Many times in the past, I have purchased a $15 mouth call promoted by a world class turkey caller only to find that I can’t blow it like the pros do. I’ve also been in another boat where I found that perfect mouth call, only for it to be discontinued the next year. When I did find the calls I needed, I would typically buy 3 of them which would run a total of $30-$48 per year. I got fed up with this and said never again. I decided it was time to build them myself. I scoured the internet to find a jig to meet my needs. What I found left me even further disappointed. The only jigs I could find were extremely expensive (for such a simple task of stretching latex), or very basic with minimal functionality. With that disappointment, I went to my garage, armed with a DeWalt table saw. Over the next few hours, I crafted a crude, yet extremely functional jig. The jig performed what I needed it to do, and that year, I paid it off with the savings of making my own mouth calls.

I discovered 3D printing by chance and purchased my first printer to make basic items for repairs around the house. It didn’t take long to realize the powers of additive manufacturing. While trying to think of items to make, I remembered that old jig that I used every spring and decided to make a cleaner version of it. A few weeks and many versions later, I came up with a functional and easily manufacturable mouth call jig. I was very proud of the result as it was exactly what I needed it to be. I then thought back to my personal struggles of buying mouth calls that did not live up to the hype and searching for that perfect mouth call that was no longer available. I realized that there has to be others out there experiencing these same issues. That's when I knew it was time to make this jig available to the public. It crossed all the boxes. It was durable, functional, accurate, easy to build, and most importantly, readily available at a fair price.