Hello everyone,
I'm a new member to the forum but have been enjoying reading posts for a while. I've been trying my hand at making box calls and scratch box calls for a couple years now with decent success and would now like to try trough calls. I'm pretty sure I have a good handle on the build but am unsure on how best to attach the slate. Is the slate only glued on each end of the trough or should there be a small lip around the edge of the trough to glue the slate to? Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Sounds dumb I guess but like anything in call making it's a guarded secret. Trial and error is the best way to learn.
i dont make them but looks like the secrets out lol maybe this will help u out
http://oldgobbler.com/Forum/index.php?topic=43685.0
and another
http://oldgobbler.com/Forum/index.php?topic=59316.0
I thought the intricacies on how the slate is "attached" to the call may be a closely guarded secret but I thought I'd throw the question out there anyway to see if I would get a bite. Haha!
Thank you for the links M, Yingling. They are exactly what I was looking for. Now I gotta see if I can make this chunk of wood talk turkey!
The first ones I made I had a small thin piece of wood under my aluminum striking surface. Since I have made them with only a small 1/8" lip. the experimenting I've done this year with them has me thinking that you really don't need the frame or trough and just the surface. I made them with ceramic this year. Way different sound with and without the trough. I did settle on a very small one with a trough ceramic surface. I couldn't get the tone (rollover) I wanted so I glued only one side and settle for rasp. I'll post some pics.
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I'm having similar struggles myself. I've tried aluminum but I think my stock is too thick. It is approx. 1/8 inch think and just doesn't quite have the right tone. I used some slate that I bought for trough calls but to me it sounds more like a duck than anything else. I'm determined to get one of these to talk turkey so I am going to keep trying!
I forgot to post the pics, my aluminum is 1/8" as well, it doesn't sound great but the turkeys responded well to it.
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I've noticed that some are making that call bigger in size and sounding alot more realistic in sound
Mine is about 4" x 2"
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