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Old school hooter
« on: November 23, 2009, 08:04:16 PM »
This was a fun little call to make, it is antique American chestnut, with a walnut mouthpiece, I used my little torch on the ends and around the hole for a little character, after I torched one end, it looked like a head on view of a turkey, there was a  knot that looked like the body even has a beard, and the grain looked like tail feathers, pretty cool! Dave

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Re: Old school hooter
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2009, 10:47:03 PM »
Very nice  :bigup: :bigup:
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Re: Old school hooter
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2009, 12:16:58 AM »
OH YEAH!  I've seen very few of these made custom!  I have not had a chance to make my own yet, but I sure am looking forward to it!

Why the long mouth piece?  Something there I don't know about? 

I've always been confused about how you mount the mouth piece.  I've never actually held a custom one.

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Re: Old school hooter
« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2009, 09:24:45 AM »
Parker, The mouth piece is longer than usual for a couple of reasons. I tapered it from each end with some restriction in the middle, thinking it should increase the velocity of the air crossing the hole of the resonant cavity,increasing the fundamental amplitude (acoustic intensity) of the instrument, also effectively reducing the amount of air required to operate it. Other factors of course are the bore diameter, length, and size of the hole, all of which dictate the tone and volume of the call.
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Re: Old school hooter
« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2009, 01:48:47 PM »
 :bow:  Simply awesome!   :punk:

When I FINALLY get time to make one of these some day, I sure hope you're up for some brain picking!   :up1:

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Re: Old school hooter
« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2009, 10:54:44 PM »
Parker, When you FINALLY get time to try one, let me know and if I am not too old and senile by then (Me fears it approaches way too rapidly,,)I will be happy to help!  :tt2: :up1:
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Re: Old school hooter
« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2009, 12:11:41 AM »
 :up1:  Good deal!  I'll be sure to hit you up about it then!  I just got done sending you a PM begging for help when the time comes!   :rofl:

Those hooters work GREAT around here for locating birds in the wee hours of the morning. 

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Re: Old school hooter
« Reply #7 on: November 27, 2009, 01:06:55 AM »
 :up1:  Blackfalcon, you are really firing me up about this!  I've gone back and found all of my old notes from 2003 about making one of these.  I guess since I've got the tools now to do it, and the know-how on how to use the tools from Marvin, its probably time to get it done!

I used to be a creative little cuss I guess.   :rofl:  My old notes are a LOT more intricate than what I keep now.

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Re: Old school hooter
« Reply #8 on: November 27, 2009, 03:44:58 PM »
Well,, let's see what you come up with!! I don't know that they will be a money maker, but they are kind of fun to make for a change of pace, just don't burn out your lathe drilling them out!!
I've got some to post if it ever stop's raining here,,,of course, now I will have to make matching crow calls,lol  :wacko:
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Re: Old school hooter
« Reply #9 on: November 27, 2009, 04:24:04 PM »
I've got a full-size lathe to do the drilling on if I need to.  That's probably a good idea to just head there to begin with. 

I'm in it for the harvests anyways.  As long as I can come out even, I'll be happy.  There's a lot of local guys here that run Poor Valley's turkey calls.  If I can get them to carry a crow call or owl call of mine, we can one-two punch them thunder chickens all spring!   :bigup:

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Re: Old school hooter
« Reply #10 on: November 27, 2009, 06:28:00 PM »
Keep talking and I will have to fall into this pit and see what is down there!

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Re: Old school hooter
« Reply #11 on: November 27, 2009, 07:38:52 PM »
 :up1:  I hope we suck you in Marvin!   :up1:  I'd like to see some other folks jump in too!  (I hope Blackfalcon doesn't mind me saying that!)

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Re: Old school hooter
« Reply #12 on: November 27, 2009, 08:27:23 PM »
OK, time for me to jump in with a question. Parker, you say you want to drill a hole 1 1/2" in diameter. Does it really have to be that large? Could it be, say 1" or 1 1/4" instead? Where did you come up with the magic number of 1 1/2" diameter for the bore?  Also, why 4" long? Why not 3 or 3 1/2"? I have never even seen one of these before this post and so just asking questions.
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Re: Old school hooter
« Reply #13 on: November 27, 2009, 08:30:06 PM »
Quote from: Braz on November 27, 2009, 08:27:23 PM
OK, time for me to jump in with a question. Parker, you say you want to drill a hole 1 1/2" in diameter. Does it really have to be that large? Could it be, say 1" or 1 1/4" instead? Where did you come up with the magic number of 1 1/2" diameter for the bore?  Also, why 4" long? Why not 3 or 3 1/2"? I have never even seen one of these before this post and so just asking questions.

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Re: Old school hooter
« Reply #14 on: November 27, 2009, 08:30:38 PM »
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