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Cabinet Maker's Mallet

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maple walnut mallet shaping

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Made two of these as Christmas gifts. The heads are made from hard maple and dark walnut and the handle is made from hard maple all finished up with tung oil. The plans are from a recent issue of ShopNotes. This was a very fun project to make and I have a thrid in progress for myself with some Mahogany added to the mix. There are three pieces of 1/2” threaded rod imbedded into the head to add heft. The handle is shaped to the hand of the owner.

Now for the shop accident:

I got my finger boogered up while resawing the maple on the TS. Was using a push stick, zero clearnce insert, and was standing to the side. The board pinched and was sent flying back and up. I had on a thick lined flannel shirt on. My arm was curved and the board raked accross my index finer and hit me hard in the chest. Like a 6’6” 240 lbs guy hit me full on in the chest. I promptly stopped and made a thin ripping jig and no longer cut with the thin piece up against the fence. Lesson learned.

-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"


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GaryK

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posted 231 days ago

Great looking mallet. I really like the head.

Careful, careful!

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

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mjlauro

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posted 231 days ago

very cool lookin’ mallets

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CharlieM1958

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posted 231 days ago

Great mallet, and a good safety lesson!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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Karson

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posted 231 days ago

Great looking Mallet. Thanks for pointing it out to me.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

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cajunpen

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posted 231 days ago

Good looking mallet – thanks for posting and for the safety reminder, glad to hear that you weren’t hurt to badly.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

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USCJeff

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posted 231 days ago

I’d tease you about the kickback if I wasn’t scared I’d jinx myself. Really, thanks for the post on the project as well as the lesson learned. If I’m reading your process right, I’ve cut boards in a similar manner as well. I have been decent about using a blade guard/splitter, but it isn’t always feasible. I think we’d better invest in an overhead guard and stand-alone splitter.

-- Jeff, South Carolina

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Jiri Parkman

559 posts in 299 days


posted 230 days ago

Beautiful mallet.

-- Jiri

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sIKE

561 posts in 241 days


posted 230 days ago

You noticed I didn’t have a splitter, I have been doing some research on that, for now I am thinking about this for now or maybe a dedicated thin kerf ripping blade and the thin kerf version of this splitter. Long term is a TS replacement with riving knives built in.

And of course a decent Bandsaw whose blade doesn’t wander over heck and high water so I can re-saw with it.

-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"

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jockmike2

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posted 229 days ago

Good looking mallet, looks like it” wood” do the job. mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

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rikkor

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posted 229 days ago

That is a great mallet. I am glad you were not injured more than you were. And thanks, by sharing the incident you may have helped the rest of us think a bit more about our shop safety.

-- Maplewood, MN

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Lee A. Jesberger

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posted 209 days ago

Sike:

That’s a crazy looking mallet. Very unusual. I like it!

Sorry to hear about your finger. Hope it wasn’t too bad.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

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