Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: sumac  (Read 1647 times)

woodenhead

  • Guest
sumac
« on: March 29, 2010, 12:28:52 PM »
Has enyone ever turned sumac before? Not the poison kind.
Logged

Offline VECtor Calls

  • Global Mentor & Moderator
  • New Forum Member
  • *
  • Posts: 11265
  • Location: Whitetail Country
  • VECtor Custom Calls
    • VECtor Custom Calls
Re: sumac
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2010, 01:22:19 PM »
Makes one HECK of a turkey call striker!

Parker
Logged
Pass on the tradition. A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

VECtor Custom Calls
Deer Grunt Calls Turkey Calls and Other Custom Game Calls

woodenhead

  • Guest
Re: sumac
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2010, 02:24:22 PM »
given the density of the wood does the striker need to me a little heavier. I was thinking of making a duck call out of it, but I wanted to get a little input from someone who may have attempted it before.
Logged

Offline VECtor Calls

  • Global Mentor & Moderator
  • New Forum Member
  • *
  • Posts: 11265
  • Location: Whitetail Country
  • VECtor Custom Calls
    • VECtor Custom Calls
Re: sumac
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2010, 03:14:05 PM »
I like dense woods for duck calls, so I wouldn't make a duck call out of it. 

As for a striker, it kind of has a 'sponge' type grip to it on the calling surface.  I make my head, and my shaft just a little bit larger than normal, yes. 

My strikers in general are pretty thin though, so it may be fairly normal sized for others.

Parker
Logged
Pass on the tradition. A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

VECtor Custom Calls
Deer Grunt Calls Turkey Calls and Other Custom Game Calls

Offline Jon Kennedy Custom Calls

  • CCM
  • New Forum Member
  • *
  • Posts: 383
  • Location: Spicer, Minnesota
Re: sumac
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2010, 05:06:21 PM »
I have turned many call's out of Sumac! if you look on my last post (Few New Calls) right above you're last post, the call second from the left is Sumac with maple tip's! the problem with Sumac it rot's from the inside out so you end up with a spot in the middle of you're wood that has very soft spot that is about imposable to make a tone board out of it by the time you drill you're 1/4" hole in it. Making the barrels is not a problem cause the rotten part is smaller than the 5/8" hole you drill in the barrel. I have tried wood hardeners with vacuum and many others trying to make the tone boards come out with the soft core! I would like to try to sleeve the tone board with a piece of 1/2" Delrin then drill the 1/4" hole!! this is neat wood to work with, Don't give up!!!

Jon 
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up