Trough Calls

[GML6587]

Hello everyone,

I'm a new member to the forum but have been enjoying reading posts for a while. I've been trying my hand at making box calls and scratch box calls for a couple years now with decent success and would now like to try trough calls. I'm pretty sure I have a good handle on the build but am unsure on how best to attach the slate. Is the slate only glued on each end of the trough or should there be a small lip around the edge of the trough to glue the slate to? Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[callmakerman]

Sounds dumb I guess but like anything in call making it's a guarded secret. Trial and error is the best way to learn.

[M,Yingling]

 i  dont make them but  looks like the secrets out lol   maybe this will help u out

http://oldgobbler.com/Forum/index.php?topic=43685.0
and another
http://oldgobbler.com/Forum/index.php?topic=59316.0

[GML6587]

I thought the intricacies on how the slate is "attached" to the call may be a closely guarded secret but I thought I'd throw the question out there anyway to see if I would get a bite. Haha!

Thank you for the links M, Yingling. They are exactly what I was looking for. Now I gotta see if I can make this chunk of wood talk turkey!

[Jmloch]

The first ones I made I had a small thin piece of wood under my aluminum striking surface. Since I have made them with only a small 1/8" lip. the experimenting I've done this year with them has me thinking that you really don't need the frame or trough and just the surface. I made them with ceramic this year. Way different sound with and without the trough. I did settle on a very small one with a trough ceramic surface. I couldn't get the tone (rollover) I wanted so I glued only one side and settle for rasp. I'll post some pics.


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[GML6587]

I'm having similar struggles myself. I've tried aluminum but I think my stock is too thick. It is approx. 1/8 inch think and just doesn't quite have the right tone. I used some slate that I bought for trough calls but to me it sounds more like a duck than anything else. I'm determined to get one of these to talk turkey so I am going to keep trying!

[Jmloch]

I forgot to post the pics, my aluminum is 1/8" as well, it doesn't sound great but the turkeys responded well to it.


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[outdoors]

I've noticed that some are making that call bigger in size and sounding alot more realistic in sound

[Jmloch]

Mine is about 4" x 2"


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