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Title: Cocobolo revisited
Post by: John_NY on October 27, 2008, 11:32:25 PM
I made this call about 6 months ago when I first got my lathe. I always thought it looked like a soda bottle and I hated the way it looked so I kept the call hidden on the back shelf.  It is a closed reed cottontail distress.

(http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w42/Jon__NY/CocoboloRabbit228.jpg)

I took it back out in the shop tonight to see if I could turn it into an open reed distress if there was enough wood left to re-turn it. I ended up having just enough. I put my delrin toneboard in it and now It's done.  It has to be there isn't enough wood left to re-work it again.  :wo: 

(http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w42/Jon__NY/CocoOpen3.jpg)

John
Title: Re: Cocobolo revisited
Post by: HaMeR on October 28, 2008, 07:00:14 AM
Looks good John.  :yoyo:  Kinda cool how experience starts playing with those 1st calls isn't it?   :eyebrownod:
Title: Re: Cocobolo revisited
Post by: ninthinning on October 28, 2008, 07:18:58 AM
That looks great.  I have a big box of that sort of call I cannot bring myself to throw out, someday.
Title: Re: Cocobolo revisited
Post by: alscalls on October 28, 2008, 05:48:04 PM
Good answer.I like it.
Title: Re: Cocobolo revisited
Post by: John_NY on October 28, 2008, 11:31:56 PM
I'm very pleased with it and I like the open reed better also.  I was going to go out to the shop tonight but the snow is deeper than I want to walk in. LOL.   About 6 inches so far and tree branches are starting to break from the weight of the wet heavy snow.

John
Title: Re: Cocobolo revisited
Post by: Bills Custom Calls on October 29, 2008, 01:33:54 AM
Looks Good John !!!!! I bet your glad that you didn't start a fire with it.That is one sweet lil call
Title: Re: Cocobolo revisited
Post by: John_NY on October 29, 2008, 01:35:26 AM
Throwing it in the wood stove had crossed my mind Bill.  :laf: 

John