| Project by Wayne Precht | posted 884 days ago | 1373 views | 2 times favorited | 13 comments |  |
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I got bored in the shop and decided to make a mallet I’ve been needing for a while. I make a lot of knock down furniture and it seems lame to assemble/disassemble it with a plastic hammer from Sears. So I pulled out some offcuts of Brazilian Cherry and whipped one up. It’s really a lamination of 3 layers, the center layer has 2 large holes filled with lead so the whole thing weighs about 1.5 lbs.
The handle is Ash and wedged in place in a slightly flared mortise. This baby is not coming off. I added leather faces to protect the work piece from being marred. It measures 12” x 5.75”.
-- --- Wayne.
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DonH
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#1 posted 884 days ago
Hi Wayne
Nice hammer and well executed – beats my rubber one for sure!
-- DonH Orleans Ontario
cabmaker
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#2 posted 884 days ago
I like it !
Dennisgrosen
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#3 posted 884 days ago
looking nice
and nothing better than working with home made tools
take care
Dennis
AttainableApex
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#4 posted 884 days ago
i want a dead blow, period.
give me your sears one
-- Ben L
NBeener
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#5 posted 884 days ago
Beautiful tool. Really well executed !
I’ll never look at my orange Harbor Freight dead-blow hammer the same way, again !
-- -- Neil
Lee A. Jesberger
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#6 posted 884 days ago
Hi Wayne;
Very nice.
I made a bunch of these dead blow mallets.
They’re really handy to have around, and do get used a lot.
Lee
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Bob Simmons
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#7 posted 884 days ago
Wayne…well done! Excellent idea for the shop. Especially with KD furniture.
-- Bob Simmons, Las Vegas, NV, http://TheApprenticeandTheJourneyman.com
dfdye
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#8 posted 884 days ago
I LOVE it! Beautiful idea, now I just have to find some time to build one, and then I can eliminate the day-glow orange from my shop!
-- David from Indiana --
SPalm
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#9 posted 884 days ago
Very nice. That is a sweet tool to have around.
Lee Jesberger told us years ago that we should build one, so I did. In his honor. I use it all the time.
You will love it.
Steve
-- -- I'm no rocket surgeon
Joe Lyddon
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#10 posted 883 days ago
That sure is NICE and Simple!
Nice job!
-- Have Fun! Joe Lyddon - Alta Loma, CA USA - Home: http://www.WoodworkStuff.net ... My Small Gallery: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showgallery.php?ppuser=1389&cat=500"
bvdon
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#11 posted 883 days ago
Geez… I just bought a dead blow hammer from Lowes tonight! i want my money back! LOL.
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souichiro
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#12 posted 883 days ago
This is so great, Makes me want to replace my beat up old orange thing. Because THIS I could be proud to beat on things with!
-- Dale, Oregon
Wayne Precht
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#13 posted 879 days ago
Thanks for the kind words guys. A coworker requested one with a different shape head so I am probably going to make a couple of them. Might help defray the cost of the 12” chop saw I bought myself for xmas ;)
-- --- Wayne.
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