Gonna give the reelsfoot a try

[Levi @ Wingtamer Outdoors]

Been wantn to try makn a reelsfoot for awhile. Decided tonight that I was gonna try and make a rough jig out of stainless. So we will see how it goes. Thanks to Henry H for the toneboard layout worksheet and everyone's tutorials. Ill post progress and I'm sure lots of questions.

Thanks
Levi

[Henry H]

Good luck!  There are much better resources here than me, but I'll certainly help however I can!

[FDR]

I made the jig I use daily out of aluminum. I use a 3/4 inch through hole with a 1 inch counterbore to clear the wedge area on the insert. Cut away about 1/3 of the through hole and start there with your first tone board. Cut the jig down a little at a time, toward center, until you get the sound you are looking for. Then make a steel jig and heat treat it if you plan to saw out your tone boards. This is a picture of my steel jig.  The screws hold the tone board blank in place and can be used to center the tone board in the jig.



Fred

[Levi @ Wingtamer Outdoors]

FDR thanks for the input on the toneboard. Dont have any reelsfoot calls so im going at this pretty blind. I wanna do this bc of of the tradition and history. Was just going with stainless bc that's all I had at work last nite to deal with in square stock. Figured if I got a good jig then I'd heat treat and wire edm it out.

Thanks Levi