Just like Joe's post on his new call. I started this the other day and I am very excited to get it on the lathe. I have never done a laminate to this extreme and I will be very, very upset if I screw this up. It has been known to happen to often. I blame my cheap lathe.
Anyway. I took some pen blanks in maple and wenge and glue them all up. Then after squareing it up on the table saw, it went on the lathe to bore a hole threw the middle. Then off to the saw to slice it up in about 3/16 thick slabs. I added a couple bigger chunks of curly maple for the ends. With the use of a dowel, 2x4 chunk, and a couple clamps. I glued them all up rotating every piece 45 degrees. And that is where I left off. Just waiting and waiting for the glue to dry. I am going to be sitting at work all day tomorrow just counting down till I can go home. But then I have to wait for the kids to go to bed before I ever get a chance to go out and play in the garage.
Here are some picts of the steps and progress I took so far. Hopefully I will get some success picts tomorrow night.
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Looks like quite the project you have there! Lot's of work and imagination.
Can't wait to see the finished call.
Al
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Thats awesome. I have some special blanks coming in that I am planning something similar with. Get that darn thing turned. I will be at work all day tomorrow wondering how it turned out also. GET-R-DONE!!!!!!!! :eyebrow:
David
Holy cow! :eyebrownod:
Make sure she's dry before ya chuck it, or she'll chuck it for ya...EVERYWHERE! :madd: It'll be like a machine gun :laf:
Should be an interesting piece. Looking forward to seeing it.
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Wow,
That's gonna be a looker! Can't wait to see it.
Joey
WoW.......keep that thing together!! I gotta see it!!
Joe
What a relief. It worked.
This turned out just like I wanted it to. The call design is pretty basic, but I didn't want to get to extreme for the fear of chunking it.
After I took the clamps off I trimmed it up on the bandsaw.
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Then I threw it in the chuck to turn out the barrel. Then off to the mandrel to round her up and figure out what I wanted to do as far as design.
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So I decide on some sort of design and start cutting. I am cutting very slow with any tool I can find that is still sharp.
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This is after I got a few coats of oil and sanding.
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AND HERE IT IS!!!!!!!! After the first wax. I am going to wax some more.
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I am going to have to put it back on the lathe and do some more sanding. I am looking at these pictures and seeing some spots that I couldn't see earlier. Oh well.
Look'n good :congrats: :congrats:
Boy, that call is sure looking good! Makes me wanna go hack up some blanks!
Very nice!!
Joey
Thats a cool looking call!!
very nice
That thing is sweet......very nice work. I know I would not ever have the patience for something like that. :congrats:
Nice Matt :highclap:
Thanks for all the comments guys. It still needs some more work. I am not real thrilled about the mouth piece. I am thinking about changing it to an open reed. With a nice wood board. I don't know yet. What do you think?
I think it looks very good! I wouldnt change a thing in the design. You should be proud of that call!
Brent
Matt that is a sweet looking call. I liked the little tutorial and step-by-step tranformation with it. I like it. Brian.
That was really cool Matt! Thanks very much I really enjoyed that. :biggrin:
VERY nice