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Title: What part do you dislike the most?
Post by: M Sharpe on December 31, 2013, 07:28:44 AM
After the last 2 days of cutting the ends off wingbones, boiling them down and getting them ready to be made into wingbones, I concluded this was the part I hated the most. Turning a lipstop was second! As call makers, what is the part of your call making that you dislike the most? Cutting them out, sanding them, tuning them, finishing......what??? 
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Post by: K on December 31, 2013, 07:51:36 AM
all of the above.. :-\
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Post by: West Augusta on December 31, 2013, 10:04:33 AM
I don't like making pot calls that much. 
I despise making box calls after I broke my thumb cutting a lid.
I unlike most call makers LIKE making strikers.  *lol*
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Post by: B-Ready on December 31, 2013, 12:28:00 PM
Sanding sux!!  >:(
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Post by: merocustomcalls on December 31, 2013, 12:30:38 PM
I hate waiting for stuff to dry, namely glue and most finishes.
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Post by: jmck on December 31, 2013, 02:10:42 PM
No doubt- finish sanding
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Post by: MKW on December 31, 2013, 05:00:02 PM
For me, it's probably drilling the trumpet bodies. I have to drill into each body 7 different times, so it's a lot of bit changing and such. I hate the finishing too, but that's because I'm so picky about getting it perfect.

Mike
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Post by: Gobbler Commander on December 31, 2013, 05:28:43 PM
I like it all or I wouldn't do it .the best part is when I get run that new turkey call worth all the work .
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Post by: fargobox on December 31, 2013, 05:44:22 PM
Given my 'old school' techniques I don't care for the monotony of hogging out the bodies of box calls, but other than that I love all other aspects, especially sanding ;D
Title: Re: What part do you dislike the most?
Post by: M Sharpe on December 31, 2013, 05:44:46 PM
I like it all or I wouldn't do it .the best part is when I get run that new turkey call worth all the work .

We all do it for the end results!! It's the passion of building something that will call in a turkey!!
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Post by: firedup on December 31, 2013, 06:00:40 PM
I am another that really struggles thru with the final sanding.  Too picky I think sometimes. 
Title: Re: What part do you dislike the most?
Post by: M Sharpe on December 31, 2013, 07:04:25 PM
I hate the finishing too, but that's because I'm so picky about getting it perfect.

Mike

You are a perfectionist my friend. Your calls are flawless!!!! Russell took a magnifying glass to his and couldn't find anything..... *lol*
Title: Re: What part do you dislike the most?
Post by: MKW on December 31, 2013, 07:18:30 PM
I hate the finishing too, but that's because I'm so picky about getting it perfect.

Mike

You are a perfectionist my friend. Your calls are flawless!!!! Russell took a magnifying glass to his and couldn't find anything..... *lol*

LOL...that's because I use one when I finish them!

Mike
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Post by: DazzleM12 on December 31, 2013, 08:50:47 PM
Making 1-siders! *cry*
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Post by: strutnrut on January 01, 2014, 06:06:35 AM
What I hate the Most... 
The 40 hours a week I miss building calls.
The top 2 on the list would have to include The Lack of Funds and Pricing.
Without one the other becomes a big problem.   
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Post by: ahornberger22 on January 01, 2014, 09:18:51 AM
Inlaying, drawing out my checkering lines, and sanding the radius on lids
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Post by: TLSelf on January 01, 2014, 10:04:19 AM
Sanding sux!!  >:(

I second that.

Todd
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Post by: Beard Hunter on January 01, 2014, 04:37:05 PM
I like all of it .But there is parts that I do dislike. It is best that I score each call 1 thur 10  10 being the best that i like

 short boxes and long boxes     10 RkLu

 purr and cluck pot                  10 RkLu

 pot calls / glass & slate            9  :)

 scratch boxes                          9  :)

 turning custom strikers         -01 *cry*
Title: Re: What part do you dislike the most?
Post by: BKA on January 01, 2014, 04:58:47 PM
I have to say tuning, I'm tone deaf and have to look for sounds that make my inner ear do things like pop,thump,crack,ect. I'm not a good judge of over all sound in a call and that makes it tough for me, so I have to rely on others to give me honest feedback.
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Post by: mmclain on January 01, 2014, 05:55:24 PM
just getting started and even worse I'm working and someone bothers me to do something else....cuz it was hard to get started in the first place.......... >:(

none of the turning bothers me......

finished a trumpet today.......I'm glad I got off my arse and did it........now I just need to do many more......

happy new year!!!!

matt
Title: Re: What part do you dislike the most?
Post by: callmakerman on January 01, 2014, 06:34:45 PM
Getting myself motivated to start. I have not built a call in 6 months and don't care. Don't know why. Just the way it is. Maybe it will come back.
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Post by: Gitzit69 on January 01, 2014, 07:27:19 PM
Getting myself motivated to start. I have not built a call in 6 months and don't care. Don't know why. Just the way it is. Maybe it will come back.
Same here, maybe it's got something to do with the bass boat I bought last spring?  *wha*
Title: Re: What part do you dislike the most?
Post by: ferocious calls on January 10, 2014, 07:40:05 AM
I like it all. Sanding large batches is a little boring sometimes but, I grin with each one when ready for playing.   ;D
Title: Re: What part do you dislike the most?
Post by: dreis on January 10, 2014, 07:51:15 AM
Definitely turning strikers! But for some reason I still usually send more than one hand turned striker with each call

 *stu*
Title: Re: What part do you dislike the most?
Post by: Old Geezer on January 10, 2014, 11:44:15 AM
Drilling a perfect hole in an ivory mouthpiece!!!!  This exercise has given me a vast collection of drills in all configuations of flutes, points, polish and lengths.

Old Gezzer
Title: Re: What part do you dislike the most?
Post by: M Sharpe on January 10, 2014, 06:16:48 PM
Drilling a perfect hole in an ivory mouthpiece!!!! 

Old Gezzer

That's probably only going to get worst with the rising cost of ivory!!!!
Title: Re: What part do you dislike the most?
Post by: jbuchin3 on January 11, 2014, 12:21:30 PM
Waiting for finish to dry....and trying to keep a dust free finish zone.