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I know this is boring stuff, but I need to prove that I'm still in the shop;)
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I'm working through some plane setting gift mallets for some of my planehead friends on this great site. This one is of 3/4" brass from McMaster (who, as I've said many times before, has the most freaky shipping speed of any company I've ever dealt with; If I had three thumbs, I'd put them all up). Cheap, too.
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This is simply a rosewood spindle piece that I brought down to 3/8 on the lathe (EZwood finisher). Took is from 120 to 2000. I used a freaky mix to finish it: local beeswax, turp, and a good bit of shredded PennState PPP light and dark bars. I leave a bit cake of local beeswax floating in the mixture and over a few months, it dissolves. I'm no scientist, but it's a really cool mixture (I actually have the actual ratio concoction if anyone's interested). I chucked the raspy 3/8" end into my drill press and dressed the dimple left from the tail stock. I left the tenon really dirty.
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I made a pneumatic press back when I was in my pen phase and I started pressing the tenon into the brass, shaving a bit, pressing again, you know the drill. When it was well seated, I burned both sides with a Dagger and you couldn't twist the head with all your might. This is the first time I've tried this.
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I like the heavier weight of the large brass rod. I can't recall which brass I ordered, but it's heavy. I also like the shortness of the handle. I can't really say why, though.
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Anyway, I appreciate you looking at it.

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Nice Al.
 

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Cool mallet Al.Can you describe "burned both sides with a dagger"? It went over my head.
 

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Hog, I got the tenon as tight as I possibly could under a 1 ton jack pressure, then I burnt both sides with a woodburning tool (Dagger). I'd swear it tightened that thing up tighter than Stef's Fleshlight.
 

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Aww haa.Cool,thanks.

I thought Stef WAS the fleshlight??
 

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Nice little wacker.
Seems like you had a nice little time making it too.

Love your finger thingy.
Reminded me of this:


Steve
 

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Very nice
 

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Nice mallet.
 

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Great handle on that mallet!!!!!!!!!!Thanks for sharing…..........Jim
 

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Nice proportions on the mallet Al!

Thanks for posting.
 

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Nice hammer Al and your buddy looks a lot like my assistant.


Maybe they are related.
 

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You can whack in style now!
 

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Nice and well proportioned love the handle .
Looks like there is order in the plane court or else !!!!!!!!!!!
 

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Stylish Al.
What is the dry weight of a plug like that? What is that end grain goodness you are displaying it on?

Thanks for sharing.
 

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Nicely Done Al, if this doesn't make the top 40 of the day I will be shocked…...
 

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Al great plane hammer.

I suspect that you sent Bertha to the shop

to make it though. :)

jamie
 

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Nice mallet Al.

I will second what you said about Mcmaster; I can lend you on thumb.
 

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Great little mallet Al. The brass and that beautiful wood look great together!
 

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Thanks guys! The fingers are cracking me up. The 3/4" brass rod is surprisingly heavy. I generally pinch lightly under the bead and use it like a little pendulum to set the depth. I tend to just grab it normally to laterally adjust. I've got a #6 with a hock iron and stock chipbreaker that's just a little too narrow. It took some fettling and got it dead on. I haven't done that in a while and it's really a lot of fun. Setting coffin smoothers is still my favorite.
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Smit, what about that Butcher coffin? what's up?
 
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