Re: Making a Goose Call?
I dabbled in it for a few years actually. I had my mini lathe, mandrel for 5/8'' hole, and all the tools. I was using and finishing acrylic, ABS Piping material(easy plastic), and petrified oak(hard on the tools!).
I've made a few and just used Knight and Hale guts in them. There's a bit of a procedure, but its pretty simple. Just the design you want is the most difficult thing. Wood is readily available from any specialty shop. Cocobolo was my favorite for my duck calls.
I quickly found out that it was harder to design then actually do the work. I couldn't find a unique design.
Still have all my stuff. Might get back into it one day. For now, its "on the back burner". One thing I was looking into was "fortifying wood". You can place a piece in a vaccuum chamber with acyrylic resin and impregnate the wood. Makes a bullet proof call, but keeps the beauty of the wood you are using. Variations with different color Resins make some pretty cool designs in porous wood.
That custom call forums offers some great advice!