Making Mallets

[Twister]

I don't know who you were oferring it too, but if it was generic, I wouldn't mind it, but I doubt I would use it imminently.

Peter

generic

i will put one of them in post...when i get a minute

Steve

 

[Buckeye]

generic

i will put one of them in post...when i get a minute

Steve

Let me know the postage.

Peter

 

[Twister]

dont be silly

Steve

 

[Buckeye]

dont be silly

Steve

I wasn't being, but thank you, I will make it up to you.

Peter

 

[Lons]

Here you go, my mallet assortment.
the two outside at the back look crooked but definitely not. It's the photo or grain orientation illusion.

Left to right at from the back

• Lig Vi / beech handle
• one piece Lig Vi
• Lig Vi / mahog handle
• Lig Vi /blackwood handle
• one liece Lig Vi
• one piece beech / lead core

All well used

I have another little "mallet" brass / rosewood for tapping the wee trout on the bonce ready for the grill

 

[Gizmo3k]

I have a lump of brass if u want a small one
not sure on postage

Steve

Now there's a thought - I have a spare (non-functional) spindle and bearing from a CL3. It weighs quite a lot. I could just turn a wooden sleeve for it!

 

[paulm]

There's some lovely mallets here. These are my two, one is beech and oak the other is hickory. The beech feels nice in the hand but the oak head doesn't take any sort of punishment well. The hickory one I made out of curiousity, I wanted to see how the wood behaved and looked. I made it small and without a head so I could slip into my pocket without it falling out due to being top heavy, it has no weight to it but it is very hard and doesn't show any sign of impact after using it on my chisel.

Ummm, "stick it in your pocket"!!!! It looks like an equaliser to me

 

[Louie_Powell]

I've made a couple - in my case, from oak. But you can really use just about any hardwood you want.

One suggestion - if you are making a mallet to use (as opposed to one that you will simply show), be sure to leave a tenon at one end and a center dimple at the other end. Normally, turners always remove those artifacts of the turning process, but in the case of a 'user mallet', you need to anticipate that you will eventually have to rework the surface to remove any divots or other evidence of use, and to do that, having a tenon allow you to quickly mount the mallet on your lathe and rework the face.