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The Art of Handcrafting Custom Game Calls => Handcrafting Custom Goose Calls => Topic started by: Jesse Brenon on February 04, 2017, 11:03:49 PM
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:oops :stickman1: Hey guys....I'm looking for advice.
I'm using an expanding mandrel to hold my work piece. When turning the pieces for the calls they're splitting where the guts go in. It's a 5/8ths hole ID and it's turned to 3/4ths od. Is there a way I can stop this from happening? A second one tonight split on the top half of the call. What am I doing wrong??? I'm even using a nice hard wood (oak). Please the lp me...TIA.
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O/D on a goose call barrel is usually 7/8" because of this. My barrels step from 5/8 to 3/4 to 7/8. Its just too thin. You can use a gutsert, or back up the connection with some thread that has been CA glued in place.
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Go you Wade Carpenters site; Webfoot Custom Calls and get you some ORA/Gutserts. The use of Gutserts will eliminate this issue for you!
Jeff