Would like to see a better picture of thatRed smoked acrylic soundboard.
I agree. Because many woods like to splinter around drill bits, I normally drill any holes before I do the final pass through the planer or sander. That cleans up lots of bit damage. I also may drill a very small pilot hole and then drill the final hole from both sides since I know exactly where the point of the drill is going.Great looking call. I have some American chestnut I purchased here a few months ago but haven’t made a call with it yet.
On a side note, try drilling the sound holes before you turn the pot...Work’s really well for me.
Awesome call. I have some American chestnut from a tree that grew and died on my own property. I milled it and had it made into a hoosier cabinet, dining room table, two blanket chests (one for each of my sons) and a coffee table that I built, along with a handful of picture frames for my wildlife photographs, but I still have a few precious scraps and would love to build some pot calls with it (I've previously done a few box calls in chestnut, but not the wood from my place). Really nice finish on yours, what is it, may I ask?