http://www.sawdustmaking.com/Wooden%20Mallet/mallet.html
I've made one or two similar, but didn't need any plans. I used
scrap plywood mostly. They work, but I don't like them. I muchly
prefer turning round mallets on a wood lathe - MUCH better all around.
JOAT
Never go to bed angry. Stay up and plot your revenge.
I work with lots of logs and limbs. I often cut limbs for mallet heads
and handles and give them to anyone that may need a wooden mallet. I
dress them in various ways: Wooden pegs to secure head to handle,
leather straps from deer or cow hides (for the Native American look?),
whatever strikes my fancy. Non-uniform limbs for handles can still be
balanced and feel right when gripped, and they are all unique. All
sizes, but as entertainment, any mallet with a head over 4" in
diameter, when given to women folk friends, I've present it as being an
"Attitude Adjuster", for their husbands!
On a bit of a similar note, a 15" - 20" long log, 15" (or about) in
diameter, supported on 3 limb legs, makes for a nice shop work/chop
block. The 3 legs allows it to stand on any slight uneven surface and
remain very sturdy.
On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:44:11 -0500, [email protected] (J T)
wrote:
>I muchly
>prefer turning round mallets on a wood lathe - MUCH better all around.
How well do they last though? My end-grain mallets (hornbeam) last much
better against wear than the long grain of my turned mallets made with
timber from the same tree.
Mon, Feb 27, 2006, 8:04pm (EST+5) [email protected]
(Andy=A0Dingley) doth asketh:
How well do they last though? <snip>
Depends. The smallest one (and lightest), out of pine, the dog got
hold of somehow, and used it as a chew toy. Found it out in the yard -
still use it, just has a smaller handle now. The rest are as good as
now, including the largest (and heaviest), which has beat on engine
blocks, wrenches, chisels, et al. Does have a few dings, but no
splinters. That one is dogwood, the others vary between dogwood, pine,
hickory - what I retrieved from hurricane downed trees on my place. I
think they're at least seven years old, maybe older. I'll take a
turned mallet any day, over a square one. I've got seven, varying
woods, weights, sizes.
JOAT
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