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Worn Guts Assembly
Once you receive
your "Worn In" guts:
My guts are set up for light sanding for a 5/8 (.625) inside diameter.
Try to fit
into your call. Push hard - sometimes they feel tight, but then just
work their way in. Whenever I am installing guts into a call I am not
even worried about where everything is I just force them into the call
to see how tight they are, then I take them back out and go from there.
If they get stuck in your call - you can push the wedge with a pin or
screwdriver - be careful not to damage the reed and I'm not responsible
for damaged hands, limbs or missing eyes. lol - seriously, be careful.
Picture
shows gap in front of the reed, make this gap as little as possible -
without the reed sticking on anything as it dips down into the toneboard
channel. You can hold the reed down in the channel while pushing the
guts into the call. Don't fit real tight yet until you wiggle and
position the toneboard until the reed moves freely up and down without
sticking anywhere on the sides as it dips down. Once the gap is little
to nothing and the reed doesn't stick on the sides - proceed to locking
the guts into the insert. Note: there is no need to file on any
edges of the reed at all - they work great and the fit around the radius
on the reed is perfect. I personally file nothing, and that was the goal
with these worn guts.
Always try
and force the guts into the call without sanding first. Sometimes the
toneboard will collapse in a little and a force fit (even if it's real
tight and won't go in all the way) will push the sides back out and the
guts will go ahead and loosen up just a little. Once you have forced it
in. If it needs to be be sanded, sand the wedge on a flat surface - just
push it down flat and shift back and forth on the sandpaper.
Picture
shows approximate reed that will be left behind the wedge, then push the
guts into the insert. Adjust position as needed, per your air flow.
I like
tight fitting guts, so I use screwdriver type tool to push the wedge out
of the call to remove the guts.
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