I made a one piece striker for a friend last night at his request out of cocobolo. It's about 7.5 inches in length and the dowel part is right at 5/16".  Its my first flared tip striker to make, and my problem is, I cant get it to purr nor can i get the sound to be consistent across the slate.  Only thing I can think of off hand is the tip is sanded with 320 grit.  Any ideas?

 I tried to post a pic of it on here from my phone but it keeps telling me it's too big.

Can someone tell me for sure how to differentiate between a P1;P2; or a P3 Jig?

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

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!

Here is what i use.  I use a forstner bit to drill a hole just larger than the smalle (Pinch?) jaws for the chuck and expand them inside the hole.  I then turn the outside of the pot.  After im satisfied with it, i switch to the large jaws that come with the below and turn the inside.  After turning the inside if i need to flip it over and touch up the back or when i sand it, i can grab the pot from the inside with the rubber mounts on the jaws.  I usually turn the outside of a few before switching the jaws over.

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