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My Cabinet Maker's Mallet

Blog series by sIKE updated 227 days ago 3 parts 467 reads 13 comments total

Part 1: Stock Prep

233 days ago by sIKE | 5 comments »

I have restarted working on my Cabinet as shown in an eairler project I have already made two of these and this one is for me. The Maple and the Walnut have been planed down to the 3/16” thickness, the mahogany is still a bit on the thick side and needs to be run through a couple of more times to get it just right, then it will be time to cut it to length then start the lamination The handle has been roughed out and I am going to do a bit more shapine in the middle to have it ...

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Part 2: The first two glue ups and finished shaping the handle

228 days ago by sIKE | 4 comments »

I made some good progress today working on the mallet. I got the first glue up done and the dado for the handle ran through.After the dado was cut in, I then proceeded to the second glue up.Between the glue ups I started working on the handle again. I used the handle last night to test my new Auriou rasp for the 29ths reviewathon. It did a great job, though learning how to use the rasp I did leave some deep teeth marks in the handle. So out came my 3M 80 grit sandpaper, and I spent the better...

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Part 3: The final glue up

227 days ago by sIKE | 4 comments »

Well didn’t get as much done as I had hoped. I did get the 1 1/2 inch threaded rods epoxied in.I then finished up the last two layers of the lamination and got the layout for shaping the mallets head done.For fun I slipped the head through the mortise just to get an idea of the final product.

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