/diy/ - Do It Yourself

*clap clap clap*

>>662178
well done

>5 swings later

I break mallet

>>662289

Handle or head?

>>662289
You don't use it for driving railroad spikes genius. Its used for fine work, like knocking joints together or tapping a chisel.

>>662203
>clop clop clop
fix'd

>>662291
well it looks like a scrap piece of furring with a 6 lb block on it

>>662291
Mr. Underhill built one of these on his television show once. The difference between yours and his is how the head attaches to the handle.

In his, the handle mortise through the head was tapered gently from top to bottom, with a matching taper on the top of the handle. To assemble it the handle was dropped in through the head. This gave the handle lots of uninterrupted grain and no weak spot at the shoulder of the Tenon for stress cracks to develop.

I still DVR his shows on Saturday. Is he still alive and working? He, Norm Abram, and Captain Picard were the highlights of my childhood television.

>>662309
Yeah he is. Show still running and everything. The last several season are up on PBS's website for free.

http://video.pbs.org/video/2365021538/

>>662313
squee!

>>662178
OP is strong like ox, smart like tractor.

>>662313
>Make a proper joiner’s mallet and you’ll never be lonely again!
Roy.. what are you telling us..?

>>662293
/mlp/ pls stay

>>662291
>Its used for fine work, like [...] tapping a chisel.
Your definition of "fine work" is...unique.

>>662178
>mallet
but earlier you said it was a hammer

>>662178
Oh, I made a mallet last year out of plum tree wood. This stuff is as hard as a rock too. I've been using it for all sorts of things.

>>662426
A mallet is a type of hammer.

>car
>but earlier you said it was a vehicle

>>662178
A big wood Popsicle

>>662501
>dat hand drill

>>662509
Yeah, the power was out for 2 weeks when I made that. lol

I turned this down from a piece of firewood

>>662178
good mallet

>>662743
>turned
looks like you faced it really...

>>662758
turned the handle then sanded it the head was done with a band saw and a power drill

Gosh, I really need to make me a wood mallet for hittin things n stuff

>making a wooden mallet so you are hitting stuff with the end grain

enjoy your broken mallets

>>662982
1: use better wood and better cuts (like not a square hole with sharp inside corners)
2: don't abuse your mallet (if you are hitting something that can break it, you are using the wrong tool)

Mallets are awesome.

>>663065
You're telling me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gasAFyonmmI

>>662291
Its used for fine work, like making more mallets!

>>662982
Op made a wood block splitter.

>>663211
Now that's a positive attitude.

>>662178
mallets!!!!!

fire mallet!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQdprOzBxwE