I made a joiners mallet. I’m trying to challenge myself by only hand tools. The wood was found in the basement; I think hickory head and I have no idea what the handle pieces are. The handle and head were each laminated and the handle was mortised in, wedged, and glued. I rounded out the handle with a spokeshave and rasp.

There are plenty of things I could have done differently, but I’m just glad I pushed myself to finish it. And now have a fairly heavy-duty mallet, so I dont need to swing on the chisels as hard. I think if I were to make another one, I would find a single block of wood for the head instead of laminating cut pieces.

  • Annoyed_🦀 🏅@monyet.cc
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    3 months ago

    Nice, this looks good! i don’t have much power tool so my project always got stalled because it’s a PITA sometimes to do tenon joint, and always got it…wrong 😂