Joiner's Mallet

This was my first project. I took a piece of ash firewood out of the pile out at my dad’s (no worries, it was away from the bark). The wood had some value beyond the boardfoot. It came out of the woods on my grandparents’ property. I jointed and planed the firewood to make a block of lumber, then resawed it into about 7/8” thick pieces. The handle is not tapered, but instead glued into the stackup. I put cut a small piece of cherry to insert parallel with the head grain. I tapered the insert with a chisel, rounded it by sanding, and clamped it up with a bit of glue. I finished the mallet with several coats of natural Danish oil.

I liked the way the mallet looked so much that I went back into the woods and cut several large sections from the ash tree that was down (firewood source). These can be seen in the last project picture.

The mallet works as intended and I used it with chisels to adjust several door latchs around the house that were not catching.

Thanks,
Scott

-- Scott, Toledo, OH