First Turned deer call

Nother pic 

Jeff S

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Re: Nother pic

Don Evans

>Jeff:

Nice job. For a finish, I would suggest using HUT's stick waxes to finish it.

If you want TRU-OIL is another perhaps better way to go. Tru-Oil is the same finish used on Walnut gun stocks. It's safe and can be applied with bare hand. The more coats of the oil you apply the shiner it will get, which may or may not be something you want. One coat will protect it well in the hunting environment.

Tru-Oil is available at any gun shop or it can be ordered via web at:

www.woodworkingshop.com this is Klingspor's site.

Don

Re: Nother pic

Don Evans

>Another note:

The wax sticks would have to be used while it was on the lathe.

The oil finish is done off the lathe.

So unless you want to take it back apart, which can be done, the wax is out.

The exotic's that are really oily (I'm not sure about lacewood) doesn't need a lot of protection.

Thanks!

Jeff S

>Thank you for the suggestions on the finish. I will have to check out my gun shops for the oil!

Suggestion and Question

Lund_Dude

>Jeff:

I like your call! On my calls, I used either Watco Danish oil or Deft Spray Laquer after the call was assembled. Works very well for me. Be careful putting a gloss shine on the call.

I have done about 15 duck calls with the metal reeds and like them a lot. Now I bought some of the deer call kits and the reed assembly looks to be kind of cheesy by comparison. The reed components were seperate and held together by the call blank. Did you find this to be a problem?

Re: Suggestion and Question

Don Evans

>I'd be reluctant to use lacquer on these due to it coming into contact with moisture while hunting.

Dew, rain and sweat, if you're a real hunter!

Don

Grunt Calls

Jeff S

>Lund Dude:

I have found them to be kind of cheesy, but they do work and are nice and secure. If you drill your own blanks, be sure not to drill the stopper blank at 1/2 inch. The reason for this is that they reed assembly will not fit. I have overcome this by putting thick CA on the wedge as kind of a shim, but it is much easier if you drill the stopper out at like 15/32 or even 7/16. Then you can sand the opening to fit. As far as the sound quality, it is only a grunt call and to me and my hunting buddies ears, it sounds as good or better than store bought.

Re: Suggestion and Question

Lund_Dude

>Sweat? I was more concerned about spilling a beer on it! :)

Re: First Turned deer call

Newbie

>Jeff, DO NOT use something like "tru oil" on this call. I know from painful experience that a calm day with small eddies can kill your hunt if combined with artificial scents like tru-oil, BLO etc on your gunstock and accoutrements.

Walnut oil, hazelnut oil or such until January, then some use whatever you want and be sure it cures well before November.

Last year I had refinished a gunstock using BLO in mid-October. I was on the ground, in a scent suit. I know the scent suit works because I'd had deer walk right up on me the year before-coming from downwind of me. The day was fairly still, with those small little puffs of wind.

The deer was about 30yds away, and I was waiting to see how close he would come. One of those swirls came up from behind me, towards him. As soon as the leaves around him started to ripple, he took off like a raped ape and that was that....