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Offline ninthinning

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Louisiana sound board from pen blank
« on: July 20, 2008, 02:38:55 PM »
I've been working on an ivory duck call.  Today I made the sound board from an elephant ivory pen blank.


The red sound board parts are what I want to make in elephant ivory.


Drill air channel on lathe.


Turn down to half inch diameter.


Test fit in jig.


Sound board in jig.


Sand wedge on one inch belt sander.


Sound board installed with bronze phosphor metal reed.  Very ducky.


Good fit.


Finished call.


Duck call sound board and predator call sound board.

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Re: Louisiana sound board from pen blank
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2008, 02:43:36 PM »
Very well done Eric, thanks for the posting.
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Re: Louisiana sound board from pen blank
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2008, 03:25:31 PM »
You do have those Louisiana toneboards down pat. 

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Re: Louisiana sound board from pen blank
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2008, 05:23:16 PM »
OK, it may sound dumb but I gotta ask what is the difference between a regular sound board and a Louisiana Sound board???
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Offline ninthinning

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Re: Louisiana sound board from pen blank
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2008, 06:24:03 PM »
    I have used three styles of sound board in duck call making.  Besides the Louisiana style there is the J frame or Arkansas style and Reelfoot lake style.  The Arkansas J frame is the most common style.  A cork holds the reed in place in a cork notch on the J frame.  In Reelfoot style sound boards a metal reed is held in place by a wooden wedge that is cut from part of the insert.  All three styles make similar quacking sounds.  The Louisiana board is adjustable over a good range of duck sound and can also be tuned to make snow goose, fawn, bear, and cat sounds.  The other two styles use a fixed length reed and air channel and make a narrower range of sounds.
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Re: Louisiana sound board from pen blank
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2008, 06:55:20 PM »
Very nice Eric,man that would freek me out cutting into that Ivory like that.How many have you trashed.
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Re: Louisiana sound board from pen blank
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2008, 08:31:11 AM »
Thanks for taking the time to post up the pics and the info !!!
Talk about a collectable set of calls !! Do you already have a buyer?
I'm soooo not going to turn any ivory, but maybe some day I will feel up to it.
That's the first LA style jig I have ever seen. Did you make it ?
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Re: Louisiana sound board from pen blank
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2008, 08:34:37 AM »
Man, that is awesome. Good job.


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Re: Louisiana sound board from pen blank
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2008, 08:52:10 AM »
Eric, those calls are absolutely beautiful! Great how to also.
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Re: Louisiana sound board from pen blank
« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2008, 04:17:05 AM »
Holy Cow!!! That call is impressive!!!
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Re: Louisiana sound board from pen blank
« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2008, 04:35:54 PM »
Darn good job and talent---I like the call.
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Re: Louisiana sound board from pen blank
« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2008, 02:54:23 PM »
Where did you get that jig from.
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Re: Louisiana sound board from pen blank
« Reply #12 on: October 07, 2010, 12:07:33 AM »
Thanks a bunch for taking the time to share such neat pictures. neat.

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