| Project by jason | posted 64 days ago | 423 views | 2 times favorited | 8 comments |  |
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Hello again out there in woodland. I needed a nice heavy mallet for a couple new ray iles mortise chisels I aquired. After seeing what was avaliable through the local wood stores I decided I just needed to build my own. I chopped the mortise in this by hand with the chisel you see here. I’ll tell you what I learned, I dont want to chop a whole lot of 3 1/2” deep holes. For the handle I cut the tenon first, then I cut out the rough shape on the bandsaw. For the final shaping I used my trusty #50 wood rasp, then a little sandpaper. To hold the tenon in place I cut a saw kerf along the width of the tenon and drove in a wedge about an inch deep. Works like a charm. I think it looks pretty good. Should make those mortise chisels work a lot faster. thanks for looking.
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Karson
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posted 64 days ago
Great looking mallet. Sorry you didn’t have a mallet to chop the mortises in the mallet.
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posted 64 days ago
Really nice work.
jason
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posted 64 days ago
I did use a mallet, it was just a little one.
Jeremy Hill
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posted 64 days ago
That’s sweet! How big is it? I’m gonna have to make one for myself.
-- Jeremy Hill
threehands
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posted 63 days ago
Very nice work. You should start to make the chisel now. Look at damascus steel
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huff
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posted 63 days ago
Great job on your mallet Looks like it would be very comfortable to use.
-- John @ Myrtle Beach
knapster
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posted 62 days ago
a handy tool that will see plenty of use in the future i’m sure!
-- jk
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posted 59 days ago
that’s a nice mallet
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