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Lay the reed, which should be about 2" long and 1/2" wide (if you cut it down the center) on your call making "board" as we will call it. Now, take another small piece of tape and place it on the other short end of the latex reed. Does he have a website? Dying ain't much of a livin. Topic: Lil Jiggy (Read 2579 times). In this method of call making, you can actually cut the material in half lengthwise if you want to save material. I finally gave making my own mouth calls a try. 12 posts • Page 1 of 1. Be careful when cutting the reeds. • Thicker latex generally makes for lower pitches in a calls with thicker latex generally are harder to "blow". Lil jiggy turkey call building jigsaw. Anything that is unclear, we can discuss and clarify. Long, but hopefully anybody that is interested can wade through it.
Take one of your frames and bend it at the middle (at the notches) so that you are bending the adhesive-taped side of the "horseshoes" towards each other. After doing quite a bit of research on diaphragm call presses and jigs, I decided to just make my own.... 004 thickness or less, down to "proph" which is generally considered to be around. Loosen one of the scotch-taped ends of the latex, which should be outside of the frame on either end, and flip the frame over so that you can tap the other side of the frame flat. Lil jiggy turkey call building jim.fr. • Cutting makes for raspier and deeper sounds in a call. The most often mentioned supplier is Pioneer, but there are others as well.
You will need scotch tape, a hammer, and a sharp pair of scissors. Taping: Choose the color of tape that you would like the finished call to have. Fold the frame down tight onto the reeds, being careful to keep the reed spacing even and with the front edge of the longest reed up against or very near the frame fold. The next step is to trim the tape around the call in the size and shape that you like. I have put together these written instructions on how to make calls without a press or jig. Here are a couple angles of the finished product..... I use a pill bottle lid as a template but there are lots of ways you can cut the tape to your liking. I will try to add some pictures/video when I have time. If that happens, the best thing to do is to take a piece of slick paper (I just use the tape backing off of a used tape), cut it in a triangle shape just wide enough to put between the frame and reeds when inserting the frame, and then pull the paper out once the frame and reed material are positioned in place properly. Lil jiggy turkey call building jig for sale online. Tips: • Try different latex thicknesses, and in different layers in your calls. These are Pioneer products). Next, fold the small tab end of the frame up over the top of the frame and tap this down flat against the call.
I would advise you to start conservatively with your cuts to see what kinds of sounds you are creating with each cut you add to the call. Personally, the kids frames are too small for me, the medium frames a little too big, and the small frames just about right. I'm going to try to get a video a week with working on my property, drone footage, hunting, fishing and just outdoor related stuff. Now pull the other half of the tape backing off. This is a displacement gauge, you can buy them with various mounting options, but this one had a mounting configuration as i mounted it to the side of my block.... Most calls have one to three layers of latex of different thicknesses, and are staggered with different spacing along the layered edges of the call. You are now ready for setting the tape on your call. The next thing i did was get some 3/8 rod, and cut myself some tracking is what keeps the jig aligned while moving in and i measured my holes and drilled them out, and glued my rod in the moving block. Start with shallow cuts and deepen them as you go, if needed, making sure to try the call between cuts to see how it sounds. • Thinner latex and tight stretching generally makes for higher pitches in a call.
Take your scissors and cut off all of the reed materials outside of the frame. Regardless, this method is a starting point for anybody that wants to start making their own mouth calls without investing in an expensive press. Generally, you will want to put very little stretch in the reed and then tape the end of the reed down flat to your board, being careful to try to get the latex flat with no (or minimal) wrinkling. All other factors are the same.
Reed Material: If you are not familiar with the different materials available, this can be confusing for a new call builder. Now you can see how i mounted the bar stock to ride the moving block and move the displacement gauge accordingly.... As a starting point, you might make a single angled cut in the top reed at the center of the try it again. As for the actual process, you can build calls without any kind of jig or press very easily, and once you get the hang of it, you will be able to very consistently put together calls that consistently sound great. There are a variety of frame sizes, tape colors, and reed-material thicknesses and colors, so you can get just about anything you Hunter wrote: ↑ March 13th, 2019, 2:00 pm So if a fella wanted to try his hand at building diaphragm calls, which jig, latex, frames, etc would you recommend purchasing to learn on? On the other hand, one of the strengths of this method is that you have more flexibility in stretching the individual reeds. Generally speaking, the thinner the latex used in the call construction, the easier a call is to use for most mouth call users. Of course, you can always order a jig or press, but some are pretty expensive,.. again, for a guy just wanting to build calls for himself and maybe some friends, they are unnecessary. If you guys dont mind, check out some of my other videos on my you tube channel and subscribe. • call making surface.... a flat, smooth, sanitary surface that scotch tape will stick to. You can build your calls on any surface that you can keep sanitary and that the scotch tape will stick to.
I greatly appreciate all the help I have gotten from guys on this forum,, and want to give back some way..... i hope this helps. You can put the edges close together or far apart. Reed material usage: The latex you order will come in 1"X2" pieces (approx. For anybody that decides they want to participate in this exercise, get the stuff above and then we can get into the call-making process.... I then painted it, just for looks, and mounted my gauge, and my toggle clamps..... i cut down some aluminum angle and mounted it to the toggle then cut receiving grooves into the blocks for the clamps to seat the latex in. • Stagger the reeds at different distances apart to see what that does to the sound. The rounded edges of some calls, like cutters, "batwing" cuts, and "ghost" cuts can be achieved by grasping and stretching the area of the reed to be rounded and then cutting the reed off while stretching it. For those not wanting to invest in a press or jig, just substitute taping the reeds down for stretching the reeds the way the links indicate. It should be something you can keep clean and to which the scotch tape will stick. The color is added in the batch of latex when made, and the qualities of the batch can impact the sound qualities of the latex. The distance between the edge of the first reed and the second is entirely up to you. You can easily get enough material (frames, tapes, reed material) to build 100 calls for under $100. However, you will have to do this on either side of the center of the reed because if you tape it in the center, it will be in the way of the frame (you will understand this once you start assembling your calls). The tape will have a center cut-out that matches the center reed section of the call.
Pushpin Turkey Call Blog. • Try stretching the reeds at different tensions. This is usually best accomplished by starting at the front edge of the frame and gradually folding the tape over the frame from front to back (you'll get the hang of this soon enough). I then took and drilled a 3/8 hole all the way through the moving block, this is for my 3/8 all-thread that will be used to crank things apart, this is also on the moving block side of the operation.... Generally, the edge of the second reed is staggered below the first reed of a call. Depth of the cuts is up to you. Login with username, password and session length. The adhesive sides of the horseshoes will be coming together with the reeds between. Here is what its all retching that latex. You will find after making a number of calls, that you can control the reed stretching process well enough by "feel" to give you confidence in the calls you make. I'm not wanting to get into call making for others, just for personal use. Pull on the tape and reed and stretch the reed very slightly (the stretch can vary as much as you like, but remember, the tighter you stretch the latex, the higher the pitch of the call will be).
You can make excellent calls using this method, but it is not as precise as press/jig call making. Put the tab end of the frame down on your board and slide the tab end under the layers of the latex reeds, and between the taped ends, so that the staggered ends of the reeds will be toward the front, open edge of the frame when the two sides of the "horseshoe" are folded together. Note: You may find that the adhesive sticks to the latex when inserting the frame. Tape: There are multiple colors available. Once again, tape both edges of the reed down over the first reed, with whatever stretch and spacing you think you want to try. In other words, some colors of latex in a specific thickness just seem to make better sounding calls for some reason, obably due to minute differences in the latex sheet properties.
You can put the latex in whatever order and numbers you wish. Now, take the mallet or hammer and tap the horseshoe frame flat along its edges to seal the adhesive to the reeds. Always begin by cutting only the top/longest reed of the call. Then i took my other block and cut a 3/4 notch out of it, this is what my peice of 3/4 bar stock mounts on. On one end of the frame, there is a small tab that sticks out. Add another center cut to create a V-cut call, one of the most popular types of cuts used for mouth calls. On thinner latex, you can just grasp the tab-end and pop it off with a quick jerk.
I prefer an assortment of colors so I can color-code my call designs. The one weakness of this system is that you cannot control the stretch of the reeds as well as you can with a press/jig.