint gonna do me know good during fishing season :doh2:
And My blind already has hole's in it put there buy someone :innocentwhistle: So it doesnt matter!
So what do you do? Stick the striker in one of those holes & wiggle it around or do you just whack it w/ the striker? :confused: :shrug: :wo:
Why else would you call* it a striker? :shrug:
Ya know, I think I'm getting on to this turkey hunting thing. :biggrin:
* no pun intended
:laf: :laf: I guess when you're used to wiggling a little thing like that in a hole you automatically think that's how this works. :laf: :laf:
The other side is the playing surface. Not much to see there so I just showed the wood on them. :laf:
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee217/BrightwoodTurnings/slatecalls002.jpg)
Quote from: HaMeR on March 07, 2011, 09:48:39 AM
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee217/BrightwoodTurnings/slatecalls002.jpg)
Why don't yours have the little arrow on them like the one Barry has?
:alscalls: :alscalls: :alscalls: :alscalls:
I know which end is up!! :thumb2: :laugh2: :laugh2:
:confused: 2nd one up from the bottom in the 1st pic is killer... what's it made from?
That striker is Hickory & the topper is Dakota burl. Crushed Sunflower seed hulls & resins. :laf:
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=18078&filter=pen%20blanks
Thanks Brad.
Just a curiosity here JaMer.... does all the sound come from the slate?.... I mean looking at the thing reminds me of an old time phonograph.... seems like a fella could hollow out the "striker" and get some sound from it too?... or am I thinking wrong?.... how much affect does the material for the striker have on the tone of the call?.... are harder woods like ebony a good choice? :confused: If I knew how to call the suckers I think it'd be fun to make some calls like that.
The sound comes from the striker scratching across the slate. So it comes from both. Some call makers actually drill the striking end hollow about 1" deep. Most carbon strikers are hollow. The same as an arrow. The striker tip is critical. Too big & it won't play at all. Too small & depending on the wood it will just sound like fingernails on a chalkboard. The harder woods are a better choice. I would shy away from the oily woods such as Ebony. I have no experience with Ebony as a striker but I don't think it will work.
Quote from: HaMeR on March 10, 2011, 01:56:49 AMThe harder woods are a better choice. I would shy away from the oily woods such as Ebony. I have no experience with Ebony as a striker but I don't think it will work.
:confused: I think you've confused Ebony with African blackwood.... Ebony isn't oily at all.
Then it too should work. I thought it was oily. At any rate my favorite is hickory. :biggrin:
You do great work ole buddy.
Thanks Gene. I can't take all the credit tho. I just assembled these. I'm no where near the call maker you are. :nono: :nono:
Where's mine :confused:
Quote from: WldWldWest on March 11, 2011, 12:45:18 PM
Where's mine :confused:
On the way if the other fella doesn't tell me where to send them real soon. :shrug: How's that scratch box working out?? :innocentwhistle:
Quote from: HaMeR on March 11, 2011, 03:48:40 PM
Quote from: WldWldWest on March 11, 2011, 12:45:18 PM
Where's mine :confused:
On the way if the other fella doesn't tell me where to send them real soon. :shrug: How's that scratch box working out?? :innocentwhistle:
Just right!
Now....Where's mine?
:laf: :laf:
You got that scratch box chalked up & yelpin?? :yoyo: :yoyo:
Went out & turned some more strikers today. I know have the 3 pot calls & 9 strikers headed out to a hunt for wounded Veterans!!
Sorry you missed out on this round Wendy. You'll just have to use that scratch box I made ya. :wink:
Hey, ya got some pretty nice strikers and calls there Glen! :yoyo: Now I feel motivated.
Thanks Mike. Glad I could help you get going!! :biggrin:
Quote from: Yotehntr on March 10, 2011, 12:28:45 AM
Just a curiosity here JaMer.... does all the sound come from the slate?.... I mean looking at the thing reminds me of an old time phonograph.... seems like a fella could hollow out the "striker" and get some sound from it too?... or am I thinking wrong?.... how much affect does the material for the striker have on the tone of the call?.... are harder woods like ebony a good choice? :confused: If I knew how to call the suckers I think it'd be fun to make some calls like that.
The striker makes a big difference in what a call sounds like...I use 5-6 strikers on one pot for different sounds..usually the middle of the call is a deeper more bass sound and then the edges will be more high pitched..many surfaces too.I use copper...aluminum...glass..crystal...slate..some work great in the rain..some dont work at all in the rain....my favorite all around striker is purple heartwood :yoyo:
Quote from: HaMeR on March 23, 2011, 06:47:51 PM
Went out & turned some more strikers today. I know have the 3 pot calls & 9 strikers headed out to a hunt for wounded Veterans!!
Sorry you missed out on this round Wendy. You'll just have to use that scratch box I made ya. :wink:
I salute your generosity Sir ! :bowingsmilie:
Thanks nasty but it really twerent nothin. Several Family members here are either serving or have served. It aint about me anyhow. It's about those brave young men & women.
I must say JaMaR, That was a really nice thing you did for those Men serving our country! Hats off to ya!
I still think ya coulda made one extra for an Ole worthless Rebel sitting around doing nothing but trying to bum a call :shrug:
I see how it is....
:laf: :laf: I'll see what I can do after you bust one with that scratch box. :eyebrow:
I'd buy one in hopes I might get invited on a turkey hunt some day. :innocentwhistle: Oh yeah, would have to come with training, alls I know about those types of turkey calls is they would make a great coaster with twizzle stick. :confused:
The only turkey I have is the one RJ made me a couple years ago, ands a fancy box type call. :biggrin:
If you have an RJ call you are a lucky man. His are some of the best I have ever heard. He made me a box call from wormy chestnut & I've yet to find another turkey hunter that didn't want to buy it. :biggrin: I may put a few more of those together this summer. The lathe stuff is almost on the back burner for now. The Mrs has a couple stands she wants me to build right now. And since I can't make a simple stand they will take me a little while. :laf: And I drew up plans for a neat little desk too. This one will take a bit more time than the average desk for me.
My idea of a simple stand. :laf: :laf:
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee217/BrightwoodTurnings/furniture005.jpg)
Hey uhh Glen? :confused:
Half that stand is missing... or is it not finished yet? :huh:
QuoteHalf that stand is missing... or is it not finished yet
Not finished. He had to stand it up against the wall so it wouldn't fall over while he built the other half. :alscalls: Damn polock furniture builders. :laugh2:
That's all ya get Jim!! :laf: :laf:
:laugh2: :laugh2: @ Todd!!
Actually that one is kinda tough to make when you don't have a way to steam the wood to get it to bend like that. I was lucky in that the 1st piece I tried worked. I expected it to blow apart but it didn't. :whew: I had 3 peices made exactly like that one in case I had issues. :biggrin:
Very nice stand! Your wood working abilities are impeccable. :bowingsmilie:
Quote from: msmith on March 31, 2011, 09:49:56 AM
Very nice stand! Your wood working abilities are impeccable. :bowingsmilie:
Not sure that is the words to describe it Mike. I do OK at it. Things usually work out the 1st time. Over the last 10 years I've really seen it get better but it's not cabinet grade quality yet. :nono: :nono:
Thank You nonetheless Mike. That slate call you made is purdy darn nice too. :yoyo: :yoyo: