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Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: ducksdoom12 on December 21, 2008, 07:00:56 PM

Title: just a few x-mas presents ive made
Post by: ducksdoom12 on December 21, 2008, 07:00:56 PM: so for christmas i am making some duck call tree ordaments to give to my grandparents and what not and figured i would share cuz they turned out so well, keep in mind i havent cut off the excess wood yet.
(by the way none of these are for u elliott so dont get excited)
Title: Re: just a few x-mas presents ive made
Post by: wf70gonehunting on December 21, 2008, 07:05:45 PM: Vary nice work! ;)
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Post by: road.kill on December 21, 2008, 07:48:39 PM: awesome! i wish i had done something cool like that in my woodshop classes
Title: Re: just a few x-mas presents ive made
Post by: ducksdoom12 on December 21, 2008, 07:57:56 PM: :chuckle:im not in woodshop anymore, graduated 2 years ago i just used my leth that i have. lol i was too busy making the most elaberate desk/night stand i could design in woodshop, :chuckle:
Title: Re: just a few x-mas presents ive made
Post by: road.kill on December 21, 2008, 08:05:30 PM: i graduated a few years back as well. thats cool you have a lathe to do that sort of stuff on. Shoot in my woodshop class i made some sweet cribbage boards, chess boards, boxes and all sorts of stuff, i got really good at going to the donut shop during class as well :P
Title: Re: just a few x-mas presents ive made
Post by: General Disarray on December 22, 2008, 08:29:13 AM: We actually bought a chunk of Cocabola to try and turn duck calls with way back in 1991. Turning them was easy, it was trying to build the jig to drill them out that was tough. Ended up with some cool key chains...
Title: Re: just a few x-mas presents ive made
Post by: ducksdoom12 on December 22, 2008, 07:19:27 PM: drilling out the barrell is easyer then turning it, you just use the drill press before you start turning then mount it on a mandrel. the tone board is the hard part