Machinist's Hammer and Carver's Mallet for Swap

Nice work, Kenny.

Blind wedged tenons are so much better than glue for this application, IMO.

-- https://www.jtplaneworks.com - In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.

I get to go first Ken. That is one awesome beater. This one is useful for anything you need to hit. Adding the Virginia walnut was a nice touch. Nothing like Virginia walnut. Did it come off that slab I gave you? Nice job buddy!

-- We all make mistakes, the trick is to fix it in a way that says "I meant to do that".

Youz fancy….

Great nice work Kenny. I’m assuming the heads of the hammer unscrewed so you could get the wood in there? Really loving the curl on that walnut. Is it from the walnut tree you feed the squirrel army with?

Rich

Nice work, Kenny.

Blind wedged tenons are so much better than glue for this application, IMO.

- JayT

Thanks JT! You opinion aligns with my own on this one so, obviously, you are right ;-)

I get to go first Ken. That is one awesome beater. This one is useful for anything you need to hit. Adding the Virginia walnut was a nice touch. Nothing like Virginia walnut. Did it come off that slab I gave you? Nice job buddy!

- jeffswildwood

Thanks Jeff! VA Walnut makes everything better ;-) I haven’t gotten to the chunk you gave me yet. Still using up some pieces I cut for turning stock last summer :-)

-- Kenny, SW VA, Go Hokies!!!

Awesome job buddy! A damn good offering!

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-- Dave - http://kelleycrafts.com/ - pen blanks - knife scales - turning tools

Exactly!!! Took the words right out of my mouth!!!

Rich

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- KelleyCrafts

Respect is due sir. Nice work!

-- Andy - Old Chinese proverb says: "If you think something can't be done, don't interrupt man who is doing it."

Thanks Andy, Rich and Dave :-) Rich, the faces are indeed threaded onto the main part of the head. I thought I had a pic showing that but turns out I don’t…

-- Kenny, SW VA, Go Hokies!!!

Very cool Kenny.

BTW, what technique are you using to etch your mark on the bottom of the handle? Do you have some sort of mask?

-- Nathan, TX -- Hire the lazy man. He may not do as much work but that's because he will find a better way.

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- KelleyCrafts

+1 Dave K

So what are going to do for the next swap? Hard to top these mallets.

-- Earl "I'm a pessamist - generally that increases the chance that things will turn out better than expected"

Fine work, Kenny. That looks like it was a lot of fun to put together. I was going to ask if you even knurl. Bro. Nice wedgie.

-- "My god has more wood than your god" ... G. Carlin.

Very cool Kenny.

BTW, what technique are you using to etch your mark on the bottom of the handle? Do you have some sort of mask?

- Lazyman

Dave’s wife made me a bunch of vinyl decals of my mark on her Cricut (or similar, not sure) printer. They are by far the easiest and most reliable masks I have found. Then I wrap the surrounding area in electrical tape.

I build an etcher using a DC transformer wall plug so that it will do both AC and DC etches. DC removes some metal and AC darkens the area.

I took these pictures with the intent of writing a blog post on the device and it’s use. I haven’t gotten around to opening the enclosure up to take pics of the electronics though… Here is where I got the idea. His build is pretty much the same, I just packaged mine a littler different and I got better results with higher voltage components.

-- Kenny, SW VA, Go Hokies!!!

That’s a sexy whacker Kenny.

-- Rick M, http://thewoodknack.blogspot.com/

So this is why we started in August. Great work, Kenny!

-- Genghis Khan and his brother Don, couldn't keep on keeping on...