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The Art of Handcrafting Custom Game Calls => Handcrafting Custom Predator Calls => Topic started by: James Strickland on October 09, 2014, 11:43:33 AM
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Just got some open-reed toneboards from Al, and I'm about to try making my first open-reed predator call this weekend. I thought there was a tutorial on making the barrel but if there is, I can't find it. I've scoured through most of the pics/posts on the predator call page and have a good idea of what to do and how to do it. Here's my question: How far into the bell of the barrel do I open it up? Am I basically hollowing out the entire call? Or, just tapering it into the 1/2" bore an inch or so into the call?
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I just drill a 1/2" hole through it. No taper or anything. They sound great like that, I bet they would sound better if I was better at using them...... I'm also new to this so any answers you get will help me out too. :gitrdone:
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James your gonna have to play with the dimensions till it sounds how you want. Some guys taper, some don't.