phinds Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 Occasionally I need a whacker that is softer than a steel hammer and harder than a rubber mallet and, being the professional that I am, I just smack things with a two by four, or a smaller piece of wood if that's what's called for or just whatever's laying around, unless it's the dog. having seen lots of mallets on the woodworking forums, I thought I'd do one, so I did. I just cannot seem to get away from lamination/segmentation so naturally I had to laminate it. The intent was to have the handle have a cross section like a rectangle with semi-circle on each edge, pretty much like you get on claw hammers, but I got carried away on the lathe and turned it down round which looked fine although it did strip off almost all of the canary. BUT ... it really sucked in terms of giving me a solid grip so then I glued on some tapered wings along most of the length and wrapped/glued some soft cotton clothesline around it and got it back to the shape/grip I wanted. Looks crappy but feels great. Has just the grip I want. The handle is a split piece of cocobolo with maple veneer on the inside and canary wood on the outside with two little chunks of paela to make the bulbous end. I didn't like the really sharp edges so I rounded them over with a router. It has one coat of natural stain. The head is black locust sandwiched between pieces of chechem (that stuff is hard as a rock). Final weight is 29 oz so it's a fairly hefty sucker. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 Pretty sweet mallet. However you must always pick it up over your head and yell "I AM THOR" every time you use it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Bailey Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 ^^ that's what I do, glad to know that it's standard practice nice job btw! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 Nicely done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 Now I have to go look up a few species I've never heard of ! Nice whacker ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mds2 Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 Good looking mallet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 I went to look up " paela " and got the seafood dish at first ! The Hobbit House page is incredibly detailed with tons of pictures and close ups. You obviously have put a lot of effort into each listing ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted January 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 Pretty sweet mallet. However you must always pick it up over your head and yell "I AM THOR" every time you use it. That's the plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted January 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 I went to look up " paela " and got the seafood dish at first ! The Hobbit House page is incredibly detailed with tons of pictures and close ups. You obviously have put a lot of effort into each listing ! Actually, that's an understatement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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