a piece of maple

Bills Custom Calls · March 29, 2007, 06:55:02 PM

well this is how it started out

This is what I have right now

And now it goes in the trash my 5/8 bit tore it up

Bill

FinsnFur · March 29, 2007, 06:59:15 PM

WHOa! So you did make it home with the lathe! :shck:

Heck there's 9 members setting up in the tailgate waiting for you to say you made it home.

awh · March 30, 2007, 08:01:18 AM

Don't feel bad Bill.....Lil-Man has enough busted/screwed up pieces to start fires for the next ten years. I've got to get on the lathe twice & one went to Kurt, the other one in the kinlin pile......

Danny

HaMeR · March 30, 2007, 11:06:00 AM

Not bad Bill!! You'll be sellin in no time now!!

Bills Custom Calls · March 30, 2007, 08:35:26 PM

I have another piece in the lathe now taking my time on this one hopefully it will make to the feild and not the trash.

Bill

DirtyDog · March 31, 2007, 09:59:00 AM

Got any pics yet Bill?

ninthinning · March 31, 2007, 11:49:57 AM

Keep making them. Just threw out years of failures last week, filled up half a garbage can. Don't know why I saved all those imperfect call parts, felt good to get rid of it.
9th

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Bills Custom Calls · March 31, 2007, 01:43:19 PM

Joe not taking any pics of this one till you got and you can post them.I just think it was bad luck showing the call to soon.

If I save the imperfect ones it gives me something to always go back to.throwing one away at a time don't make a good fire.

Bill

DirtyDog · March 31, 2007, 02:02:13 PM

Looking forward to it Bill.......Use all the bad ones for a good ceremonial fire. Give all them bad pieces of wood a good burial.

Ladobe · April 01, 2007, 11:59:23 AM

Question Bill... what's the diameter of the maple branch/log you are Making the calls from? Can't scale it from the first picture, but it looks to be fairly small diameter.

L.

Bills Custom Calls · April 01, 2007, 07:03:57 PM

Lodobe That branch is 2inches in Diameter I made a 2nd call out of it and it,and the call ended up spliting so I will wait and turn some other stuff for awhile and let that alone.

Bill

vvarmitr · April 02, 2007, 08:49:25 AM

Wood will split from the pith to outter edge unless it is stablized.

Ladobe · April 02, 2007, 12:26:49 PM

Bill -

Just as I guessed... your getting off on the wrong foot in spindle turning pard. Without getting technical, you'll save yourself a lot of frustration AND get much better calls by not trying to turn them from an appropriately sized branch FWIW. Shortcuts seldom work out well in most species of hardwoods, but especially this one. A little research about wood itself on your part will tell you why.

L.