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Offline Aaron at Wingerts Woodworks

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padauk call
« on: October 11, 2009, 01:11:06 AM »
Here's a padauk duck call I made tonight.  I got a nice piece of 8/4 padauk at the lumberyard last week and it has one edge with some sapwood on it.  I thought that was a cool feature, and I like the black line between the heartwood and the sapwood.  The band is aluminum...Would've looked cool with copper.  The call was sanded to 800 and buffed on the Beall buffer, then friction polished with Mylands.  I'm still getting the hang of making inserts and tuning my own calls, and this one sounds great. 

Anyone have any finishes for padauk that they recommend?  I tried spar varnish on it once on a TV tray I built....Once!  It didn't dry and ruined the project. 



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Re: padauk call
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2009, 08:02:27 AM »
That is a cool looking call ya got there.
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Re: padauk call
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2009, 09:16:59 AM »
NICE, I would agree the sapwood is sweet :bigup: :bigup:  Whn possible I make sure to throw some in my turkey pots and barrels

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Re: padauk call
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2009, 09:20:22 AM »
Hi, i like that call,, perfect :bigup:  Carl
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Re: padauk call
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2009, 09:43:31 AM »
that sapwood is a good find, great for character.  i've always used penetrating oils and friction polish on my paduak, but i'm gonna try ca glue on my next one.  i think it'll fill those pits in the grain nicely.
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Re: padauk call
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2009, 03:34:06 PM »
Nice job there KC......I have a Padauk trumpet on the finishing rack waiting on a mouth piece....I used waterlox on it and it looks really good.....the problem is that the open grain takes more coats than other woods to fill em up....I let the first coat cure and then when I applied the second coat I sanded it in with 600 grit....The slurry helped to fill the holes....I left it kind of lumpy instead of wiping the slurry off.....After it cured I sanded it down smooth and added 3 more coats....Still could use some coats but it looks very nice.

I know you got some waterlox :rofl:

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Re: padauk call
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2009, 07:21:23 PM »
Sweet!!!!! I like the Sap wood mix!! :bigup:
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Re: padauk call
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2009, 08:34:39 PM »
On oil woods I've been sanding with 1000 grit, turning my lathe wide open and hitting it with very fine steel wool.  Then I take regular carnuba wax and apply a coat, leave it spinning, buff it off.  And repeat 3 or 4 times.

Oh yeah, really like the call too.
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Re: padauk call
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2009, 08:34:52 PM »
Very nice, love the sapwood.
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Re: padauk call
« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2009, 09:08:23 PM »
Sharp call! :bigup:

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Re: padauk call
« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2009, 10:20:13 PM »


I really like the sapwood in the call. :bigup: :bigup:   The call has great eye appeal!

I don't think that I've done a padauk call, and I don't know of any recommended finished for it.


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Re: padauk call
« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2009, 11:12:43 PM »
Quote from: haddenhailers on October 11, 2009, 08:34:39 PM
On oil woods I've been sanding with 1000 grit, turning my lathe wide open and hitting it with very fine steel wool.  Then I take regular carnuba wax and apply a coat, leave it spinning, buff it off.  And repeat 3 or 4 times.

That's pretty much what I do, except I usually stop sanding around 800 and let the Beall buffer do the rest of the work.  The third step with the Beall is pure carnuba wax, and I do at least three coats.  On the Beall system the whole process takes maybe 4 minutes.  Best thing since sliced bread!!!
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Re: padauk call
« Reply #12 on: October 14, 2009, 01:22:21 AM »
The first call got lonely so I made it a twin brother.  Little different barrel shape (by accident), but I made a copper band for it and I like the way the band turned out.  Made it from a 1" copper fitting and a little work with the file, then sanding.

My wife prefers the aluminum.  I think I like the copper on this call better. 
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Re: padauk call
« Reply #13 on: October 14, 2009, 08:17:51 AM »
I like them both!!! If yall cant agree I dont mind taking them both off your hands. :2up:
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Re: padauk call
« Reply #14 on: October 15, 2009, 06:51:53 AM »
Really nice lookin calls!!Doesn't matter at all if the other barrel is bit different!!would work for me!! :2up:
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