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The Art of Handcrafting Custom Game Calls => Handcrafting Custom Turkey Calls => Topic started by: Jbowen on February 20, 2020, 05:06:02 PM

Title: Playing surface to sound board question
Post by: Jbowen on February 20, 2020, 05:06:02 PM

Hey guys. Brand new here, been reading a lot and I’m about to order some material to turn my first calls. But I have a question. If my playing surface is 3.5” what size should my sound board be?  And what about other size playing surfaces 3.25”, 3” what size should those sound boards be?  Is there a general rule of thumb for the sound board size vs playing surface?  I was thinking I would start with glass over slate. Thanks for any input. And hopefully I’ll be able to show y’all some calls shortly!

Title: Re: Playing surface to sound board question
Post by: dannylang on February 20, 2020, 05:20:50 PM

i normanly use 1/2 inch shorter than my playing surface. thats just my 2 cent worth.
dannylang

Title: Re: Playing surface to sound board question
Post by: dannylang on February 20, 2020, 05:26:54 PM

sorry left something out, 1/4 inch or so lip then 1/8 inch on each side of lip gives you the 1/2 inch that i am talking about.
dannylang

Title: Re: Playing surface to sound board question
Post by: Jbowen on February 20, 2020, 05:47:29 PM

So if my sound board is playing surface is 3” the my sound board would be 2.5??
Thanks for your your help.