| Project by French_LJ | posted 146 days ago | 580 views | 0 times favorited | 7 comments |  |
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Hi Jocks,
This is my first dead blow mallet i made inspired by a video of Steve Ramsey I saw on Youtube.
Shank is made of beech and head is made with beech and exotic wood.
I don’t know the exotic wood specie ‘cause I grab it on a garbage at my lumber supplier.
He throw out the small parts place between boards to let air dry them.
The shank is dovetailed shape to lock him in the head and the head have two compartments ( the bleech ones) full of sand.
I wish you an hapy new year guys.
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johnstoneb
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#1 posted 146 days ago
beautiful mallet. I really like the handle detail. I never thought of using sand for the weight. I will have to try that.
How about posting this on the mallet of your dreams thread.
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Monte Pittman
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#2 posted 146 days ago
Nice job. Always good to salvage.
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#3 posted 146 days ago
Is the void for sand left partially empty to give it the “dead blow” feature? I would think that just a heavier mallet would not be a “dead blow”. I am not sure. Very interesting and well done project.
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#4 posted 145 days ago
A beautiful mallet. When I made mine I filled two holes with BBs about 3/4 full. I am interested in how full a dead blow usually is. How full did you fill yours?
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#5 posted 145 days ago
That hammer looks good
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#6 posted 145 days ago
Nice work, I have made several of these and the work great!
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French_LJ
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#7 posted 144 days ago
Thnaks for you comments guys.
The sand is made to absorb the blow
and avoid the mallet bounces.
Compartments are full of sand with no empty space but sand is not compacted
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