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Started by JeffC, April 16, 2022, 07:29:40 PM

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JeffC

Today I received my first wing bone call made by lacire, it was a gift for being captain, I was really blown away by his generosity and compassion to share his talent of making a great call. We are all equal members of this team, sharing a love of chasing the king of spring, I dont feel worthy of this gift, but will cherish it and be honored to use it this season. Thank you lacire for your wing bone, I can't wait to coax in a stubborn Tom with it. This will be a cherished call i will hand down to my son.
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AppalachianHollers

Awesome!


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Muzzy61

Sweet looking call and a great gesture!
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lacire

You're more than welcome Jeff.
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JeffC

Congrats to your Granddaughter lacire. Thats awesome, her first Tom!  Didn't want to hijack OPs thread.
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Spellnj3

Congrats....Now I know where to get my next wingbone from!!
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VA Gobble Addict

Awesome looking call and great gesture.  What you selling those for lacire?
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lacire

Quote from: VA Gobble Addict on April 18, 2022, 04:49:20 PM
Awesome looking call and great gesture.  What you selling those for lacire?

I'm retired and wasn't really looking to make any for sale. That was kind of you to ask me though. I think my calls so far have been turning out pretty good. My son and a friend I gave one too have called in a few gobblers with them this season. Attached picture is one I just made for my son from a tom he shot at the beginning of our season.

https://imgur.com/a/vAEPJQM
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HillclimberWV

What are you using to get the real glassy look over the joints? I smoothed out the joints with jb weld and then tried an acrylic paint and it turned out ok but not as smooth and glossy as i wanted.
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lacire

Quote from: HillclimberWV on April 18, 2022, 08:27:11 PM
What are you using to get the real glassy look over the joints? I smoothed out the joints with jb weld and then tried an acrylic paint and it turned out ok but not as smooth and glossy as i wanted.

Long answer coming up.  :TooFunny:
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lacire

#10
 

There's a great satisfaction and irony in making your own calls from a bird you've hunted, outwitted, and finally shot, then using that same call to go kill his brother.

I am an amateur at this and there's always another way of doing things and still achieving the same results. A couple people have asked me what I do to make a wing bone call so here it is, remember your mileage may very.


1. I boil the 3 attached wing bones without much cleaning the first time for 45 min.
2. Remove the bones, let them cool till you can handle them, separate them, scrape meat, tendons and fat down towards each joint, leave it on, then take a hacksaw and rough cut each bone below the joint.
3. Change water and boil the bones again for 45 min. adding a little dish soap to remove oil, I put in a little salt too.
4. Remove the bones, and as quickly as you can handle them, blow out the marrow from the 2 smaller bones. Let cool.
5. Place the bones in peroxide, if you want the bones a natural color leave in only until what's left of the marrow in dissolved, or I leave them over night/24 hours if you want them whiter, remove, rinse in water and let them totally dry out.
6. Mark the bones and cut them, the smallest bone has a flat end on it, that end is your mouth piece and is the most important bone of the set, mine seem to be about 3 1/2" before gluing them in place (generally longer = lower pitch, shorter = higher pitch). the largest bone will have a webbing in it that can be removed with a screwdriver and needle nose pliers or a dermal tool with a grinding burr, sand/grind to fit each bone into the other about 3/8" to 1/2", big bone to little bone. I then polish the bones on a grinder with a fine wire wheel attached.
7. I use five minute epoxy to glue each bone together, Walmart JB weld clear 4 oz. two part bottles.  l let it cure overnight. I don't use it to blend the joints and I don't sand it, my joints probably stick up more than others but I like the looks of that, you can tell there's three prices in the call.
8. Pick out your wife's favorite thread or colors of your choosing from her sewing box.
9. The type of wrapping I use is the same wrap that's used to attach fishing guides to fishing poles. (To hard to explain here but will give you something to do looking it up on YouTube).
10. Start your wrap by adding a very small spot of superglue to the bone where you want to start your wrap, go from the little bone to the next bigger bone, going from the bottom of the joint to the top, make five or so wraps and add another very small drop, checking often that you did not touch the superglue and now are glue to your wing bone, keep the wrap as straight and tight as possible, using the superglue and thread to climb up to the top of the next bone, don't overlap your thread, it will go one row at a time using the superglue to hold it up the slope, when completed tie off and superglue the entire wrap to seal the thread, add as many colors and wraps as you want. Let dry overnight to make sure all the superglue has cooked off.
11. Now what I do is cover each section of wrap, normally two per call with 5 min epoxy. I do not cover the whole call, the 5 min epoxy is mixed and applied to each section and left to cure before moving on to the next section, the JB weld I get from Walmart sets in five minutes and they're not lying, moving fast I can only do one section at a time. You get one chance to apply it, if you go back and try to fix any mistakes it will show, (practice on something else first like making some thread wraps on a wooden dowel) I start at the beginning and end of each section and do both those first, then the middle, I use a wooden tooth pick to apply and spread the epoxy with, you have five minutes, but take your time and make sure every thread in a section is covered, I look it over under a light and fill any misses before my five minutes are up, then I put it under a heat gun to remove as many bubbles as possible, I've never been able to get them all out but this will remove a lot of them, but get the glue to hot and it will sag, let cure, then do the next section.
12. I use all different sizes of thread intermixed on my calls, it really doesn't matter once it's covered in epoxy. Go lighter colored on the thread than you think, every color goes darker once it's covered in superglue and anything dark will look black. To a first timer I'd suggest button thread or upholstery thread, it is thicker and easier to work with. Any questions just ask.
13. Disclaimer......... I will not be held responsible for anyone getting there fingers superglued to there wing bone so read the instructions on the superglue package first (and anybody who is stupid enough to pursue a turkey better read those instructions twice  :TooFunny:) Hope I didn't miss anything but feel free to correct me if I did. Also YouTube has some good videos so check them out. Have fun
Attached are some pictures of ones I've made for your reference. None are for sale, I made these for friends and family.

https://imgur.com/a/aL3OR1O
https://imgur.com/a/palRAEg
https://imgur.com/a/DwAyeG1

https://imgur.com/a/AEJx6Bs
https://imgur.com/a/WvQ3H2L
https://imgur.com/a/w90yAvK
https://imgur.com/a/UXX8q61
https://imgur.com/a/wUB7VIo
Captain Jeff's Wing Bone Call
https://imgur.com/a/sBz0zOG
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HillclimberWV

Thanks i really appreciate your instructions. I dont know if i have the ability or patience for wrapping thread but i will have to give it a shot this year maybe.
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lacire

#12
Quote from: HillclimberWV on April 19, 2022, 06:02:59 AM
Thanks i really appreciate your instructions. I dont know if i have the ability or patience for wrapping thread but i will have to give it a shot this year maybe.

It takes a little patience but no more than a turkey hunter doesn't already possess  :TooFunny: . Also I'm not kidding about the superglue, I can't tell you how many times my fingers have almost gotten glued up with the call. I keep paper towels handy and blot the wet glue as I go. It doesn't take much glue to hold the thread in place but it's very easy to apply to much. Take care.  :icon_thumright:
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