In my experience, these types of mallets used to be made with a tapered handle to fit the tapered head slot. The head would just slip over the grip and up to near the top of the handle where the taper held it fast. No wedges required. Also, the head was a single block of wood and the slot was simply chiselled out, no glue required. The head never ever came off, unless it split apart or the handle broke, but in either event abuse would be to blame,
Finding a nice, big hardwood post to make the head from is perhaps the challenge, when you can make the whole thing from a single board and laminate the head. Laminating the head means you can "cheat" by cutting the angles on the mortice before gluing the head together.
@@dj1NM3 I agree there are advantage to the laminated head. One of the main issues with a solid head, is finding a curly twisty bit of grain to resist splitting. Laminating can help with that by reversing the grain runout. between each layer & reversing the growth rings reduces cupping over time which in turn reduces the tendency for shrinkage splitting. There are pros and cons to both, my main point was cutting a tapered handle & slot, rather than relying on wedges.
@@CorgiCorner Well for a bushcraft mallet, I'd just I'd cut a foot or so length of some random fallen branch that hadn't rotted yet & chuck it back in the bush when the jobs done. But then I wouldn't be making fine furniture with mortise & tenon joints, stopped halving shelves or dovetail draws would I.
The way you work with your tools is like what I would imagine Michelangelo had with his paint brushes handling them with meticulous grace and precision. I want to be like you brother. Thanks for your inpiration.
A real craftsman i like your mallet a lot. I do need a new one and I will follow your instructions and hopefully make mine look just like yours many thanks
It's amazing for watching all of this is made by hand tools only while most of wood workers using electrical or battery operated tools and equipments. So satisfying watching this.
Hand tools are also nice to have around. Don't get me wrong I love my power tools and I've got solar and battery for days, but there will always be hand tools around for me.
Gotta love how this guy like mostly using manual tools instead of power-tools, kinda brings back memories when i now started doing wood-working in school, great video mate , cheers.
Love your content! Watched every single one of your videos, some more than once. I have a request. If you could make your videos a little longer showing more of the process in a tutorial way. I’ve learned a lot from watching your videos so far. Another request. Please make a video about your different planes. How do you sharpen your blades? How do you adjust and set up to produce such beautiful thin shavings? It’s completely mesmerizing to watch! Thank you for your content. Awesome work!
Nice job! I made a mallet a couple years ago and find it's one of the tools I use most frequently. I've decided to make a few from your design with various types of hardwood I have laying around. Thanks for putting the plans out there!
Awesome , modern and to the meat of things skills and video , thank you and God Bless you for sharing ! Don’t ever change . Greetings from California “the beautiful “
Oh neat a mallet video. Wow thats a really clean work area, your tools must be very happy. Wait is that a hand saw? And a hand planar? Wait, are you making it by hand?! Oh wow, you are, thats dope. I can be convinced to watch more of this.
Nice video Gallagher lol Just kiddin. I’m subscribed because I could watch this stuff all day. Super precise and everything neat. Plus ridiculous no-look skills
You really inspire me to use more hand tools in my work. It's weird that you get so spoiled with modern tools you kind of forget that everything used to be done by hand with no power tools.
Thank you for the video. Nice workmanship but my biggest take-away is an appreciation for the care and condition of your tools. (as a machinist that is wonderful to see)
i think this is the first video i ever watch a man use a tool and had to show another man the use of the tool by someone who obviously is among the top tier of tool users. i shit a brick when you waxed that plane (brilliant), and then when you made it glide so smoothly across that wood i got the warm fuzzies like when you listen to Tool and it connects for the first time. glorious sir, my praise for your amazing craftsmanship and woodworking skill. and, im only halfway through the video lol. i can't wait to see the mechanical connection here.
I hope this inspires more people to work with handtools. That's when you really get to know the grain and toughness and scent of the wood you are using. The soundtrack here is just as great as the filming. Good work. My only concern is whether the cherry handle will stand up to hard long-term use. I think ash or hickory would be preferable.
Oh you geniuses with your hand tools. Maybe when my kids grow up I’ll have time to try to lessen my machine use. I’m in awe of some of you guys how good you are with just hand tools! Mallet looks great! I think I prefer the straight head over an angled one. The leather is a nice touch as well. Good job brother!
a bit new to your channel but i really enjoy your content and have subscribed. the first thing that i noticed was that your chisels and plane blades are incredibly sharp. i realize that it has been done by so many but i would be interested to see your complete method. keep them coming
not much to my method, i may make a vid on it in the future.. its just either medium india followed by translucent arkansas then strop with green honing compound or diamond stones followed by strop. I do a secondary bevel
Wow very sharp hand tools. Don't think I have the skills to wield any of them but very cool to watch. You made using the chisels and planes look way easy. I'm sure I will nick the mallet at final stage when trimming the lather. LOL.
Who cares if you do? That is part of what makes it YOUR mallet. Turn that into part of a decorative pattern that you carry around the edge as a border. Or make it part of your signature. Or just ignore it, because believe me, as you use it, the thing will get a LOT more banged up than that little nick. Think if it like going out and getting a brand new car. That first dent or ding is going to drive you nuts. When you start off with that little nick in there, the first dent or ding is already taken care of. Nothing to get upset over at all. Don't ever let the fear of perfection stop you from doing anything. Remember this: When you finish a project, no one knows what you intended to make when you started. They only see what you finished. They can't judge it against your original intention, because they don't know what you started out to make, they only see what you DID make. So they can only judge it against itself. And most likely, as itself, it's just fine. Build away and enjoy. And the more you use those chisels and planes, the better at it you will get. Keep at it and do fun stuff.
My axe/maul handle used to loosen regularly. I got so tired of removing the handle & adding fresh wedges. Finally I fixed it PERMANENTLY. I took off the handle for THE LAST TIME and added gorilla glue. That was over 15 years ago & it hasnt loosened a lick after MUCH use. !
Really nice mallet, seems it's quick to make too. Most mallets I know were made to be taken apart for easy replacement of parts, exchanging heads/handles and for easy storage. (The handle and tenon are tapered) I have to say I split all my mallet heads when glued in layers, so I would recommend making them out of one piece (really dense and straight grained wood)
Great video as always, Frank. The last mallet I made I did very similarly, except that I used a 1 1/4" forstner bit for drill through the two middle pieces so I could add iron beads to add some weight and reduce the recoil from striking.
@@FranksWorkbench yeah mine weighs in at almost exactly 16oz with that and made with cherry, burr oak and ash off cuts. - that's okay, you can never have enough mallets!
Ahhh I thought it was just for weight. I worked as a helper in an old mans shop…I used to ask him why his mallet sounded like a baby rattle and where his baba went. He passed 6 years ago. Best boss I ever had! Miss him as a friend. I hope to make one soon, I’ll be sure to add the beads. Thanks! :)
Love it... I would suggest for the handle BLO only. My dad who was born in 1915, said the old guys of his day would strip any finish off a wooden handle and use BLO. Gives a good finish... but even better, helped decrease blisters. I found this to be accurate.
@@theuglidog Before dryers were added... they actually boiled the linseed oil. Not quite the same... but close enough... and the new way does save time and money.
Thanks Thor, excellent video. Shattered to learn in your comments that you can actually miss the bin. Interesting to see how you use the different tools. I wonder the financial investment in your workshop. Good editing. The closest I get to woodwork is striking a match, (ex smoker though).
Love the design! I made one just like it, using ipe, about 5 years ago. No glue on wedges, and with weather changes, heavy use it does come loose from time to time, but tap tap, and good to go.
A very nice job, and a pleasure to watch. I made myself a couple of malletts on my lathe, out of some nice Olive wood. The first one was as a two peice (head and handle) so as to make it top heavy, the second was turned as one whole piece. I made a third, which I use as my hack mallett, as unfortunately the wood split and opened when turning. I keep the centre points visible, so that it can be put back on the lathe and trimmed up, when it has too many flat spots. But there is nothing more pleasurable than making your own tools, and using them! :-) Unless you can sell 'em that is! As well as a workshop tool, they have been great as mest tenderisers, and the rounded head, such as with a carving mallett, does not destroy it as does a flat mallett. Just a thought for those that might also enjoy tender meat as well as woodworking.
I like everything about this build. I even saved it to reference later. You're the only one i follow that uses hide glue but thats enough to get me to try it. I do have a question... Why does the pad on your vise not go to the ends. I may have missed the build but I'm curious. I appreciate all you do. Thanx, Greg
Full disclosure hide glue may not be a good idea for a mallet but sometimes I like to find things out for myself instead of just automatically adopting the expert opinion.. on the vise liner- it would be best for it to extend the full length. IIRC My piece of liner was 36" long and 18" wide, I was going to cut a 20" long section from this but decided to instead just keep the liner 18" long instead of 20 so I could make more if I need to remake the jaw in the future. Also I very seldom clamp anything on the left side of the vise
If I had a youtube page you could follow me..I use hide glue a hell of a lot. But in this instance I am not too sure it going to last. time will tell tho. I use in my furniture resto's
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The most impressive bit is that he NEVER misses the shot on the scrap bin!! Nice work on the mallet too. That thing is never going to come apart.
Haha thanks brotha but I gotta say I miss WAYYY more than I make in those trash can shots, just edit out all the misses. 😆
@@FranksWorkbench Oh man! Now I don't believe in nothing no more.
@@FranksWorkbench I was gonna say you walk over and pick it up and throw it again and edit it down 😂
In my experience, these types of mallets used to be made with a tapered handle to fit the tapered head slot. The head would just slip over the grip and up to near the top of the handle where the taper held it fast. No wedges required. Also, the head was a single block of wood and the slot was simply chiselled out, no glue required. The head never ever came off, unless it split apart or the handle broke, but in either event abuse would be to blame,
Finding a nice, big hardwood post to make the head from is perhaps the challenge, when you can make the whole thing from a single board and laminate the head.
Laminating the head means you can "cheat" by cutting the angles on the mortice before gluing the head together.
@@dj1NM3 I agree there are advantage to the laminated head. One of the main issues with a solid head, is finding a curly twisty bit of grain to resist splitting. Laminating can help with that by reversing the grain runout. between each layer & reversing the growth rings reduces cupping over time which in turn reduces the tendency for shrinkage splitting. There are pros and cons to both, my main point was cutting a tapered handle & slot, rather than relying on wedges.
@@kenwebster5053 something to do with a couple of roads and an old italian city. I don't remember the details t.b.h.
And im here taking barely 5 min of my time to make a bushcraft mallet out of a single piece of wood…yall are so sophisticated 😅❤
@@CorgiCorner Well for a bushcraft mallet, I'd just I'd cut a foot or so length of some random fallen branch that hadn't rotted yet & chuck it back in the bush when the jobs done. But then I wouldn't be making fine furniture with mortise & tenon joints, stopped halving shelves or dovetail draws would I.
This man's voice made me hit the like button when he requested it. HE MADE ME.
He's got a voice like a well made desk.
:D
Great video. Your skill with the western style saws is a pleasure to watch.
thank you!
I really like that you share your knowledge without feeling the need to talk All. The. Time. Great watching experience. Thank you!
😄Thank you!
What a beautiful old school job you did. Very nice indeed.
So glad to see you drill the hole at bottom of wedge slot
Really nice to see you using traditional tools and achieving a beautiful result! Thanx for posting x.
thanks, glad you liked it!
The way you work with your tools is like what I would imagine Michelangelo had with his paint brushes handling them with meticulous grace and precision. I want to be like you brother. Thanks for your inpiration.
It's a pleasure watching someone use SHARP hand tools for a change
:D
I think the shaping you did makes it look much more interesting. In my humble opinion:
Functionality + Aesthetics = Craftsmanship!
Thanks bro!
Nice touch! And the basket shots were over the top! :)
haha not sure if im trying to woodwork or do dudeperfect vids lol
@@FranksWorkbench I wouldn't change a thing!😄
Love the never miss the basket shots
🤣
A real craftsman i like your mallet a lot.
I do need a new one and I will follow your instructions and hopefully make mine look just like yours many thanks
I love to hear those sharp tools cut!
Every blades looks so sharp and well maintained.
thank you!
It's amazing for watching all of this is made by hand tools only while most of wood workers using electrical or battery operated tools and equipments.
So satisfying watching this.
Glad you enjoyed it!!
Just made one with the free plans! Thank you Frank, keep up the good work.
Very inspired by all your videos. Beautiful mallet. So glad I live in a time when I can learn from people like you.
Love how sharp your tools sound. Hand tools are much more satisfying to use.
Exactly what I was thinking. I watch a lot of woodworking on TH-cam and I bet you have the sharpest tools.
Same here.
Hand tools are also nice to have around. Don't get me wrong I love my power tools and I've got solar and battery for days, but there will always be hand tools around for me.
Gotta love how this guy like mostly using manual tools instead of power-tools, kinda brings back memories when i now started doing wood-working in school, great video mate , cheers.
thanks man, glad you can appreciate it too!
Always a pleasure watching you work
Love your content! Watched every single one of your videos, some more than once. I have a request. If you could make your videos a little longer showing more of the process in a tutorial way. I’ve learned a lot from watching your videos so far. Another request. Please make a video about your different planes. How do you sharpen your blades? How do you adjust and set up to produce such beautiful thin shavings? It’s completely mesmerizing to watch! Thank you for your content. Awesome work!
Thanks for the video!!! Just ordered your free plans!!
Awesome! Enjoy!
Nice job! I made a mallet a couple years ago and find it's one of the tools I use most frequently. I've decided to make a few from your design with various types of hardwood I have laying around. Thanks for putting the plans out there!
absolutely!
Love watching you create
Great video man. Refreshing to see a woodworker not reliant on power-tools. Lovely mallet too 👌
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for the tip on strengthening the joint. Nice design, well executed. Good on you.
Thanks!
I found this video entertaining so I hit that like button 👍
haha thank you!
Awesome , modern and to the meat of things skills and video , thank you and God Bless you for sharing ! Don’t ever change . Greetings from California “the beautiful “
Nice work with the panel saws.....my grandfather was the only one that I knew who could really use one .....and he's long dead.
Like cursive handwriting... A dying skill. almost impossible to imagine they used to use them for cutting all those 2x4s framing a house...
Nice to see that you have some power tools. Nothing sadder than to see someone using an old bit & brace drill!
I really liked this, almost made entirely with hand tools, (just a drill motor). Good job and seems simple.
Great Mallet! I like your use of hand tools in the building of the mallet!
Thanks!!
Beautiful mallet that will last a lifetime…or two. As always, great video Frank. Thanks for making and sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Oh neat a mallet video. Wow thats a really clean work area, your tools must be very happy. Wait is that a hand saw? And a hand planar? Wait, are you making it by hand?! Oh wow, you are, thats dope. I can be convinced to watch more of this.
I like the no look scrap bin throw!
Great work, thank you for sharing. Nice and shiny tools.
Honestly your aim with those cutoffs is hella decent.
Nice video Gallagher lol
Just kiddin. I’m subscribed because I could watch this stuff all day. Super precise and everything neat. Plus ridiculous no-look skills
nice workstation , and all the tools .
You really inspire me to use more hand tools in my work. It's weird that you get so spoiled with modern tools you kind of forget that everything used to be done by hand with no power tools.
awesome! and I agree!
Good work, Frank. Quality stuff!
Many thanks!
Thank you for the video. Nice workmanship but my biggest take-away is an appreciation for the care and condition of your tools. (as a machinist that is wonderful to see)
glad you recognize and appreciate it, another poster said looks like I got em all for Christmas LOL... just takes a little care and maintenance
A great idea. Done with beautiful tools and by a real craftsman.👍
Thank you sir!
Nice. Really like your use of hand tools
Thanks!
Man your Tools look really Shiny and Brand New ..🌟 , like they come from Heaven..😄
haha :)
That slight bevel on the two inside pieces for the head is such a brilliant, but subtle move.
I’m not sure if I’m l’or impressed by the amazing build itself or by the fact that he never misses the scrap bin 😎
Great job, you got me subscribed
Thanks 👍
Like it. It’s given me an idea for my next mallet
Great to see a real tradesman using tools and not relying on $10 000 worth of machinery
i think this is the first video i ever watch a man use a tool and had to show another man the use of the tool by someone who obviously is among the top tier of tool users. i shit a brick when you waxed that plane (brilliant), and then when you made it glide so smoothly across that wood i got the warm fuzzies like when you listen to Tool and it connects for the first time. glorious sir, my praise for your amazing craftsmanship and woodworking skill. and, im only halfway through the video lol. i can't wait to see the mechanical connection here.
Thank you so much!
Beautiful bench!
Beautiful. Nice build.
I hope this inspires more people to work with handtools. That's when you really get to know the grain and toughness and scent of the wood you are using. The soundtrack here is just as great as the filming. Good work. My only concern is whether the cherry handle will stand up to hard long-term use. I think ash or hickory would be preferable.
Thank you for the kind words! Agree with you, hickory would be much more durable
But cherry is so pretty. :)
Your workbench is unsettlingly clean.
Haha yep, brand new bench. First project on it
Great work. I’m inspired.
Great mallet! The form is not ordinary. I really like it. 😃👍
😁Thank you!
just discovered your channel. great content!
😁
Well built mallet, adding that to my list. Thanks
This has TRADITIONAL CRAFTSMANSHIP written all over it. Cool! Very nice job.
😁
Oh you geniuses with your hand tools. Maybe when my kids grow up I’ll have time to try to lessen my machine use. I’m in awe of some of you guys how good you are with just hand tools!
Mallet looks great! I think I prefer the straight head over an angled one. The leather is a nice touch as well.
Good job brother!
😁 thanks man!
Very nice craftsmanship. Might have to take some ideas and make one myself. Probably won’t come out as nice but as long as it works lol.
Go for it!
a bit new to your channel but i really enjoy your content and have subscribed. the first thing that i noticed was that your chisels and plane blades are incredibly sharp. i realize that it has been done by so many but i would be interested to see your complete method. keep them coming
not much to my method, i may make a vid on it in the future.. its just either medium india followed by translucent arkansas then strop with green honing compound or diamond stones followed by strop. I do a secondary bevel
Maybe just me but I think we need banking trick shots and throws!!! Nice work as always!!
Wow very sharp hand tools. Don't think I have the skills to wield any of them but very cool to watch. You made using the chisels and planes look way easy. I'm sure I will nick the mallet at final stage when trimming the lather. LOL.
😁 thanks man!
Who cares if you do? That is part of what makes it YOUR mallet. Turn that into part of a decorative pattern that you carry around the edge as a border. Or make it part of your signature. Or just ignore it, because believe me, as you use it, the thing will get a LOT more banged up than that little nick. Think if it like going out and getting a brand new car. That first dent or ding is going to drive you nuts. When you start off with that little nick in there, the first dent or ding is already taken care of. Nothing to get upset over at all.
Don't ever let the fear of perfection stop you from doing anything. Remember this: When you finish a project, no one knows what you intended to make when you started. They only see what you finished. They can't judge it against your original intention, because they don't know what you started out to make, they only see what you DID make. So they can only judge it against itself. And most likely, as itself, it's just fine.
Build away and enjoy. And the more you use those chisels and planes, the better at it you will get. Keep at it and do fun stuff.
Love seeing how my Grandfather would have approached this. I still have a few of his tools, though only seem to use the Torpedo Level.
Best ever Thx Frank 5 ⭐️
Nice work, I started 45 years ago with mostly hand tools (cost) and now have mostly power tools, I think it’s time to migrate back.
My axe/maul handle used to loosen regularly. I got so
tired of removing the handle & adding fresh wedges.
Finally I fixed it PERMANENTLY. I took off the handle
for THE LAST TIME and added gorilla glue. That was
over 15 years ago & it hasnt loosened a lick after
MUCH use.
!
Very cool video! Glad I came across your channel. Keep up the good work 👍
Thanks!
Great work! Thanks for the plans.
Really nice mallet, seems it's quick to make too. Most mallets I know were made to be taken apart for easy replacement of parts, exchanging heads/handles and for easy storage. (The handle and tenon are tapered) I have to say I split all my mallet heads when glued in layers, so I would recommend making them out of one piece (really dense and straight grained wood)
There are so many options available to making mallets just do not make them look too nice or you may not want to use them.
@@bighands69 Got two of those already 😅
What a trick. I never would have thought glue stops things from moving.
nice handle making
Great use of hand tools and method, I was taught as an apprentice to always lay your plane on it's side as not to dull the blade but thats just me
yep, one of those woodworking things, two schools of thought and both are right and neither is really wrong IMO
Nice project
I have some high quality hardwood scraps that this would be an excellent use for. Thanks Frank!
Perfect! Thanks for watching and commenting!!
Great video.
Love your projects, videos and teaching style.
Appreciate it!
Nice job! +1 sub. Cheers from Ontario!
Awesome, thank you!
Great video as always, Frank. The last mallet I made I did very similarly, except that I used a 1 1/4" forstner bit for drill through the two middle pieces so I could add iron beads to add some weight and reduce the recoil from striking.
Thank you! And great idea, this ones pretty lightweight and that would have been a good upgrade
@@FranksWorkbench yeah mine weighs in at almost exactly 16oz with that and made with cherry, burr oak and ash off cuts. - that's okay, you can never have enough mallets!
Ahhh I thought it was just for weight. I worked as a helper in an old mans shop…I used to ask him why his mallet sounded like a baby rattle and where his baba went. He passed 6 years ago. Best boss I ever had! Miss him as a friend.
I hope to make one soon, I’ll be sure to add the beads. Thanks!
:)
@@enzprintco.8625 Yup, you just have to a little room for the beads to move around - I love my mallet and it has seen a lot of abuse.
@@smrogers4155 did you use leather or just the wood?
Love it... I would suggest for the handle BLO only. My dad who was born in 1915, said the old guys of his day would strip any finish off a wooden handle and use BLO. Gives a good finish... but even better, helped decrease blisters. I found this to be accurate.
great video thanks what is BLO please
boiled linseed oil, its linseed oil with dryers to help it cure quicker
@@theuglidog Before dryers were added... they actually boiled the linseed oil. Not quite the same... but close enough... and the new way does save time and money.
having grown up watching New Yankee Workshop, every time he uses a chisel I hear Norm Abram in my head saying, "A good shahp chisel"
Thanks Thor, excellent video. Shattered to learn in your comments that you can actually miss the bin. Interesting to see how you use the different tools. I wonder the financial investment in your workshop. Good editing. The closest I get to woodwork is striking a match, (ex smoker though).
oh to dream to have such sharp blades on every tool :) (oh, and the skills as well )
Now that is my kinda asmr, manufacturing.
Love the design! I made one just like it, using ipe, about 5 years ago. No glue on wedges, and with weather changes, heavy use it does come loose from time to time, but tap tap, and good to go.
Nice! And great wood for a mallet!
Good job. Just subscribed. Hope you make a lot of money on TH-cam.
thank you!
Beautiful work! Great content
😁
Beautiful!!
Lovely job and I'd give you a like just for the no look bin shots lol
😁
хорошая киянка получилась, отличная работа
Very nice! 👍
A very nice job, and a pleasure to watch. I made myself a couple of malletts on my lathe, out of some nice Olive wood. The first one was as a two peice (head and handle) so as to make it top heavy, the second was turned as one whole piece. I made a third, which I use as my hack mallett, as unfortunately the wood split and opened when turning. I keep the centre points visible, so that it can be put back on the lathe and trimmed up, when it has too many flat spots. But there is nothing more pleasurable than making your own tools, and using them! :-) Unless you can sell 'em that is!
As well as a workshop tool, they have been great as mest tenderisers, and the rounded head, such as with a carving mallett, does not destroy it as does a flat mallett. Just a thought for those that might also enjoy tender meat as well as woodworking.
Interesting project.
That is one mighty saw to make the mighty thors hammer
Yeah, Tried and True that bonk! I have a gallon of that stuff in the basement.
😃👍
I like everything about this build. I even saved it to reference later. You're the only one i follow that uses hide glue but thats enough to get me to try it. I do have a question... Why does the pad on your vise not go to the ends. I may have missed the build but I'm curious. I appreciate all you do. Thanx, Greg
Full disclosure hide glue may not be a good idea for a mallet but sometimes I like to find things out for myself instead of just automatically adopting the expert opinion.. on the vise liner- it would be best for it to extend the full length. IIRC My piece of liner was 36" long and 18" wide, I was going to cut a 20" long section from this but decided to instead just keep the liner 18" long instead of 20 so I could make more if I need to remake the jaw in the future. Also I very seldom clamp anything on the left side of the vise
If I had a youtube page you could follow me..I use hide glue a hell of a lot. But in this instance I am not too sure it going to last. time will tell tho. I use in my furniture resto's
What a master