[Quote]Are you going to make a Post of how to make a Call?
Yes – I had to change Internet Providers and my picture hosting sight is new – I need to totally re-do that post. So I aksed HNI to unpin it.

I made one once out of a Fall Hen. Just use the Little Bone, at that time I didn't kow the trick of making the 3 Piece style. I Boiled it in water like you said. My biggest problem was getting out that Greasy Bone Marrow(yuck) when I would suck on it....LoL I don't think I had any Pipe Cleaners. Is that what you both use? Also is their a better way of Cleaning out the Middle of those Bones

Yes is what I use and for the middle bone (Ulna) I found a coffee pot stem cleaner brush at a hardware store. Now once I boil and try to take off as much meat – have cut knuckle ends off I soak to start with in hot water and Sodium Carbonate (Van-Dykes is a source). One could use borax. I then will go to the sink and with a grease-cutting dish soap clean out marrow the best I can. If it is still greasy I keep trying. I then soak in a 3% Hydrogen peroxide straight out of the bottle a day or two. This also helps cut grease and whitens the bone – DO NOT USE BLEACH! Bleach will cause the bone to flake - powder



My questions would be how to Glue the Joints together and what kind of Glue do you use?

I use Devon 5 minute two tube mix clear epoxy. To fit bones I use both a Dremel tool with a conical grinding bit and use a table top belt sander to shave the outside of the bones so the fit into each other. Now some don’t like epoxy glue as they say the chemical reaction generates to much heat and cracks the bones. My call are dry fitted snuggly – NOT FORCE FITTED. If you need to force one bone into the other trim more off.
Another way of securing one bone to another is thread wrap.

Oh, and how do you get a higher Pitch out of a Tom's Wing Bone?

I actually glue the mouthpiece shut and redrill the opening till I get the pitch I like. This will change tone a bit – but again the smaller the mouthpiece diameter – the higher the pitch. The shorter you keep the over all call in length also affects tone.


How Long does it take for a Wing Bone to dry?
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A few days I let them air dry after my process
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Can you Dry them in a Microwave?

No and I would not do this

JW