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how to condition aluminum call

Started by potter, March 25, 2018, 07:54:34 PM

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paboxcall

Quote from: potter on March 27, 2018, 09:43:43 AM
I forgot to mention I liked the aluminum pot so much, easy to play and sounds great. I just got my enticer slate and it works the same as the aluminum,  any direction, which for me makes it far easier to play. For me imop

Even blasted aluminum will require conditioning after riding in the vest, the surface has little memory. You can condition in a circular pattern if the pot call responds across the whole face as yours does. On pots that have "dead spots" then conditioning perpendicular to the direction you are dragging the striker matters more.
A quality paddle caller will most run itself.  It just needs someone to carry it around the woods. Yoder409
Over time...they come to learn how little air a good yelper actually requires. ChesterCopperpot

potter

Thanks al, I did get the greystone  will try it. The slate call is a great call too.i just cant put them down and am amazed at the difference  in tones with different strikers and places on the pot. Thanks again, keep the videos coming.









Beards and Hooks

  Highly recommend Als' calls, great guy to deal with too.  IMO his strikers are very underated as well they play real consistent for me.

mspaci

Im not buyin any of this, my calls play any direction & the whole surface all the way across & they arent measured down to nearly .001?? Just milimeters. This has nothin to do w/ it IMO. Mike

paboxcall

Quote from: mspaci on March 27, 2018, 06:55:05 PM
Im not buyin any of this, my calls play any direction & the whole surface all the way across & they arent measured down to nearly .001?? Just milimeters. This has nothin to do w/ it IMO. Mike

Talking about the same thing. In my experience this pertains mass production pot calls, not custom made. I wouldn't let a pot go out the door if it didn't play across the whole surface. But production calls from box stores, I've run good ones and bad ones. I have an old Quaker Boy aluminum in a plain plastic pot I wouldn't trade for the world. And I've had other production pots that did a better job keeping water rings off furniture than make passable turkey sounds.

Just my experience.
A quality paddle caller will most run itself.  It just needs someone to carry it around the woods. Yoder409
Over time...they come to learn how little air a good yelper actually requires. ChesterCopperpot

potter

I dont think you understand what I mean by anywhere on the surface.i always sanded east to west played north to south.watch his video, you can pick up the call play anywhere without worrying if your going against the grain.

Bowguy

If the maker sanded it circular that oughta work. I personally condition one way. I'm no fan of a Pa maker but he sends the calls apparently at least sometimes sanded circular. My buddy loves em and has since sanded the rest that way. He said it adds to playability of call. I should mention I'm only referring to slick aluminum

outdoors

If I'm not mistaken years past that's how it was conditioned
Sun Shine State { Osceola }
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noisy box call that seems to sound like a flock of juvenile hens pecking their way through a wheat field

mspaci

its all in how its conditioned & not because of the .001 precision thing. Mike