I have seen some hand checkering on some duck calls and would love to pick up a set of tools so that I could add some decoration to my calls. I will mostly be checkering trumpet calls, but would most likely expand to other turnings as well. I've heard that to learn the craft, 16 or 18 lpi would be best. I would like to know from some of the folks who checker their calls what they use. 16, 18, 20, even finer yet? My local woodcraft has a set that I believe is 18 lpi, however if I'm going to use a finer pattern, I'd rather just buy that one right off the bat. Any suggestions and tips would be much appreciated.
iuse 20 to 22 lop but started out with 18lop dembart makes user friendly checkering tools, i make all my own now, been doing it forover 30 years, rick
I use the 18. Practice, practice, practice, practice. It takes a lot of it and is worth the finished product. I think mine are Gun-Rite, cant remember...
Thanks for the replies guys. I went ahead and got the dem-bart starter set from my local woodcraft store in 18 lpi. I pulled out a piece of scrap walnut and did some practice panels on it before I tried to lay out a pattern on one of my first trumpets that really doesn't sound all that great (nothing lost if I mess up), and man what a difference it makes going from checkering a flat piece of wood to a round and curved one! Lots more practice needed!