scrap wood - jointer's mallets

Very nice. And all recycled wood.

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I like these a lot… veeery nice work, very smooth….

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Great job!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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BB’s were a good idea. I’ve heard of using lead shot, but BB’s is new to me. I don’t have either on hand, so I’ll just have to see what’s cheaper. I’m a “frugal” WWer myself, as you put it. Wish I had access to some scrap hardwood. I’m able to get all the constuction grade stuff I can handle, but nothing to get escited about. Nicely done. This has been on a list of mine for a while.

-- Jeff, South Carolina

Very nice mallets.
Wooden mallets… if we can make.. don’t buy. If we want to buy, try to make ‘em. Save money for gas.
Good post & website.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

i went looking for lead fishing sinkers, but those are not for sale anymore. the only lead i could find was pellet ammunition. the bb’s were much cheaper, and once epoxied worked well.

i plan on making another pair of mallets soon, and i will be trying both a different design, and using melted pellets. stay tuned… i just got a BIG new toy, and will be writing a review soon!

thanks for all the support fellow jocks!

Very nice!

Question, are these the “dead blow mallets”?

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no they are not dead blow hammers, they could have been if i hadn’t epoxied the bb’s in place, and left some extra room for the bb’s in the pockets. i will be making a pair of the dead blow hammers soon!!

Very nice mallets.

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What is the difference Dead blow hammer and a mallet? Great mallets by the way. Nice pictures also.

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What Snowdog asked. These arenice. Great idea for the scrap wood just waiting to be used.

-- Jerry, Set in the foothills of the Smokey's

Hi Michael;

Very nice work.

I don’t epoxy the bb’s in because you can’t use them for making music!

Lee

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LOL lee.

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Nice save from the scrap pile! I have used small lead split shot weights for the same purpose.

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Man that is a nice mallet.

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Hi Snowdog, and Sac, the difference between a dead blow and a mallet is that the mallet has a solid impact.

A deadblow is usually filled with sand, so that when you hit, it absorbs the recoil. Meaning it doesn’t bounce. It also dissipates the impact. It’s useful on things like slate tiles where a sharp impact might crack the tile.

I’m sure someone can more eloquently explain it, but thats the gist.

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Nice workmanship. The wedged tenons look very nice. What do you figure is the weight of each mallet.

Very cool website. Changed my appreciation of Hackers.

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i missed these 74 days ago…but they are very nice!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

Very nice tools..
Like Matt, I also missed these mallets , but 75 days ago. From today on, I check entry by “pulse” function, so I know which one I haven checked.

Thanks.

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Beautifully executed!!!