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Author Topic: Slate thickness strong enough?  (Read 2641 times)

Offline Disney

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Slate thickness strong enough?
« on: March 30, 2017, 06:46:14 PM »
I worry about the durability of slate used for the striking surface or soundboard. The slate available is 3/32" thick or sometimes translated to 0.09 thickness. I'm worried the slate will crack or break  as a striking surface or soundboard. Is a single layer strong enough? Or should I glue two pieces together? It just seems so thin. Has anyone had issues with their slate breaking in their pot calls? Maybe I worry for nothing but any help is appreciated.
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Offline MickT

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Slate thickness strong enough?
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2017, 08:11:43 PM »
I think that is pretty much "industry standard" for call making. I've never broken one I've made or bought. If you start changing the calling surface specs, you'll have to re-engineer the rest of the call as well.


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Re: Slate thickness strong enough?
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2017, 12:16:14 AM »
I kind of figured that and that woul be alot of extra work. Thans though, it's reassuring. 
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Re: Slate thickness strong enough?
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2017, 11:56:53 AM »
Have you had one break? I've never had an issue...guess if one breaks then it will be an issue.. why worry about hypothetical's ?



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Re: Slate thickness strong enough?
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2017, 01:01:34 PM »
My friend bought a custom call and the slate soundboard broke. I'm not sure if it was dropped or what happened to it. It was a slate over Slate and the broken piece rattles around when you shake it. I do not know who made the call but I have been hesitant to use slate when I saw what happened.
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Re: Slate thickness strong enough?
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2017, 02:42:49 PM »
I know a guy who sands his down even thinner for his playing surface.  So I would imagine if he's not having issues, the standard .090 thickness would not present a problem.  Broken soundboard
could just be a fluke, or possibly he dropped it, but I would think if the drop was hard enough to break the SB, it would at least cracked the surface, and at least put a dent in the edge.

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Re: Slate thickness strong enough?
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2017, 07:28:35 PM »
Good point. I agree. I'm not going to worry about it since it's such a rare thing. Thanks for the information.
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