Oak Mallet

Okay, now THAT’S cool. I have to do one.

-- There's no tool like an old tool...

beautiful craftsmanship…..better than any that I’ve seen for sale !!! Will you be applying some type of finish to it to bring out the grain further ?

-- Dusty56@comcast.net

Satisfaction X 2-

Building it

Smacking the tar out of something

Lew

What angle did you use on your faces? I would like to make one like this, too. No turning involved for us who a lathe-less.

God Bless,
Hawg

-- Saving barnwood from the scrapyards

Now this is a nice mallet. I am sure it would come in handy as a stress reliever. :)

Nice job.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Yes great job ….I love it ….I need a mallet ….I need to make one …..
thanks so much …

-- Mike in Bonney Lake " If you are real real real good your whole life, You 'll be buried in a curly maple coffin when you die."

Looks good to me. Great for smashing invading spiders. :-)

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

I’d love to know a little more. I just printed a FineWoodworking plan for a mallet similar to this. Might be the same. I also have a plan that calls for lead shot in the center. From the looks, you laminated three boards for the head and chopped a mortise for a wedge. Is there anything in the middle such as lead to deaden the blows? For that matter, anyone thinks that matters (the deadening or facing the face with leather or such)? How much would you guess it weighs? Looks awfully pretty. I’ll have to check back on this one.

-- Jeff, South Carolina

Thanks for the comments. The inspiration came from Lee Valley. http://www.leevalley.com/shopping/TechInfo.aspx?c=2&type=a&p=43969
I skipped the taper and added the walnut wedge and pins instead. The whole thing weighs about 12oz and took just a few hours to make. I think I used 10 degrees for the angles because it looked nice. As for finishing, we’ll see. Perhaps a light coat of danish oil.

very cool…if it had a longer handle i could have used it in my classroom today…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...177 days to sanity...

Nice mallet just the ticket for fine cutting. Really, you can’t go wrong using one of these. You won’t deliver to much power and if you deliver not enough what does it hurt? mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com