Thread: Joiners mallet

The finished mallet, as you can see I shaped the sides and faces of the mallets head. The shaping on the side I think just looks good, but the shaping on the face is to keep the corners away from the bashing zone.

You always get more satisfaction from making your own tools.

That's one dang purdy knockometer

I'm considering making myself a mallet also (hopefully it turns out as nice as jrocks) . Wouldn't have the foggiest on where to get my hands on some Tassy myrtle, is there an alternate timber anyone could recommend that readily available ?

Many thanks,

Scott

Talk to Greg or Mal Ward (Boutique Timbers) on these forums.

That's excellent Jrock, looks a beauty.

Do you know which edition of Woodsmith mag it was from?

Cheers,
Nathan.

Hi jrock,
I have had to replace one as well. I guess mallets are to be used and if you can make a replacement then so be it.
I know what you are saying about favourite tools however. As long as it served its purpose then it can rest eazy. Both the ones I made were just the old traditional solid wood ones as the heavy woods available here on the big island hardly need added weight. Myrtle would be too good for a mallet here and saved for something special. Anyhow its a good looker.
Regards
John

Originally Posted by Ozziespur

I'm considering making myself a mallet also (hopefully it turns out as nice as jrocks) . Wouldn't have the foggiest on where to get my hands on some Tassy myrtle, is there an alternate timber anyone could recommend that readily available ?

Many thanks,

Scott

I once made a mallet, because I wanted a heavy one for a job.
I used bits of hardwood that came to hand - beech and oak, I think.
It was a bit crude - laminated, as this one is - the thickness of the handle being the same as the middle leaf of the lamination. So that I could shape a taper by halving the middle leaf at a slight angler, reversing one half, ann separating the halves by the width of the handle.
The whole was glued and screwed.

It lasted for years

Just the impetus I needed to do the same. A good looking job!

Im sorry I can't find what issue I had got it from. All I know is it was from the American edition, which was dad's copy. I thought it may have been published in the Australian edition too, but couldn't find it in the index or any of my mags.
I'll take a few measurement of my mallet and sketch a picture, to give you something to work off.

very nice, I made one from blackwood (melanoxylon) a few months back, no where near as fancy but seems to have a nice weight and balance, Now I use it more often than not.

Bit of a rough sketch, but should give the general idea. This mallet is slightly bigger in the head than my old one and has a slightly longer handle.
The head is laminated from 3 pieces, the shaded area indicating the middle section. I used 20mm thick timber for the head and the handle slightly thicker at 25mm to give the tennon a shoulder.
There is no reason why the sizes can't be changed to suit timber available or user preference.

Awesome, thanks Jrock.

Great work once again.