Thought I would post a few pics of me grinding it out in the shop this weekend and to let y'all know it don't happen by waving a magic wand ::). Well, actually it does and the guy in these pics is really my stunt "magic elf" double :TooFunny:. In these pics I am tuning several calls and truth be told this process is bitter sweet. If I have done all the right steps up to this point the calls 'should' tune, well...relatively easy, but honestly that only happens once every 7-10 calls. On the other hand, when you do get them tuned...it shear satisfaction and excitement when feathers leap out of the box! After a point my ears get saturated and I have to step away so they can 'freshn' up, but no problem though, there are always 30 other steps in the build process I can work on, like sanding, sanding and well, more sanding :'(. Hope everyone is having a great weekend.
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Thats awesome Scott. I sure would like to see some of your hand tools.
TRKYHTR
Sorry Joe, those are top secret, camera shy...and they ony come out at night and work their magic...sort of like Santa's elves!
Awsome! Im salivating just looking at all that wood!
Mark
Quote from: culpeper on August 19, 2012, 01:06:12 PM
Sorry Joe, those are top secret, camera shy...and they ony come out at night and work their magic...sort of like Santa's elves!
Ah man help a brotha out. Love to see them box calls laying all over the place.
TRKYHTR
Joe, I just noticed that I repeated a pic, but if you look close in the 1st pic there are 2 calls sitting on my sander, well the call to the left is actually your call, if you look really close you can make out the Sumac end block. ;D
Nice.
TRKYHTR
nice looking shop. where is all the sawdust and chips?
:icon_thumright: Great looking shop. I cant wait to get a chance to sit down with you and talk Turkey.
Feel like I'm playing "where's waldo" looking for a certain call in there :)
Great shop Scott!
Dave, your's is up soon, keep a watch in a week or so ;)