My Wife's Mallet

Beautifully done Ryan. What did you use to shape your chamfers? They look impeccable.

Only fitting that the wife gets the more refined mallet. :)

Thanks for sharing.

-- ~Tony

I’d rasp a little more (off of the top) until the grip of the handle is comfortable to hold. I like the way the handle is tapered. If the wood was handy, I might shape 3 handles and sand and finish the one I liked best.

Bill Whig

Nice little project Ryan. Are you going to put any kind of finish on it?

-- Andy -- Old Chinese proverb say: If you think something can't be done, don't interrupt man who is doing it.

Tony, I did the chamfers with my wooden scrub plane if my memory serves. The high angle of that tool leaves a pretty decent surface even on a heavy cut.

Thanks Bill. I kept bringing the handle back to my wife to comment on for comfort. She likes it….though it feels weird in my right hand.

Andy, no finish. I thought about BLO or Walnut oil for some protection, but I think the raw wood should hold up OK.

Not feeling great today. I think I might post a few of the projects that I have finished but never got on LJ’s.

-- Make furniture that lasts as long as the tree - Ryan

Fine mallet for the wife.
She is happy – you have your own mallet in peace – you are happy.
What more can we ask for?
I think it is called love.
You are a good man RG.
Best thoughts,
Mads

-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.

Nice job Ryan. Just a note, the wife’s mallet should be the nicest.

-- There is nothing like the sound of a well tuned hand plane. - http://timetestedtools.wordpress.com (timetestedtools at hotmail dot c0m)

Ryan, that is a very well done mallet!. Don’t get cross with her, that mallet will produce some very big knots on one’s head!................Jim

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!

Looks good. I should get around to making one of these sometime…

-- Mos - Twin Cities, MN -- Stanley #45 Evangelist - www.youtube.com/MosquitoMods

Mad’s thanks again for the simple way you word things. You leave out the uneeded and make me smile each time.

Don, you are right. Hers should be the pretty one.

Jim, She has let me know I am to behave, But my attitude does require the occasional adjustment. I guess it’s good to give her the tools for that.

Chris. 3 hours if that….worth the time.

One tip, offset the top hole a bit more than the bottom one. Drive the bottom one in first. Both pins will serve to draw the handle progressivly more tight. Use a flexible wood (I used poplar).

-- Make furniture that lasts as long as the tree - Ryan

I missed this project earlier, Sweet mallet. I like your simple construction method. Nice work.

-- Mauricio - Woodstock, GA - "Confusion is the Womb of Learning, with utter conviction being it's Tomb" Prof. T.O. Nitsch

Don’t know where I was a month ago; missed this one too. Looks easy on the hands, and is easy on the eyes.

-- From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned. Immanuel Kant

^thank you sir. I need to make another that fits my hands since my mallet is starting to give up the ghost.

-- Make furniture that lasts as long as the tree - Ryan