I made a joiners mallet. I’m trying to challenge myself by only hand tools. The wood was found in the basement; I think hickory head and I have no idea what the handle pieces are. The handle and head were each laminated and the handle was mortised in, wedged, and glued. I rounded out the handle with a spokeshave and rasp.
There are plenty of things I could have done differently, but I’m just glad I pushed myself to finish it. And now have a fairly heavy-duty mallet, so I dont need to swing on the chisels as hard. I think if I were to make another one, I would find a single block of wood for the head instead of laminating cut pieces.
Looks great, I think the laminated head might be more work, but should produce better results. You might consider putting a bevel on the edges which will reduce the chance for them to split and chip. Might also want some finish too, something like wax or linseed oil.
I was just about to suggest that. Good call.
That is beautiful! You’re off to great start.
What is the purpose of a joiners mallet ?
Tapping tight woodworking joints (dovetails, box joints, etc) into place.
Fuck yeah! That looks awesome. Great work and keep it going.
Adam Savage would be proud :)
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Nice, this looks good! i don’t have much power tool so my project always got stalled because it’s a PITA sometimes to do tenon joint, and always got it…wrong 😂
What do you use? Chisels? I bet one of those oscillating tools and a Dremel would be enough to make some hand crafted mortise & tenon joints.
But are you worthy to lift it?
It looks great! I have some extra wood laying around from some ramps I made, and I’m thinking about a wood project. I’m probably going to make one of those western boot taker-offer things, but this project looks pretty awesome too. It would definitely be useful for lining boards up.
At first glance this looked like a sex thing.
