Mallet

Don that is a very nice mallet. I really like the color of the Red ironbark. It looks like it is a very dense wood. Is it easy to turn?

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

Looks very nice! I thought it was purpleheart at first. The handle doesn’t look like any pine I have ever seen.
Nice fine grain, without the dark growth rings. Nice!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Quote Max: ”Is it easy to turn?”

Yes, with sharp chisels.

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I really like your mallet. How did you join the two pieces of wood?

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Another beautiful job Don.
I wouldn,t want to get wacked in the head with it. lol

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Quote WayneC: ”How did you join the two pieces of wood?”

The handle tenon is smaller than it first appears; about the diameter of the narrowest part of the handle. Because the Huon Pine is very light, I didn’t want to hollow out the heavy Iron Bark head and fill it with the light handle tenon. I drilled the handle hole in the head whilst it was mounted in the chuck to the exact depth of the tenon so that the shaft would fit into the head snugly, but without needing to be forced in. I then cut a vertical curf in the tenon with a hand saw. I inserted a wedge half way into the curf so that it also protruded half way out beyond the end of the tenon. When I drove the handle into the mallet’s head, this forced the wedge further into the curf expanding the split tenon as I did so. I think that it’s wedged in there impermanently; I certainly can’t dislodge it, or turn it no matter how hard I try. (No glue.)

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/

Niced mallet Don. What’s the square diam of the head. It looks about 3 inches.

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Very nice Don.

Your horticultural knowledge of trees seems extensive. Something I’m always working on. Have you found it to be helpful when choosing wood for it’s material properties. ie: like species having similar properties?

Nice use of a fox wedge tenon in the handle.

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Quote Karson: ”What’s the square diam of the head. It looks about 3 inches.”

Good eye, Karson; 2 7/8”

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/

Quote Bob Babcock: ”Nice use of a fox wedge tenon in the handle.”

I learn something every day. I thought that I had invented this wedge idea, I have never seen it done, nor read of it previously. I certainly didn’t know it already had a name – I was thinking ”Canuckdon wedge tenon”. LOL

As for my knowledge of wood species, Google is my friend!

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/

Really a beautiful mallet Don. I’ve been bidding on some lignum vitae bowling pins that I was hoping to turn into a hand tool mallet. Yours is very nice!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Don – That’s exactly how I used a wedge to install the heads on the mallets I made. You explained it a lot better though!

I didn’t know what it was called either.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

as is everything you put your hand to, Don, it’s a beautiful work.

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Don – An absolutely beautiful mallet! I learned a lot reading your entry and dialog with fellow LJ’s. I love the wood you get to work with in your neck of the woods!

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Don, looks like that mallet would sure get a monkey’s attention -:) Nice work.

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Hi Don,

Great mallet. Absolutely beautiful.

Gives a whole new meaning to ” you nod your head, and I’ll whack it”.

Lee

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Don;

Your version could be called Canuckdon wedgie! LOL

Lee

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I like that! What a hoot!

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/

I like the looks of that mallet, Don. Huon Pine, I sure would like to get a piece of that. I hear that it has a pleasant smell when cut and the grain is very tight. Thanks for sharing!

-- " All Things At First Appear Difficult"

It’s a beautiful wood to work, Roger, and when doing so, the fragrance is delightful!

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/

Beautiful mallet Don, I’d like to get my hands on it, & see what kind of noise I could make with it. LOL

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