Hi there i started making pot calls 3 years ago and only make 3" surface calls. Theres alot of info on 3 1/2 calls but not so much on 3". Apparently 3" calls are alot less forgiving than 3 1/2. If i had known that i would of made 3 1/2s. I think they sound very good but and having issues tryinh to figure out the right width of the pedistal. I was making them only about 6mm wide and then started making them 12mm wide..but from what ive seen that still may be too small. Any help or insight would be appreciated" thanks
This is the difference in the two
Cherry pot
Walnut
Maple
I understand that less surface area that the sound board is sitting on the better..so what i was thinking about doing is basically hollowing it out and leave it about a 1/4 " wide instead of having a solid pedistal.
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NICE LOOKING CALLS
Thank you! They look good and sound good but ive found that you can never stop tweaking them to try and get that perfecf tone..
Can you show your chuck that is holding the middle hole of cherry call.
Its a 4 jaw chuck holding a expanding mandrel. I get the mandrel from a company right here in nh that makes them for like 25 bucks works slick but unfortunately you have to have a 3/4 hole in the call as opposed to a screw chuck.
i would try make that pedestal to 1in or so round with 1/8 thick ring get rasp out it ,,, i use do lot 3in eather they got it or they dont
Ok, 1 in isnt a whole lot..that hole in the center is 3/4 in so thats a pretty small pedistal..i just noticed that alot of calls ive seen have alot bigger pedistals..i just seemed to get a better sound with the bigger pedistal but was thinking taking the rim down to about 1/8 in like u said
yes in your pics it looks like u got alot maybe to much glue surface for your sound board
The rim on the top is about 1/2 and the rim on the bottom is about 1/4in. In your opinion should i stick with the smaller or larger diameter and just trim the rim down
would try trim rim down ,,, 1/8 ,,, of course it would be good know what your trying to change sound wise
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1970209916341768&id=1088274917868610
That is a link to my fb page. The first call in the video is the call in the top of the pic with the larger ped and the second call id the one on the bottom with the smaller ped. I think they both sound decent to me but i woild like some opinions from other peopel
hard tell being inside ,, but seems the second one may break little quicker and some rasp on back end
try drilling outvcenter. and leave av14 " rim then with a small bit drill out in equal portions leaving 4 post of the pedestal to sit on. and glue to
Leave a what rim? And thanks i was thinking about cutting the pedistal into 4 sections