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Mallet and finishing points. I am glad they were well received Dan.

This is my entry for the mallet swap which has been sent to Sanding2day in Illinois. The head started out as a 7lb chunk of a log that I dried out in my microwave (seriously) and then turned round. The handle was dried as well but in my kitchen oven to ensure it didnt shrink too much once the...

This started as a mallet for the swap and turned into 4 somehow. The mllet with the leather strap has a locust head with a handle of ash and mahogany. the other 2 heads are birch. The handles are an assortment of cherry, ask and rosewood scraps. 2 1/2 went to 7footer.

For the malletswap2014 I made a mortise mallet. Maple and wenge. Sliding dovetail for a design. Oil and wax finish. I finished the mallet pretty quick and had a piece of leadwood just hanging around so I decided why not make two. Bought a piece of redheart and rigged up my drill press for...

While I originally thought I would make a heavier joiners mallet for the swap, I had this piece of curly maple just begging to be shown off. I did my best to let nature do its thing and flaunt it. Added some elegant curves to the handle to up her appeal and desire to be touched. This one went...

I had noticed some black marks appearing on my tool cabinet build around the joints. It took me a bit to figure it out when it hit me that it was my black rubber mallet that was leaving them. So I decided to build a new assembly mallet to replace that one with. I patterned it to match my...

This is the bubinga and white oak mallet I made for the swap. It was basically a series of of lamination's and shaping the handle with a spokeshave. The 1/2" brass pins are driven all the way through. To finish it off I used a little woodburning pen to sign "rojo" on the base. Glad I made two so...

My turned mallet for the swap - made of oak, purpleheart and cherry. I carve out an oval shape of the middle piece of cherry and filled it with lead bb's (slinky maker for fishing), you can hear the bb's when you swing the mallet. I actually did a test mallet because I wasn't sure how well...

Been an exciting day for mallets to be sure… Here is the mallet that I made for Dan aka 489tad. The head is Bubinga and Rock Maple with an Ipe exterior. The handle is Hickory with Purpleheart wedge and Bamboo? pins. Had this in a number of states of finish as it was uncommonly completed well...

This mallet is made of some wood that is very special to me. That wood is Mulberry which is the wood that GOT me started into wood working last spring. You can see the behemoth Mulberry tree on this blog post, which documents how I harvest my stock. :) Once I saw how gorgeous and hard it was...

This is my submital for the 2014 mallet swap. The internet told me that osage orange is good for mallets so of course I had to use it. The handle is made from figured maple. The mallet is very heavy and best used for heavy chopping or "persuasion." Other than the initial milling and sizing...

This is the mallet that I sent to ShaneA for the 2014 mallet swap Off center turned and made of maple, cherry, and walnut with an oval ash handle.

Mallet Entry that I made for fellow Lumber Jock - Ripthorn for the LJ's 2014 Mallet Swap Since we couldn't research our recipient before the build, I decided to showcase where the mallet was coming from. Montana, especially the Missoula area, is full of rivers, fly fishing and beer. 1- Bottle...

Here is my contribution to the Mallet Swap. I sent this one to Woodmaster1 in Indiana. The head is made from Macawood and the handle is White Oak. The head is a two piece lamination in which I cut a dovetail in each before gluing to hold the handle so there is no chance of the head flying off...

I made 2 mallets, smaller one has a head made from Ash, and a handle made from Cherry with Wenge wedges. The larger mallet has a Red Oak head, and Walnut handle. The finish is a couple coats of Danish Oil on both And here's the mallet in it's new home