Try putting the oil in a spray bottle - heat and spray, heat and spray to build up the coating I have used this method on cooking spits and squirrel cookers to protect the steel and keep it food safe. ATB
Beautiful project Neil! You work with humble, common materials, but your finished projects are anything but common! Truly inspiring to watch you work. Cheers!
I really like that you can make your own tools. I bought a leather hammer many many years ago when I was doing luthier work. It wasn't expensive. I still have it. But just buying one doesn't seem nearly as satisfying as it looks to make one yourself.
The attention to detail like mortising the head to fit the shoulder of the handle is fantastic. It makes it look so much more finished. Great video, and I have really enjoyed this whole scrapwood series. Cheers from Canada.
Very good job .Beautiful mallet . One small suggestion . It is always good to drill a little through hole at the bottom of the wedge slots to stop further cracking .
I have a question. When you epoxied the washers in...why didn't you melt the lead and pour in it? It would have filled in better than glueing and made that a more solid weight... Beautiful work. The linseed Patina was awesome :) Beautiful job.
Ok, 462 disliked this video. I can’t even imagine who would find something to give this a thumbs down. Very nice and creative work starting with scrap wood. Nicely done. Thank you for sharing your talent and ideas.
Hey there! I just wanted to stop by and tell you how much I enjoy your videos. I only started watching today but your scrap wood challenges are full of creativity and ingenuity and show your skill as a carpenter and maker. Keep up the good work!
That is a lovely looking mallet! I am not quite sure what I would need a soft faced mallet for myself, but I do have an old leather belt that I could up-cycle, and simply owning such a lovely mallet should be justification enough in itself.
@@bymitten1 you've seen door handles or cabinet hardware sold in the color "oil-rubbed bronze"? That color comes from a time when oil was rubbed on hot bronze to get a color similar to that. It won't be black, but it will be dark. Try it on a chunk of brass next time! Keep in mind that any oil rubbed hot finish is just that, it's cooked/polymerized oil on the surface and it will wear off with abrasion, just like paint will.
@@ArcaneTinker thanks for the informative reply! I made a chess set out of stainless steel and brass (for contrasting pieces). After watching the patina being applied to the rings, I thought I could do that to the brass chess pieces! I have a few extra so I'll try it and see if I like it.
Pask: I needed a private airplane, and I'm really excited to have made this one with a bandsaw, four screws, and 2 Rolls Royce engines. This guy is an insane craftsman. Much respect.
This is a great little project, one way you could add even more weight to the head would be to take lead shot and pour it in the head and put a washer on top of that then use epoxy to fill all the voids. Another way would be to melt the lead and pour it into a mold that would be the same size of the hole in the head and then epoxy that into place. Ooooooor you could turn it into a dead blow with a partially filled void inside the head and a disk after that and then the leather. So many different ways to make this hammer even more unique
If you put a few grains of coarse salt in your glue faces they will not slide when you clamp and it won't affect the strength of the bond. Very good job! I've never seen the trick with the linseed oil on the metal......I've just used cold blue for guns on mine. The shrinking of the steel around the perimeter was used by coopers building wagon and carriage wheels for a long time to set tension/strength.
Enjoyed that, Neil! I would have never thought to put leather rolled up and use it on end like that. Very cool! and that's a great idea with the washers for weight. I have two mallets I want to build coming up in the near future. You've given me even more inspiration!a
I really love your scrap wood series. There's been a lot of great small projects presented in this series. Both tools like this mallet and items for use around the home like the stools you did. Keep them coming!
Inspirational as always Neil! I find that it's a lot easier to polish the tube before you cut it into rings. That way you only need to clean up some burr and perhaps some occasional scratch mark after cutting it.
If you don’t have the time to make one of these yourself, *Vaughan* makes an amazing rawhide mallet! Plus, the rawhide can be reversed and, when the time comes, replaced. All you need is the right size hex key (Allan Wrench).
Hi there! I am impressed. Very nice idea! I don't have any idea what a leather hammer would be for, but I consider to make one like this as a dead blow hammer and one copper side. You do stuff that simply just inspires me. Regards, Etna.
Really liked the video, you are always doing little things like the charring of the wood and blackening the steel that makes it so interesting. You seem to find an endless list of things to do for the scrapwood challenge, which must be stretching you as well. Thanks again Neil.
WOW! That was amazing. I really learned a lot about wood tool making in your short video. I really liked everything you did. You did a great job with the head and attaching the handle right down to leather inserts. It's a beautiful and functional tool worthy of the craft.
Great idea and execution. Love those little details like the darker wood you used for the wedges. Rather esthetic. If you need an idea for mallet mark II , use BBs for the weight, given a little space and not packet tight, will produce a mallet almost without rebounce. This works also with a harder face material like Delrin. Very nice setting hammer, you´ll never wanna miss again.
Very nice thank you again for sharing. I saw one thing you may have tried. If you had tapered the beginning of your leather roll it might be a bit tighter in the center of the mallet face. But I don't mean to sound critical it's just my nature of always looking for a better way. Have a wonderful day.
I'm not typically a fan of the charred wood look but in this case I really like the contrast with the light handle, it has this old barrel look which works really well.
Love this technique! I never occurred to me before but I remember seeing these in my school wood shop. You know... with the wrapped leather. I'll definitely need to make one now!
New subscriber, big fan of your vids. I think I may try this project! One thing that helps with tenon wedges to prevent splitting is to drill a little hole at the bottom of the cuts in the tenon.
Great video. Really enjoyed watching your creativity. Not sure if you know this but back in the mid 80s there was a tv show about you. It was called MacGyver
There's a million mallet videos out there, but I've never seen rolled up leather plugs like that. That's a brilliant idea! Well done.
Try putting the oil in a spray bottle - heat and spray, heat and spray to build up the coating I have used this method on cooking spits and squirrel cookers to protect the steel and keep it food safe. ATB
Very nice build. Appreciate how you demonstrated all of the steps and incorporated high speed play to move things along. Love the mallet
Beautiful project Neil! You work with humble, common materials, but your finished projects are anything but common! Truly inspiring to watch you work. Cheers!
I love the craftsmanship and detail you exhibit with each and every video. I learn something each and every time.
I really like that you can make your own tools. I bought a leather hammer many many years ago when I was doing luthier work. It wasn't expensive. I still have it. But just buying one doesn't seem nearly as satisfying as it looks to make one yourself.
The attention to detail like mortising the head to fit the shoulder of the handle is fantastic. It makes it look so much more finished. Great video, and I have really enjoyed this whole scrapwood series.
Cheers from Canada.
Very good job .Beautiful mallet . One small suggestion . It is always good to drill a little through hole at the bottom of the wedge slots to stop further cracking .
That's one sophisticated scrap wood mallet, sir. Interesting techniques and great looking.
Total enjoyment. To me, that mallet is a masterpiece. Oh yeah, go ahead and patent that hand wave/cut wood movement...you'll make a million.
I have a question. When you epoxied the washers in...why didn't you melt the lead and pour in it? It would have filled in better than glueing and made that a more solid weight... Beautiful work. The linseed Patina was awesome :) Beautiful job.
Ok, 462 disliked this video. I can’t even imagine who would find something to give this a thumbs down. Very nice and creative work starting with scrap wood. Nicely done. Thank you for sharing your talent and ideas.
Hey there! I just wanted to stop by and tell you how much I enjoy your videos. I only started watching today but your scrap wood challenges are full of creativity and ingenuity and show your skill as a carpenter and maker. Keep up the good work!
That is a lovely looking mallet! I am not quite sure what I would need a soft faced mallet for myself, but I do have an old leather belt that I could up-cycle, and simply owning such a lovely mallet should be justification enough in itself.
How much sweat but also the satisfaction of a new tool to admire!!
Thanks. It looks like it would feel great in the hand, ready to work. Blessings to you and yours always.
the craftsmanship that went in to this was satisfying to watch
Had no idea the linseed oil and heat could leave a patina like that on metal. That's awesome! Great job, Neil! Looks amazing!
Just like a cast iron frying pan.
Any metal? Brass too?
@@bymitten1 you've seen door handles or cabinet hardware sold in the color "oil-rubbed bronze"? That color comes from a time when oil was rubbed on hot bronze to get a color similar to that. It won't be black, but it will be dark. Try it on a chunk of brass next time! Keep in mind that any oil rubbed hot finish is just that, it's cooked/polymerized oil on the surface and it will wear off with abrasion, just like paint will.
Always pleased to watch your work !! Just Woaw !!
@@ArcaneTinker thanks for the informative reply! I made a chess set out of stainless steel and brass (for contrasting pieces). After watching the patina being applied to the rings, I thought I could do that to the brass chess pieces! I have a few extra so I'll try it and see if I like it.
You proofed it very nicely in your videos that nothing is scrap. Love your work
This isn't a tool....it's art. A masterpiece, if I may say so.
Craftsmanship and videography of the highest standard. An absolute joy
Wow Neil!...Excellent Results! Thanks for Sharing the process! I ALWAYS learn something new from your videos! Have A Super Week!.....Gus
Wood, leather and metal put together beautifully with fine craftsmanship.
Thanks for sharing!
Pask: I needed a private airplane, and I'm really excited to have made this one with a bandsaw, four screws, and 2 Rolls Royce engines.
This guy is an insane craftsman. Much respect.
You Sir are a consummate Craftsman. Thank you. It just shows what can be achieved with time and patience to.
Very beautiful👍👍👍, my dear brother.good luck, God willing🖐☺
Good God! You are one of the most talented fabricators I have ever seen. Keep up the good work!
This is absolutely brilliant. And a true piece of art.
Neil, you are an absolute craftsman! Huge respect for what you do, the imagination and skill..
Love the details like the little recess/shoulder where the handle is inserted! Your skills and attention to detail amaze me everytime!
This is a great little project, one way you could add even more weight to the head would be to take lead shot and pour it in the head and put a washer on top of that then use epoxy to fill all the voids. Another way would be to melt the lead and pour it into a mold that would be the same size of the hole in the head and then epoxy that into place. Ooooooor you could turn it into a dead blow with a partially filled void inside the head and a disk after that and then the leather. So many different ways to make this hammer even more unique
What a lovely bit of craftsmanship
Scrapwood Challenge, the gift that keeps on giving!
Another excellent project.
Thank you Mr P.
Your scrapwood challenge videos are the most entertaining and informative of all the wookworkers i watch. Keep it up!
For some reason the noises of sped up power tools is soothing to me.
If you put a few grains of coarse salt in your glue faces they will not slide when you clamp and it won't affect the strength of the bond. Very good job! I've never seen the trick with the linseed oil on the metal......I've just used cold blue for guns on mine. The shrinking of the steel around the perimeter was used by coopers building wagon and carriage wheels for a long time to set tension/strength.
Good God he sanded the wedges smooth! This is the greatest thing I've ever seen. You're a master of your craft man.
What do you mean, I don't get it
Enjoyed that, Neil! I would have never thought to put leather rolled up and use it on end like that. Very cool! and that's a great idea with the washers for weight. I have two mallets I want to build coming up in the near future. You've given me even more inspiration!a
A beautiful and valuable tool that you'll use for years to come. Outstanding!
No annoying music or editing, just brilliant creations. Subbed xD
Yes I agree no annoying music just good content.
@@shackman9566thinkingly d cbco
I like your style. It's almost cartoon-like / surreal. I could imagine that mallet in a computer game or comic strip.
exellent !!!!!! a german carpenter for 45 years.
I really love your scrap wood series. There's been a lot of great small projects presented in this series. Both tools like this mallet and items for use around the home like the stools you did. Keep them coming!
i just bought a six hundred chop saw Bought. and then I see that it works with my hands too. beautiful mallet!
Greetings from Schaumburg Germany
Inspirational as always Neil! I find that it's a lot easier to polish the tube before you cut it into rings. That way you only need to clean up some burr and perhaps some occasional scratch mark after cutting it.
Looks really nice. Wonderful piece of handwork. It's too nice to use. Well done!
I've been watching your channel for a long time and you are the coolest uncool cool guy I know.
WELL DONE
Now that's craftsmanship! Just beautiful!
If you don’t have the time to make one of these yourself, *Vaughan* makes an amazing rawhide mallet! Plus, the rawhide can be reversed and, when the time comes, replaced. All you need is the right size hex key (Allan Wrench).
Every time nice to see the scrapwood challange!
Hi there!
I am impressed. Very nice idea! I don't have any idea what a leather hammer would be for, but I consider to make one like this as a dead blow hammer and one copper side. You do stuff that simply just inspires me.
Regards,
Etna.
I've watched all your videos, several twice, and esthetically this is my favorite.
You are truly a fine craftsman sir! Nice shop too. Have you ever done a shop tour video to show us all your cool tools and workstations?
Thanks Dave! I've never done a shop tour but I am making changes around the workshop that I'll be sharing very soon. :)
Nice work .
Every project gets better than the last! Love the contrast between head and handle. Great work 👌
This might be my new favorite project. The aesthetic is so good.
I come here for every new video! You express excitement that myself and many others are feeling. I checked out your pictures.. they are great !
Thanks Glenn - glad you liked the photos! :)
And so, the scrap challenge continues!!
I really hope "scrapwood Challenger" never ends! Great stuff Pask 👍👍👍
Nicely done, master - it was a pleasure watching you.
THAT IS A THING OF BEAUTY, ITS ALMOST HARD TO USE FOR WORK AFTER MAKING IT. ITS A PIECE OF ART.!!!!!
the best part of this video is the speed-up . It takes a slow, tedious process and makes it enticing
Another great video Neil. Beautiful work! Love the look and the contrast in finishes.
I love the double wedges on top! A small detail that makes a world of difference
Well, that turned into one very nice tool. Beautiful work.
Really liked the video, you are always doing little things like the charring of the wood and blackening the steel that makes it so interesting. You seem to find an endless list of things to do for the scrapwood challenge, which must be stretching you as well. Thanks again Neil.
Thanks mate - glad you enjoyed it! I've got a few ideas left, I'll have to see if I can keep coming up with more! ;)
Great workmanship! It is a joy watching you at your game!
WOW! That was amazing. I really learned a lot about wood tool making in your short video. I really liked everything you did. You did a great job with the head and attaching the handle right down to leather inserts. It's a beautiful and functional tool worthy of the craft.
Great idea and execution. Love those little details like the darker wood you used for the wedges. Rather esthetic.
If you need an idea for mallet mark II , use BBs for the weight, given a little space and not packet tight, will produce a mallet almost without rebounce. This works also with a harder face material like Delrin. Very nice setting hammer, you´ll never wanna miss again.
Very nice thank you again for sharing. I saw one thing you may have tried. If you had tapered the beginning of your leather roll it might be a bit tighter in the center of the mallet face. But I don't mean to sound critical it's just my nature of always looking for a better way. Have a wonderful day.
Grading scrap up to a very high level! Interesting to see hoe you combine all shorts of materialen to get a useful piece of tool. Thumbs Up!
Man I just LOVE watching these with the time lapse effect. Something about the sounds is soothing. Go figure!
I agree! I'd rather hear the shop sounds than most music people usually add in their videos.
yes! he's such a good editor. I keep being surprised at how well he does with every project but even the video, sounds and editing process.
I'm not typically a fan of the charred wood look but in this case I really like the contrast with the light handle, it has this old barrel look which works really well.
I think I'm right there with you...usually, I don't like the charred look. It worked in this instance!
We're all so happy with that!
You never cease to amaze me! You are a wood working god!!
An absolutely beautiful mallet,and of course very well made,the video itself was also very well made,making it a good watch, well worth my 5 ☆ rating
Fantastic build. I learned several things in this video alone. Thank you.
Love this technique! I never occurred to me before but I remember seeing these in my school wood shop. You know... with the wrapped leather. I'll definitely need to make one now!
Good Project. Nice mallet. Excellent video. Thanks for not including obnoxious music.
New subscriber, big fan of your vids. I think I may try this project! One thing that helps with tenon wedges to prevent splitting is to drill a little hole at the bottom of the cuts in the tenon.
Love,love,love this!!!!!!! Fantastic job Neil!!!! 😄🌲
Beautiful mallet. Beautiful work!
Really nice soft faced hammer Neil, thanks for sharing mate!
Really enjoyed that. The pace and instructions are spot on.
It's a beauty mate. Loved the little bit of magic at the beginning too lol
Cant help but admire the craftsmanship
Old fashioned craftmanship!
Your skill speaks for itself...i love that you use holdfasts 👍👍
I never thought about rolling leather up like that. That's really smart
Compliments for brilliant editing. This is the optimum length of such DIY videos. Not like some that reach 45 minutes... Good job overall. Subbed.
That is a seriously beautiful tool. Well done!
Really cool looking Mallet.
Great video. Looked easy enough to follow. A very nice looking end result too. Hard to understand how nearly 3% of viewers disliked this!?
Great video. Really enjoyed watching your creativity. Not sure if you know this but back in the mid 80s there was a tv show about you. It was called MacGyver
Great video as usual Pask. Already looking forward to next week!
A great piece of work. Nicely done.
That was great. Beautiful piece. Love your shop.
Really cool mallet! And I love that tool wall
Super Bravo !! Magnifiquement réalisé !! Merci pour cette vidéo !
I really enjoy your talent and creativity.