Over the past ten or so years, my 40-year old lignum vitae mallet has seemed
to dry out and is becoming increasingly brittle,
http://home.houston.rr.com/snaps/mallet.jpg Is there a way of
re-introducing some sort of wax or oil to the head of this puppy? I think
the warranty has expired and am not sure it will last another 40 years.
In article <[email protected]>, Bubba
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Is there a way of
> re-introducing some sort of wax or oil to the head of this puppy?
No. It's totally impossible.
Pull the other one, it plays Jingle Bells...
--
~ Stay Calm... Be Brave... Wait for the Signs ~
------------------------------------------------------
One site: <http://www.balderstone.ca>
The other site, with ww links<http://www.woodenwabbits.com>
"RonB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:C6bie.41506$gc6.8085@okepread04...
> Suck it up and turn another one. I have made a couple of these from Maple
> and Walnut. It is hard to take that first strike knowing the result.
But
> they are, at the end of the day, a tool and they end up looking kinda beat
> up.
>
> 40 years isn't bad.
>
PEG 1000.
In a vat for a few months in summer heat and you'll be better'n new, because
you'll also have a softened surface to eat up the vibration before it gets
to your elbow. I make all mine that way, and appreciate it after carving
two or three days in a row.
> PEG 1000.
>
> In a vat for a few months in summer heat and you'll be better'n new, because
> you'll also have a softened surface to eat up the vibration before it gets
> to your elbow. I make all mine that way, and appreciate it after carving
> two or three days in a row.
>
>
That's exactly what I thought first thing, if it's LV, throw it in water for quite a while.
That don't look like LV though.
--
Alex - newbie_neander in woodworking
cravdraa_at-yahoo_dot-com
not my site: http://www.e-sword.net/
Doesn't look like lignum vitae to me.
Maybe that is the problem?
-j
"Bubba" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Over the past ten or so years, my 40-year old lignum vitae mallet has
seemed
> to dry out and is becoming increasingly brittle,
> http://home.houston.rr.com/snaps/mallet.jpg Is there a way of
> re-introducing some sort of wax or oil to the head of this puppy? I think
> the warranty has expired and am not sure it will last another 40 years.
"Bubba" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Over the past ten or so years, my 40-year old lignum vitae mallet has
seemed
> to dry out and is becoming increasingly brittle,
> http://home.houston.rr.com/snaps/mallet.jpg Is there a way of
> re-introducing some sort of wax or oil to the head of this puppy? I think
> the warranty has expired and am not sure it will last another 40 years.
>
>
er --- will YOU last another 40 years? If not, don't worry about it.
On Mon, 16 May 2005 20:13:18 GMT, "Bubba" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Over the past ten or so years, my 40-year old lignum vitae mallet
That's not lignum vitae.
It's a drum mallet. They're a consumable item - just turn yourself a new
one. If you want a mallet to last, put the head on at right angles, so
that you're hammering on the end grain.