Say hello to my little friend

Hello there little friend … enjoy yourself

-- keeping myself entertained

Nice job…. I was wondering about the grooves. :)

-- "Everything that is great and inspiring is created by the individual who labors in freedom" -- Albert Einstein

Nice mallet. Thank you for sharing.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

I have a persuader too, it aint that pretty though.

-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -

Like the mallet a lot. Love the Scarface reference. Nice stuff Rob.

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Sweeet!

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Hi Rob;

Great job and your right, the racing stripes do look good.

They probably act to allow the mallet to swing faster due to less wind resistance! LOL

Lee

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That looks like a very authoritative mallet. Excellent job.

And then there is the side blessing that this isn’t a woodburned portrait of Pacino holding an assault weapon and wearing a bad 1980’s suitcoat. I thank you for that as well.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Looks very nice how did you get the head and handle to go together?

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Hi sIKE, The mallet is 5 pieces glued together in 3 layers. The handle extends thru the head to the top; then pieces as wide as the handle were glued to make what looked like a very thin mallet. Then I planed it level and smooth and then glued on the sides of the mallet to make it thicker. Then of course I routed the racing stripes for wind resistance ;)

Thanks for the comments everyone.

Douglas, thanks for the woodburning idea!

OMG, No!

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

LOOKS VERY NICE.EXCELLENT JOB

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I was imagining building the head with a long tapered slot that the handle would drop fit into; I think your approach was a lot smarter/less frustrating! What is total weight?

Nice job on the mallet.

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If I had a hammer
I’d hammer in the morning
I’d hammer in the evening
All over this land
I’d hammer out danger
I’d hammer out a warning
I’d hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land.

Nice project !

-- -- Neil