More Mallets

I haven’t made one of these since I was at school 200 years ago. Nice job Mjlauro.

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Mighty fine pair of nutcrackers you’ve got there. Nice job.

always,
J.C.

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Nice ones! I really like the zebra wood one myself, but that cocobolo one isn’t bad either ;)

-- "Give me your poor tools, your tired steel, your huddled masses of rust." Yep, I ripped off the Statue of Liberty. That's how I roll!

I’ve always wondered. What makes a good mallet, big and heavy or small and knimble. I want to make one or more but I find that when I’m using the chisel its a small pairing action and I wouldn’t need a 5lb mallet, I currently use a block of wood in my hand. No handle, but just because that was handy. It’s a piece of osage orange about 3” long and 3” across. Round with flat ends. It was a gavel cutoff.

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That’s a couple of the most fanciest mallets I have ever seen, nice work.

-- I can build us one.

Beautiful. I do have a question though, What is the angle on the faces? I am looking to build one or two dozen….lol. Thanks

-- Adrian ..... The 11th Commandment...."Thou Shalt Not Buy A Wobble Dado"

Good looking mallets – hard to beat that cocobolo, it’s beautiful.

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Nice mallets.

-- Maplewood, MN

Laztfiremanintn, The striking face is angled at approx. 5 degrees. I made the cut on a table saw, but a mitre saw would work well also. another thing to consider when making yours is to chamfer all the edges. I didn’t do it with these but apparently is helps with checking.

I would like to try my skills at making one of those. I have a hunk of Lignum Vitae hiding somewhere…

-- --Chuck

Thanks, I appreciate you taking the time to let me know.

-- Adrian ..... The 11th Commandment...."Thou Shalt Not Buy A Wobble Dado"

Such a gorgeous hand-made tool is a joy to use. Beautiful.

Hey Lazyfireman and Mjlauro: I read somewhere that if you lay your mallet on the bench with its face flat, the tip (bottom end) of the handle should just touch the bench. That determines the angle of the face. The shorter the swing the more extreme the angle. I used this principle on my mallet and it works great.

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