never see any of these calls being built by you guys is there something wrong with this wood? i have a nice load of American chestnut I'm going to use for pot calls and see what happens. let know what you think and show me what you got.
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you mean this stuff? Great for long boxes. Never tried to make a pot call from any though.
Old chestnut works great for calls, I've done both box calls and pots with it. It's super for pot calls, makes some of the best slate calls around.
( top left, lower center is chestnut )
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Quote from: pappy on July 02, 2011, 11:15:58 PM
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you mean this stuff? Great for long boxes. Never tried to make a pot call from any though.
nice call, thanks
I made a little 2.5" slate pot that just screams (for it's size) out of some old chestnut that I found in my shed when I moved in where I live at now, great stuff.
I've turned several over the years. It's not one of my favorites, but it can make a great sounding call. It's not native to my area, so I have to track it down on ebay or such. The pieces I have had were pretty lightweight, so I had to turn them with a bit thicker walls and bottom.
I love the wood for calls..sometimes there is a lot of waste but worth it. I quarter saw most of my own blanks from logs or beams.
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Love to make a box from it ever now and then..
I have a few more started but need to make paddles for them..