Repurposed #2: The smaller woodworking chisel turned woodshop mini mallet

There are times in our lives where the pressures that be cause one to seek relief. My woodshop is just that escape. Its the vessel I step into and escape to the better worlds.

I have been wanting to make me some small hand planes here recently…like real small. I located some old chisels that would fit the bill just fine. Older chisels made back in a time when metal was almost always good metal.

Being the re-purpose individual that I am, old chisels had a new purpose coming and didn’t know it. I couldn’t throw away the handles.

I initially attempted to leave the remaining portion of the tool tang protruding from the red handle. I was going to shorten it up a bit and just leave it there as I did in the earlier mallet: http://lumberjocks.com/Truefire/blog/59762. Well impatience ruined that idea. Got the piece too hot by being too aggressive with the angle grinder. Of course, the plastic softened up around the tang and allowed the tang to be pulled out.

As a result, you can see my hole is off-centered.

No biggie- just regroup!

Now I have this little friend which can provide forward assists.

If you would like to check out the earlier tapper here.

~chris

-- Chris Harrell - custom callmaker "Quacky Calls" Eastern NC. http://www.quackycalls.com