Mallet

Nice looking persuasion tool. Thanks for sharing Steve.

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

Looking good, you could probably strap it some how to keep it from splitting.

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That is an attractive mallet. Thanks for sharing!

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

Looking good,mallet.

-- jeanmarc manosque france

Very nice, that should get the job done.

-- Glenn, New Mexico

Nice mallet! Nice to see you working outside of the virtual world!

-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"

Thanks for all the great comments!

Yes sIKE, the weather is warming up down under and the days getting longer so I’m beginning to spend some more time in the real shop. No sketchup model for this project and certainly no cutlist – just grab whatever was on the scrap pile :)

-- Steve, New Zealand, www.steveracz.com

PaBull – that’s a good idea. I might have done that if this was more expensive wood but since it was scrap, if it does break, well lesson learned and then I’ll just make another one trying a different kind of wood. My beech one has survived for years using the same design.

I actually think the handle is going to break first. Rimu can get quite brittle when well seasoned and it’s not the best for tool handles – but I don’t plan on persuading logs with this one, just the odd hand chisel.

-- Steve, New Zealand, www.steveracz.com

Great job!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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“the weather is warming up down under” – VERY FUNNY! (we just had the worse two weeks of the winter…) (and it was snowing this morning)

-- The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep...

ok, well, the days are getting longer – there, can’t argue with that …and the mountains do look nice with snow on them.

-- Steve, New Zealand, www.steveracz.com

going to ski again tomorrow… the mountains view is really good for the soul.

-- The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep...

good job.there is probable quite a few things we can make rather than buy.