If this is the wrong sub forum for this please let me know where to put this.
Over the weekend I was gifted some wood working tools. Times are pretty tough right now with my wife not working until September, and the addition of twins we had in March, so purchasing all of the tools needed to make turkey calls was out of the question for me. I was gifted a few wood working tools over the weekend from my great uncle who can no longer use them.
The tools he gave me were a Cummins Wood Lathe (and the tools to go with it), Ryobi jig saw, Ryobi drill press, and a delta band saw. He also gave me an older belt sander. The tolls were in his shed and for the most part forgotten. There was a decent amount of dust and such on them, but all worked. A few I need to find some pieces for, From watching you tube videos it looks like I have a decent start at the major power tools to try and start making a few pot calls, and such. I am in the process of cleaning out my shed, to make it sort of a little shop area. I built a shed at my parents when I lived at home, and have quite a few cherry cabinets in it that I will be swapping to my new shed. It will take time but I hope to have the new shed ready before winter.
I do have a few questions on what additional tools or accessories to the tools I have that I will need to buy.
I am looking to know how to secure the wood block to the lathe. In some of the videos it looked like the call maker glued his call wood to another piece of scrap, then screwed some sort of housing to the scrap, then spun that on the lathe. In another video, The callmaker tapped the wood he was going to use to make the call.
Is there a preferred method, what would I need to know to find the part that would anchor the call?
The lathe tools are an 8 piece set I believe. I believe this will be a good enough start. Are there any other lathe tools that you guys feel help you out? I saw the other call makers use some sort of calipers to transfer the dimensions of the slate or glass to the wood. Can someone help me with the name of that tool?
Where is a good source to find the slate and glass for surfaces and sound boards?
It will be a while before I can purchase the nicer woods, and all of the sound board material, but for now I was thinking I could just work and learning the tooling, going through the motions of making the calls round, cutting out the interior and sound board areas and such. Watching the how too videos online, makes it look easy, but I know that there is an art to it.
Any other advice, or tips would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance for any help.
