Great video, beautiful call! Have you considered trying two different thicknesses on the sound boards or maybe routing three strips on one sound board and two on the other?
I have thought about playing around with thickness. It would be a fun experiment to try out different grooves to see how much of a difference it would make.
Terrific! I don’t understand though… Mine just sounds like two pieces of wood rubbing together… No turkey sound at all, what am I doing wrong? And also, what was that orange stuff you rubbed on it?
You can change the sound by putting more of a radius on the top of the sides where the lid makes contact. You only want a little surface area to make contact. The orange is chalk. You can use any old chalk but a brownish color just blends into the wood better. You only need it where it is making contact. Hope this helps.