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Post by bigbucks11 on Apr 1, 2009 21:06:05 GMT -5
can someone please tell me how you get started on a box or slate call?
and what materials are needed?
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Post by LawrenceCoBowhunter on Apr 1, 2009 21:26:24 GMT -5
check out customcalls.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl go to the pot call section,you should be able to find some tutorials on how to make them.If you have any questions let me know and I'll do my best to help you out.Seems like everyone has their own way of making them. |
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Post by danf on Apr 1, 2009 21:38:03 GMT -5
Someone else will have to tell you how to start a slate call.... A box call can be one of two types, if you are making one yourself. The two types, as I call them, are carved and pieced. A carved call is made from a solid piece of wood. A pieced call is made from at least 3 separate pieces of wood. The "paddle" is separate in both instances. Here's a pic with both types:  The call on the left is sort of a combination of both types of calls (it's got dual sound chambers), but is more of a pieced call. The call on the right is a carved call. The tools I use are somewhat basic, but not everyone has them. Table saw, coping saw, power sander, block plane, drill press and forstner drill bits. If you aren't going to attempt a carved call, the drill press and bits wouldn't be necessary but the rest are. There's other tools that would make the process easier and faster, but those are the needed basics. Just about any piece of wood can be tried.... For a pieced call I like to use a harder wood for one sound board (the side of the box) and a softer wood for the other. The harder the wood, the higher the pitch, the softer the wood, the lower the pitch. Fuzzy sent me a set of directions a couple of years ago that really helped me get started, IIRC they were from a kit call. You might try a google search and see what you come up with. In the meantime I'll see if I can dig up the file with those directions sometime and I'll be glad to send them to you. |
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