Years ago I sharpened my lathe tools on a small belt sander....never needed anything else. Twenty years later my hands and eyesight aren't as good, so I'm going to have to do something different. But this is a start....and I still remember how to do it....LOL!!!
Nice ones
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Those look great and different at the same time. Very Nice...
I like them!
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There must be a great deal of satisfaction that comes from making something beautiful and functional like that. Very nice.
They turned out really nice
Sharp looking horns Marvin!
very nice.
Today I had a trumpet yelper I was turning explode on the lathe. This experience was a first for me. I had completed the rough turning, and I was in the process of detailing making the final fine cuts when it exploded. I could only find these two pieces. I had to sit down for a while and get my thoughts together. The only thing I can think of that could have caused the accident was a dull tool. Obviously I'm going to have to pay more attention to sharpening my turning tools....LOL!!
Thank you all for the kind comments. I very much appreciate your support.
Those are some really nice trumpets
I sent you a pm having some insight on your calls
If you turn it on a tenon it will slip before it explodes
No doubt, you still got it!!!
This osage burl trumpet I made today may be the best sounding trumpet yelper I've ever made. As soon as I can confirm with the customer what material he wants me to use to make the mouthpiece, I'll be able to finish it up. I may have to make a trip to the turkey woods with it before it heads to South Carolina. I might have to find time to do a sound file video....LOL!!!
That is some sweet looking osage burl! I bet she plays easy.
Sharp-I'd love to hear a sound file.
That is an amazing piece of Osage! If they back out, I would take it in a heartbeat!
Very Nice Marvin..
Years ago, Dennis Poeschel tried to talk me into making an all delrin trumpet yelper. Back then, I was using delrin to make test sections of trumpets, and I had several dimensional sizes of different sections of a trumpet I would put together to test various trumpet dimensions for sound quality. For whatever reason, I never made an all delrin trumpet yelper as Dennis Poeschel had suggested....until yesterday. Every turkey hunter who hunts trumpet yelpers always is looking for their holy grail of trumpet yelpers. Yesterday I think I have found mine. I haven't quite finished it yet....I need to make a mouthpiece and a ferrule for it. For the picture it has a test mouthpiece and a dimensional band as the ferrule placeholder. The finished mouthpiece will be more dimensionally balanced....the test mouthpiece is somewhat skinny.....LOL!!! I'm now really going to have to do a sound file video....
Looks nice.....Delrin sure makes a great trumpet
Delrin makes an awesome horn!
The delrin trumpet is cool!
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This one just came off the lathe from the first sanding with 400 grit...now 600, 800...then 1200 to go. Then the soak and final finishing. This is a lighter colored piece of Hawaiian Koa, but the soak will probably darken it some. The array of colors will still be there when finished. Now I have to make a ferrule, and there has to be a decision made on what mouthpiece material to use. With the test mouthpiece she sings...and should sound even better with the permanent mouthpiece.
Beautiful piece of Koa wood!! Nice looking trumpet at this point.
I've been keeping an eye out for different calls using Koa wood to get for my one grandson as he gets older, as his name is Koa, but you don't see a lot of them. Most that I've seen don't seem to have the stripes that one does, but maybe it's in the finish.
Quote from: fishr64 on April 24, 2023, 04:08:02 PM
Beautiful piece of Koa wood!! Nice looking trumpet at this point.
I've been keeping an eye out for different calls using Koa wood to get for my one grandson as he gets older, as his name is Koa, but you don't see a lot of them. Most that I've seen don't seem to have the stripes that one does, but maybe it's in the finish.
No, it isn't the finish....it is the wood. The Hawaiian Koa call pictured has medium figure.....and you certainly have to pay, and you definitely have to pay if you get the good stuff....LOL!!! Normally, it is difficult to see the figure in Hawaiian Koa until you start doing the final sanding. As you sand, the color and figure emerges. When you have wood like is pictured here, whatever you make you know will be well-figured.
Thank you for the reply. I guess it's like any other wood. It's a very nice looking wood to my eye. You have some nice looking blanks there. :icon_thumright:
That is one sweet looking call.
Please let us know when you are able to get a sound file up. I really want to hear it!!!
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fishr64,
When I first started making trumpet yelpers years ago, I tried to find wood with the most spectacular burl and figure to use for making trumpets I could find. Too many times the burl and figure ended up as wood chips on my workshop floor. With highly figured Koa, normally the finished product looks better than the blank you started with. Rarely does Koa disappoint.
Quote from: runngun on April 25, 2023, 05:34:42 PM
Please let us know when you are able to get a sound file up. I really want to hear it!!!
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runngun,
At present, I'm trying to make the permanent mouthpieces for the trumpet yelpers. When I finish the mouthpieces, I will make sound file videos. The sound file videos are coming.....LOL!!!
Marvin, That is a sharp Koa horn! I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product.
Glad to see you're back at it Marvin, and turning out some cool looking pieces. Can't wait for the sound file!!!
Quote from: Tarheel on April 25, 2023, 05:36:32 PM
fishr64,
When I first started making trumpet yelpers years ago, I tried to find wood with the most spectacular burl and figure to use for making trumpets I could find. Too many times the burl and figure ended up as wood chips on my workshop floor. With highly figured Koa, normally the finished product looks better than the blank you started with. Rarely does Koa disappoint.
I've thought of that. It's a shame how of a beautiful piece of wood ends up in wood chips, but not much you can do.
Thanks for your responses.
Quote from: turkey stew on April 25, 2023, 06:40:18 PM
Marvin, That is a sharp Koa horn! I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product.
Phil, I think we're both going to be surprised and pleased with the finished product. The curl flows consistently from the ferrule to the bell....and the yelps are musical...but with Hawaiian Koa that's expected...LOL!!!
Too much going on. Life sometimes gets in the way of plans I've made and things I want to do; and sometimes there are things I just don't like to do I have to do. Ol' Bob and I had a conversation, and he gave me some good input and made a couple of recommendations....I was smart enough to listen. Since I don't do CA finishing, I have to wait for finish to dry. Now I've got to do a few sound files.....
Great looking trumpets!
Marvin, Those are fine trumpet blanks! Looks like you have been busy on the lathe!
I think I'm finally making some progress. I may be slow, but I'll get there eventually....LOL!! I finally am beginning to feel like I'm getting something accomplished. Now I need some air conditioning in the shop.........
What is the material of two dark green in the top pic?
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The two trumpets that look dark green in the top picture are really black delrin. My cell phone camera distorted the color...but it is black.
Nice work Marvin. I like that short one in the second picture.
Looking great Marvin!
Very nice trumpets!
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The different length of the mouthpieces is interesting. Are those test pieces, or are those the permanent residents?
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The different length of the mouthpieces is interesting. Are those test pieces, or are those the permanent residents?
The mouthpieces all started out the same length....LOL!!! Somehow in my drilling, cutting and trimming they end up different lengths. I don't do any of that CNC stuff....every thing is done individually. So if you want custom crafted, this is it!!! As long as a mouthpiece is at least 2 3/4" there's plenty of length to work with. Yes, these are the permanent mouthpieces fitted and fixed in these calls.
Those look very nice!
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Beautiful calls Marvin!!
In the past, I had a good friend, Jimmy Stephenson, I could take a turkey call I had made for him to play and give me his assessment. Jimmy was good to give me his opinion, and I was smart enough to listen to his recommendations and advice. Jimmy was the ring leader that made the Frank Harper Roanoke River style yelper happen. I wish he was still here for me to take this one to him. I believe he would really like it.......
That's just pure art right there.
I have a love/hate relationship with delrin. I've reached the age where there are some things I prefer not to do...and there are other things I definitely don't want to do. Then there are some things I can still be talked into doing....but that may change.
Quote from: Tarheel on June 22, 2023, 08:05:36 PM
I have a love/hate relationship with delrin. I've reached the age where there are some things I prefer not to do...and there are other things I definitely don't want to do. Then there are some things I can still be talked into doing....but that may change.
Looking good.... I am right there with you on the Delrin thoughts, I just have to get my mind right when starting one.
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Quote from: Tarheel on June 22, 2023, 08:05:36 PM
I have a love/hate relationship with delrin. I've reached the age where there are some things I prefer not to do...and there are other things I definitely don't want to do. Then there are some things I can still be talked into doing....but that may change.
Looking good.... I am right there with you on the Delrin thoughts, I just have to get my mind right when starting one.
My wife is in the VERY STRONG dislike category when it comes to delrin because no matter how hard I try not to track delrin chips through the house, when I come in from the shop, I track delrin chips through the house. A 5-10 minute session with the air hose blowing off everything I can reach doesn't do the job....LOL!!!
Desert ironwood....one of my favorite woods for trumpet yelpers. Then cherry burl....but I have to have my black/brown CA there at the ready to fill the voids, but it makes a beautiful call. I must give a public thank you to Ol'Bob for helping me organize and speed up my callmaking process.
I don't know why the 2nd picture of the cherry burl call is distorted making it look shorter than the desert ironwood yelpers. Oh, well....it is what it is.........
Looks sharp Marvin! That cherry burl is a beauty!
I promised I would put up a video soundfile for the Delrin trumpet yelper on Soundfile Central. I finally did that today. The Delrin trumpet yelper is far more capable than the caller using it....but it is what it is. The turkeys really don't care.....LOL!!!
Beautiful stuff Marvin!!!
Quote from: Tarheel on June 22, 2023, 08:05:36 PM
I have a love/hate relationship with delrin. I've reached the age where there are some things I prefer not to do...and there are other things I definitely don't want to do. Then there are some things I can still be talked into doing....but that may change.
Fine looking batch of calls Marvin. I don't mind turning delrin. I've made a few pots. tube calls and Davis style calls using it and other than the smell it's easy to work with. I had plans to try and do a trough call using delrin but haven't quite figured it out yet how I want to proceed.
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Bill,
One thing about delrin is you will get a lesson in acoustics......LOL!!! I definitely want to see how your delrin trough call turns out. If you can figure out a working design, you should have an awesome turkey call.