Tips: • Try different latex thicknesses, and in different layers in your calls. If you accidently cut through more than the top reed, you will likely deaden the sound of the call. I bought a jig from Ricky Bishop for around $60 called the "lil Jiggy" and it came with enough material to make 20 calls. I'm not wanting to get into call making for others, just for personal use. Go through the cut progression to find that turkey. 003 colors, and a couple of. Calls sound just as good as some of the ones I have bought but I need to make a few more to get better sounds. • cutting/customizing. All of the most popular calls can be made by making careful cuts with your scissors in the reeds, and mainly just the top reed. Lil jiggy turkey call building jig for sale. Be careful when cutting the reeds.
Here are a few video links that may help with understanding some of the basics for those who haven't seen them: Good links to show the process. Generally speaking, the thinner the latex used in the call construction, the easier a call is to use for most mouth call users. I prefer an assortment of colors so I can color-code my call designs.
Call frames: I would suggest getting crowned adhesive frames in whatever size(s) you prefer. I use a piece of plastic laminate countertop about 6" wide and 2' long for my board, but you can use whatever you wish to use for this. However, if you want to "backstretch" your reeds in the center of the call, you may prefer to use the full latex piece. As for the actual process, you can build calls without any kind of jig or press very easily, and once you get the hang of it, you will be able to very consistently put together calls that consistently sound great. • Thinner latex and tight stretching generally makes for higher pitches in a call. The most often mentioned supplier is Pioneer, but there are others as well. However, you will have to do this on either side of the center of the reed because if you tape it in the center, it will be in the way of the frame (you will understand this once you start assembling your calls). Loosen one of the scotch-taped ends of the latex, which should be outside of the frame on either end, and flip the frame over so that you can tap the other side of the frame flat. Anything that is unclear, we can discuss and clarify. I then painted it, just for looks, and mounted my gauge, and my toggle clamps..... i cut down some aluminum angle and mounted it to the toggle then cut receiving grooves into the blocks for the clamps to seat the latex in. • Stagger the reeds at different distances apart to see what that does to the sound. Lil jiggy turkey call building jim.fr. Reed material usage: The latex you order will come in 1"X2" pieces (approx. I have put together these written instructions on how to make calls without a press or jig. To begin with, i took two blocks of wood roughly 2x4x6, and ripped 3/4" off one of my now i have a 2x3.
You can put the latex in whatever order and numbers you wish. On the other hand, one of the strengths of this method is that you have more flexibility in stretching the individual reeds. Reed Stretching: The first step is taping the reed materials to your call making surface in the arrangement you desire. Lil jiggy turkey call jig for sale. At this point, you should have the reeds sealed in place within the frame. You can put the edges close together or far apart.
Fold the frame down tight onto the reeds, being careful to keep the reed spacing even and with the front edge of the longest reed up against or very near the frame fold. There are a variety of frame sizes, tape colors, and reed-material thicknesses and colors, so you can get just about anything you Hunter wrote: ↑ March 13th, 2019, 2:00 pm So if a fella wanted to try his hand at building diaphragm calls, which jig, latex, frames, etc would you recommend purchasing to learn on? Then i took my other block and cut a 3/4 notch out of it, this is what my peice of 3/4 bar stock mounts on. Carefully fold the tape down over the call, making sure not to let the tape stick unevenly and create wrinkles in the tape. Here is what it looks like up to this point in the game, notice there needs to be a notch taken off of the stationary block to allow the bar stock enough room to slide back and forth to run your gauge. The one weakness of this system is that you cannot control the stretch of the reeds as well as you can with a press/jig. The cutting process is quite simple. • Try stretching the reeds at different tensions.
To do this, you will most likely have to slip the scissors between the long reed and the bottom reeds. So if a fella wanted to try his hand at building diaphragm calls, which jig, latex, frames, etc would you recommend purchasing to learn on? Unfold the tape and carefully pull the protective paper back on one side of the fold only. Choose a reed thickness for the first reed of your call. You can easily get enough material (frames, tapes, reed material) to build 100 calls for under $100. This is a displacement gauge, you can buy them with various mounting options, but this one had a mounting configuration as i mounted it to the side of my block.... Prophylactic latex is the thinnest, and other thicknesses of latex are available (. As a starting point, you might make a single angled cut in the top reed at the center of the try it again.
Almost every call you make will have a "turkey" in it somewhere, and often finding that turkey is found with a different cut. Note: You may find that the adhesive sticks to the latex when inserting the frame. On thinner latex, you can just grasp the tab-end and pop it off with a quick jerk. That will give you a good starting point. Frame setting: After you have stretched and taped your reeds down, the next step in the process is to set the reeds in the frame. You will see multiple colors of latex in the various thicknesses. I use a pill bottle lid as a template but there are lots of ways you can cut the tape to your liking. Have to contact him on Facebook or by email. • call making surface.... a flat, smooth, sanitary surface that scotch tape will stick to. The adhesive sides of the horseshoes will be coming together with the reeds between. You can experiment with different cuts on each call you make to obtain the sound that you like, or make the call easier for you to use.
I have to run a small frame diaphragm and options are usually pretty limited so I figured I'd try my hand at this call building. A good standard starting distance is about 1/16" or thereabouts but you can obviously experiment with whatever spacing floats your boat. • Thicker latex generally makes for lower pitches in a calls with thicker latex generally are harder to "blow". If I was to suggest a reed material order, I would order a couple of proph colors, a couple of.