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Title: Turkey Call Therapy
Post by: BAK on January 15, 2021, 11:03:05 AM: Feel a bit "boxed in" this winter so last week decided to whip up a few box calls. The 6 piece versions aren't too bad to put together. These are black walnut with black cherry sounding boards.
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Post by: YosemiteSam on January 15, 2021, 11:12:05 AM: I was just about to give this kind of thing a try. I have some shorter sections of maple backing strips lying around & it seemed like a good idea. There aren't many plans available online. Do you follow a design template or do you "wing it" with what you have around?
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Post by: Cory Mattson on January 15, 2021, 11:21:08 AM: They look great
I love using box calls!!
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Post by: Duker on January 15, 2021, 12:40:21 PM: AWESOMEEE :thumbsup:
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Post by: Will Telluteyrd on January 15, 2021, 01:26:12 PM: Love them Turkey calls. Some of my favorites. I used to make mouth calls but it's easier to buy them.
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Post by: BAK on January 15, 2021, 01:39:09 PM: I just took a number of measurements from a couple of old bought-en calls I had, did some averaging, and made myself a pattern. I have a small planner so it's easy to get the wood thinned down right.
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Post by: hawkeye n pa on January 15, 2021, 03:58:23 PM: Nice looking calls :thumbsup:
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Post by: Roy from Pa on January 15, 2021, 04:29:41 PM: Very nice....
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Post by: Bowguy67 on January 15, 2021, 09:04:06 PM: Quote from: Will Telluteyrd on January 15, 2021, 01:26:12 PM
Love them Turkey calls. Some of my favorites. I used to make mouth calls but it's easier to buy them.

Who’s scratchers?
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Post by: Bowguy67 on January 15, 2021, 09:05:29 PM: Physically assembling calls is easy. It’s the tuning. How they sound op?
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Post by: Friend on January 15, 2021, 09:08:20 PM: A quite fulfilling endeavor...
Title: Re: Turkey Call Therapy
Post by: BAK on January 16, 2021, 12:01:34 AM: The 6 piece calls tune up easier than the 2 piece. The cool part about it is no two turkeys sound just alike either. :biglaugh:
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Post by: Will Telluteyrd on January 16, 2021, 09:22:22 AM: I made the scratchers a long time ago. Made a bunch and gave most of them away.
I tried to kill a bird with a homemade self bow, bamboo arrow with a stone point and using one of my homemade calls. Came close and shot under a Jake at less than ten yards. Pretty tough with no blind or decoy. : )
Title: Re: Turkey Call Therapy
Post by: Bowguy67 on January 16, 2021, 09:29:43 AM: Quote from: Will Telluteyrd on January 16, 2021, 09:22:22 AM
I made the scratchers a long time ago. Made a bunch and gave most of them away.

Very cool. Scratchers are one way under rated call. They’ve prob become my most commonly used calls. Almost every morning I start with one unless it’s raining. A last spring bird.
Title: Re: Turkey Call Therapy
Post by: Bowguy67 on January 16, 2021, 09:31:31 AM: Year before, I called both about 5 minutes apart. My buddy took the second
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Post by: YosemiteSam on January 19, 2021, 12:17:09 PM: OP - So I gave it a shot over the weekend. There's a learning curve for sure. From what I can tell, the box came out fine (function though not form). But the paddle was off. I used a 1/4" piece of oak for the paddle & maple for the box. I get great sound out of the right side but not much off the left. I swapped the paddle for one that came with a box call I bought some years ago (cherry, I believe) and it all works great on both sides. So it seems to be the paddle that I messed up on. Is there a trick to getting a nice, even convex curve on the underside of the paddle?
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Post by: BAK on January 19, 2021, 12:58:44 PM: I don't know if there is a "trick" to it, other than keeping your knuckles off the sanding belt as you shape the curve. The paddles start out 5/16" thick. I angle the edges with the belt sander, then roll them back and forth to make the smooth curve. :thumbsup:
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Post by: Overspined on January 24, 2021, 08:59:36 AM: Quote from: BAK on January 15, 2021, 11:03:05 AM
Feel a bit "boxed in" this winter so last week decided to whip up a few box calls. The 6 piece versions aren't too bad to put together. These are black walnut with black cherry sounding boards.

Wow awesome!,!
Title: Re: Turkey Call Therapy
Post by: BAK on January 25, 2021, 09:55:01 AM: They do sound pretty good, and since no two turkeys sound the same I think they'll work just fine. I've always used chalk to make them talk but I sent one to my nephew out west and he said he rosined his and it worked really well. I'm going to try that next.
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Post by: Roy from Pa on January 27, 2021, 11:00:09 AM: More turkey therapy , 30 minutes ago below the house in the clover plot.
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Post by: BAK on January 27, 2021, 06:25:03 PM: OK, I got a small chunk of rosin. I tried it on a couple of calls I was having a bit of trouble with. Wala, they started talking instantly. I think a small rosin bag might work even better, but it definitely does a better job than chalk, and it's water resistant. Now I just need to find something to do with them all. :o
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Post by: wood carver 2 on January 28, 2021, 04:58:48 PM: Do you use violin rosin? I like the idea. Sounds better than chalk. It would probably work great for pot strikers.
Dave.
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Post by: Bowguy67 on January 28, 2021, 05:12:00 PM: Isn’t rosin acidic? I wonder what it’d do to any finishes or surfaces long term. Or even relatively short term for that matter. My buddy is an award winning long time call maker. Gotta ask him that. Interesting
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Post by: wood carver 2 on January 28, 2021, 05:23:41 PM: Here is my therapy session.
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These are the first pot calls that I have made.
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I also tried my hand at a trumpet call. 😁
Dave.
Title: Re: Turkey Call Therapy
Post by: BAK on January 28, 2021, 05:58:21 PM: Nice stuff there wood carver. Wish I had a lathe, the one tool I miss.
I don't know the ph of rosin, but since it's a wood product not likely to have any negative affect on wood.
I've got ten more on the bench in various stages of completion now. :wavey: