Creators like yourself are the reason i stopped watching television. Tv has continued to degrade into divisive politics, untrustworthy "news", and garbage reality shows. Thank you for your hard work and dedication to your craft and bringing us along with you. I always look forward to see your new uploads.
i can remember when i was studying carpentry back in the day...we also had cnc programming....back than ( about 1997) it was pretty much writing the tool passes and simulate it...other words a pain in the ass..... but now i see.. you just sketch it and it autotransforms into the right code.... im so stunned right now.....and that lathe attachment....unbeliavble..... i really wanna see more...keep it up !
Frank thanks for all the great content. I am glad you backed off at 0:53 from that table saw cut. To anyone without a lot of table saw experience, had Frank kept pushing through, this would have been a very different video ending in some nasty kick back. When that board started walking up, it probably wasn't very far from being a disaster. I wish that would have been stressed more during the video. We always think about cutting off a digit, but kick back can do some nasty damage. Always use a splitter, and hold downs aren't a bad safety measure either.
Super video and lovely mallets. I'm sure all three will be a pleasure to use around the shop. Thanks for sharing your ideas and obvious skills. Best wishes.
The space in a deadblow mallet is what allows that mass to counteract the recoil. Without the ability to move, all you have is a heavier mallet. When I was a kid I tore apart a deadblow mallet in our shop just to see how it worked. it was packed to approx. 3/4 of the available space with tiny steel ball bearings (smaller than buck shot). That thing was *very* effective - when you hit something with it, it felt almost like an external force was sucking it on to the surface of the work. Of course my father tanned my hide for destroying it - but we had several of the same model in the shop LOL.
Thank you Frank for making this videos. I'm passing for a hard time in my life in this last 3 months, and your videos make me calm down a little bit and enjoy life a little bit more. I know that i'm not the only one here that has difficulties in life, so, you help not only me, but a lot of people with your videos. Thanks again. Big hug from a brazilian fan
Once again a beautiful project! I love the time lapse of the final pass of the CNC over the mallet. It looks as if the mallet was always inside the blocks of wood and it is just shedding its skin. Very cool!
Frank, I appreciate your "to camera", where you talk directly to the camera. I understand that you have challenges with a stutter, and that makes even more special when you speak directly to "to camera". Do more of it. It is appreciated.
Frank, you have the best toys and I love watching you use them. You also produce the most artful videos of anyone with all of your camera and editing techniques. Please continue doing them for your dedicated fan base. Watching you use your toys is satisfying for us but a whole lot less expensive than trying to duplicate your equipment and genius knowledge!
Dear Frank, nice product. Fascinating construction method using CNC. I can only dream to own such a device. For now it’s handsaws, chisels and a lot of sweat.
Nice process, Frank, and a great showcase of blending multiple tools and software. One approach for v3 would be to replace the mass of the ball bearings with an equivalent mass of lead shot. You’ll find it dampens better and makes a more pleasing sound. Beautiful job!
This a truly wonderful video that integrates a deep understanding of the materials, the way they can be worked and the way that modern tech can help a project. This combination of old school understanding of the materials used with an equally deep understanding of todays processes is a delight to see. Love it
One thing you could give a go for dampening is to try putting a slightly tense spring in between two ball bearings instead of having three loose ball bearings in the head. I'm not sure how well it would work, but it could be an interesting experiment.
I really love that your videos have evolved over the years. You have always had really great videos of course. I think there are maybe two or three different types of Frank videos. I love this kind where you go into detail about the equipment and process. The short skirts and whatnot are always good too. Don't think there's ever been a bad Frank Howarth upload.
I love that way that you always consider form and function, Frank. Fantastic mallets... Looking forward to the amalgamation of the three prototypes in mallet #4.
Very nice work as always! The woodworking and your video work! I really do enjoy seeing how the mallet evolved from start to finish. It's more the just a blunt tool!
I like the idea of a wooden dead blow mallet. I'm wondering if one ball hammering in the same small spot on the inside of the head will eventually do some damage. They're usually full of shot, rather than one (or two) big bearings. Interesting video!
Please do keep making these! I love watching your process for iterating designs and landing on the best. Also, congratulations on some neat new tools! You do a fantastic job and are one of my favorite TH-camrs!
Frank,.. you should be an architect or engineer. Oh, nevermind. You have given me so much to think about! I've never really considered a 4th axis in woodworking. I guess now I'll consider how lumber will be and react in alternative dimensions lol
Hey frank, try using lead pellets ( birdshot from a shot gun shell number 6 or 7 should do great you can buy them from any reloading website. )in the head of the handle, you may need to seal the inside cavity so no moisture gets in and causes the lead to eventually begin to clot up, but the hammer will not rattle and still give you that dead blow effect. You can measure the weight of the head more precisely also by using lead pellets.
I really enjoy all the problem solving commentary that goes into your videos. It the real valuable content. I am surprised your radial arm saw gave you those results. I wonder what is going on with that saw. I know you have a thing for radial arm saws. Maybe there is a saw tuning video in the future.
Awesome video as always Frank! Love how those all turned out. When you finally perfect the final design, I would love to purchase one....................... :)
If you keep the hallow and put a compression spring between the two ball bearings you can up the weight a little and still get that spread out strike feel.
Not sure if anyone else mentioned it (a few too many comments to cover), but you can model the stock in fusion360 as a body that you can model, then when you're in "setup" within "manufacturing", look around the stock size until you find the option to use a body for your stock. Anyhow, first comment on your videos; cheers as another Portlander.
I would add some 1 inch round discs of leather to the ends of the holes you drilled before adding the ball bearings, help reduce the noise but also improve the damping effect too :-)
Awesome work! Makes me really want a CNC! I'm with you on the weighted head - my mallet is full of lead shot and it's really good to dampen vibration but it also increases the strike force (or it feels like it does anyway). I would suggest trying smaller ball bearings for a nicer sound than the clack of the 1" ones.
Hi Frank. Great video, as always. What if you put a spring inside the void to push the ball bearings against the outside of the head? It would also have the damping effect, but without the rattling noise.
This method would partially work to mitigate the rattling. However, springs can't adjust for the force being used to swing the hammer. It might dampen the rattling on a medium swinging of the hammer, but if you double that swinging effort, the spring will be using the same rebound on both types of swings, and you'll still have rattling. This is one of the reasons why dead blow hammers don't use large 1 inch bearings. They used smaller shot for a number of reasons, but smaller shot will also lessen the sound. It's like putting a single stone in the head of the hammer, or using sand instead. The rock will be loud, and the sand will be soft.
@@etwoodworks That space is what makes it a deadblow mallet. The moving mass of the load counteracts/cancels the recoil of the tool because it arrives at the face a millisecond or two after the strike. Big ball bearings aren't going to be effective though regardless - they're going to add resonance instead of cancelling it. He needs something much more granular.
Since you were having trouble with the handle; I wounded if it would have been easier to prototype the handle for thickness and shape on the lathe then transfer those measurements into your CAD.
Love your videos. Back in the day we would cut open shotgun shells for the lead shot to put in the heads. We would also leave it “loose” to give a dead blow effect. 👍
Excellent video. Unsurprisingly, they turned out to be very nice. With regards to the ratios used (head to handle, head dimensions...), in the future it might be worth considering the golden ratio.
Very cool. For a larger mallet, I wonder if it would be smart to add a metal ferrule(s) to the design. The ferrule would reinforce the hammer face(s) from mushrooming.
Nice mallets Frank and a wonderful video. You should use lead shot for the weight. You'll get the dampening without having to use ear protection when using the mallet ;-)
Wow Frank. I was putting off watching this video because I thought "how interesting can a mallet video be". Turns out very interesting. I love your camera work on this and that finish pass on the CNC is some sweet machinist porn. Thanks so much for making these videos.
I love Frank's videos. I feel like TH-cam NEVER tells me when they're published. I made sure to hit the bell today. I hope I get more notifications now
I was excited to watch this because I remember watching the first mallet video. And then the video turned out to be about a tool that really nobody has.
Hmmmm - I need a new mallet, and I don't have a CNC.... and it's Father's Day! "Hey honey!..." Thanks, Frank!! :) (And Happy Father's Day to you, too!) Great video, as usual. Nice stop motion on that final pass...
Great photography and content as always Frank. Now where have we heard that before, ones too hard, ones too soft and ones just right, well almost. I see future bowls being made on the latest addition to the CNC. 👍🏻
PSA - If you like Frank's content and want to support him there is a link to his Patreon in the video description.
Creators like yourself are the reason i stopped watching television. Tv has continued to degrade into divisive politics, untrustworthy "news", and garbage reality shows. Thank you for your hard work and dedication to your craft and bringing us along with you. I always look forward to see your new uploads.
I like the way you locked the head pieces to the handle. Looks nice and should work well.
i can remember when i was studying carpentry back in the day...we also had cnc programming....back than ( about 1997) it was pretty much writing the tool passes and simulate it...other words a pain in the ass..... but now i see.. you just sketch it and it autotransforms into the right code.... im so stunned right now.....and that lathe attachment....unbeliavble..... i really wanna see more...keep it up !
Frank thanks for all the great content. I am glad you backed off at 0:53 from that table saw cut. To anyone without a lot of table saw experience, had Frank kept pushing through, this would have been a very different video ending in some nasty kick back. When that board started walking up, it probably wasn't very far from being a disaster. I wish that would have been stressed more during the video. We always think about cutting off a digit, but kick back can do some nasty damage. Always use a splitter, and hold downs aren't a bad safety measure either.
I love how you explain the thought process behind every decision you made on the mallet (and all your pieces for that matter)
Super video and lovely mallets. I'm sure all three will be a pleasure to use around the shop. Thanks for sharing your ideas and obvious skills. Best wishes.
The space in a deadblow mallet is what allows that mass to counteract the recoil. Without the ability to move, all you have is a heavier mallet. When I was a kid I tore apart a deadblow mallet in our shop just to see how it worked. it was packed to approx. 3/4 of the available space with tiny steel ball bearings (smaller than buck shot). That thing was *very* effective - when you hit something with it, it felt almost like an external force was sucking it on to the surface of the work. Of course my father tanned my hide for destroying it - but we had several of the same model in the shop LOL.
The video of the finishing pass on the CNC is hypnotic - I could watch that for ages.
Thank you Frank for making this videos. I'm passing for a hard time in my life in this last 3 months, and your videos make me calm down a little bit and enjoy life a little bit more. I know that i'm not the only one here that has difficulties in life, so, you help not only me, but a lot of people with your videos. Thanks again. Big hug from a brazilian fan
Once again a beautiful project! I love the time lapse of the final pass of the CNC over the mallet. It looks as if the mallet was always inside the blocks of wood and it is just shedding its skin. Very cool!
Love the "sawing-face" at 0:52 , I don't have any mirrors in my shop but I bet that's exactly the way I look when I use the tablesaw.
Frank, I appreciate your "to camera", where you talk directly to the camera. I understand that you have challenges with a stutter, and that makes even more special when you speak directly to "to camera". Do more of it. It is appreciated.
I really love your content, the best TH-camr IMHO.
You're just an amazing artist.
Wonderful to see this process, those time lapses of the mallets being carved were so cool!
Great project and film idea - Thanks
Olivier
Frank, you have the best toys and I love watching you use them. You also produce the most artful videos of anyone with all of your camera and editing techniques. Please continue doing them for your dedicated fan base. Watching you use your toys is satisfying for us but a whole lot less expensive than trying to duplicate your equipment and genius knowledge!
Happy Fathers Day Frank and thanks for another great 18:29 min of vicarious creative mastery .
Man, I love your little chuckles and you trying stuff on camera without knowing for sure how it will turn out.
Dear Frank, nice product. Fascinating construction method using CNC. I can only dream to own such a device. For now it’s handsaws, chisels and a lot of sweat.
As always, thank you for sharing these experiences in such a beautifully produced way!
I haven’t seen your videos in awhile but sure enjoyed watching you make a project again. Thanks for sharing. GW
Wonderful use of modern tools. Thanks for inspiring us xxx
Nice process, Frank, and a great showcase of blending multiple tools and software. One approach for v3 would be to replace the mass of the ball bearings with an equivalent mass of lead shot. You’ll find it dampens better and makes a more pleasing sound. Beautiful job!
Frank you are always pushing the envelope of creativity and I love that.
I could watch this cnc turning all day... So I will! Looks great Frank!
This a truly wonderful video that integrates a deep understanding of the materials, the way they can be worked and the way that modern tech can help a project. This combination of old school understanding of the materials used with an equally deep understanding of todays processes is a delight to see. Love it
Your videos are always so entertaining. Even when you are prototyping a mallet on a CNC.
Looks great Frank! I agree with the extra wiggle with the bearing. Makes it more like a dead blow hammer. You don't want to fill it up 100% with shot.
Nathan! That guy is a lifesaver.
This is totally awesome! You have Mastered wood working..
One thing you could give a go for dampening is to try putting a slightly tense spring in between two ball bearings instead of having three loose ball bearings in the head.
I'm not sure how well it would work, but it could be an interesting experiment.
I think it might bounce back if you did that, interesting idea
Nice work. I am really liking the lathe addition
Super nice Frank! So precise!
I really love that your videos have evolved over the years. You have always had really great videos of course.
I think there are maybe two or three different types of Frank videos. I love this kind where you go into detail about the equipment and process. The short skirts and whatnot are always good too.
Don't think there's ever been a bad Frank Howarth upload.
You have moved beyond anyplace I will ever go. Good job.
I love that way that you always consider form and function, Frank. Fantastic mallets... Looking forward to the amalgamation of the three prototypes in mallet #4.
Very nice work as always! The woodworking and your video work! I really do enjoy seeing how the mallet evolved from start to finish. It's more the just a blunt tool!
Mesmerizing to watch the CNC at work. They all look beautiful to me. thanks for sharing
Frank you are amazing full of surprises.
Nice job Frank. Great to see the new 4th axis being used.
I like the idea of a wooden dead blow mallet. I'm wondering if one ball hammering in the same small spot on the inside of the head will eventually do some damage. They're usually full of shot, rather than one (or two) big bearings. Interesting video!
5:44 that's SERIOUSLY satisfying to watch.
As always, wonderful. Your the reason TH-cam exists.
Some interesting experiments. I enjoyed walking through that with you.
Please do keep making these! I love watching your process for iterating designs and landing on the best. Also, congratulations on some neat new tools! You do a fantastic job and are one of my favorite TH-camrs!
One of the coolest time lapses I've seen in a while.
Greetings from Ireland Frank love your work and your channel.
Wow! The most complex procedure to make a mallet I ever saw (saw?😉). Amazing!
It is so cool to see that cnc make the mallet. I'm always amazed when i see what these machines can do! Awsome video my friend!
Great video Frank can't wait for the final version of the mallet
Really cool to see the whole design process. It might be an idea to go for an oval shape for the handle as that you fit better in your hand
Frank,.. you should be an architect or engineer. Oh, nevermind. You have given me so much to think about! I've never really considered a 4th axis in woodworking. I guess now I'll consider how lumber will be and react in alternative dimensions lol
love your workbench, love your tools, love your work!
OMG, whether your on the lathe, the cnc, workshop tour or anything else, your videos are totally engrossing 👍👍👍
Hey frank, try using lead pellets ( birdshot from a shot gun shell number 6 or 7 should do great you can buy them from any reloading website. )in the head of the handle, you may need to seal the inside cavity so no moisture gets in and causes the lead to eventually begin to clot up, but the hammer will not rattle and still give you that dead blow effect.
You can measure the weight of the head more precisely also by using lead pellets.
Frank I love watching your videos
I have now watched all of you vids, including all of the very first ones back in 2012. Don’t regret anything ;) :)
The irony of needing a mallet to build your new mallet, i love it!
For the weights: try putting some soft springs in the chambers so they can move in there almost freely but don't rattle as much :)
I really enjoy all the problem solving commentary that goes into your videos. It the real valuable content. I am surprised your radial arm saw gave you those results. I wonder what is going on with that saw. I know you have a thing for radial arm saws. Maybe there is a saw tuning video in the future.
Also, how do you make a video about a mallet and not hit anything?
Frank - your “prototype” is better than anything I could do, even if I had a CNC!
Awesome video as always.
Very beautiful design, thank you for sharing your amazing video. God bless you and your family
Awesome video as always Frank! Love how those all turned out. When you finally perfect the final design, I would love to purchase one....................... :)
If you keep the hallow and put a compression spring between the two ball bearings you can up the weight a little and still get that spread out strike feel.
Blessed with those machines xD Great Job Frank!
Not sure if anyone else mentioned it (a few too many comments to cover), but you can model the stock in fusion360 as a body that you can model, then when you're in "setup" within "manufacturing", look around the stock size until you find the option to use a body for your stock. Anyhow, first comment on your videos; cheers as another Portlander.
Thanks Frank- happy Father’s Day!
I would add some 1 inch round discs of leather to the ends of the holes you drilled before adding the ball bearings, help reduce the noise but also improve the damping effect too :-)
Oh man, I've been dying to see you have a rotational axis at your disposal for CNC work. Can't wait to see what else you do with it!
Very interesting use of the 4th axis and with a nice result.
As always, amazing work! Happy Father's Day Frank!
Awesome work! Makes me really want a CNC! I'm with you on the weighted head - my mallet is full of lead shot and it's really good to dampen vibration but it also increases the strike force (or it feels like it does anyway). I would suggest trying smaller ball bearings for a nicer sound than the clack of the 1" ones.
Frank... They all look fantastic
Hi Frank. Great video, as always. What if you put a spring inside the void to push the ball bearings against the outside of the head? It would also have the damping effect, but without the rattling noise.
This method would partially work to mitigate the rattling. However, springs can't adjust for the force being used to swing the hammer. It might dampen the rattling on a medium swinging of the hammer, but if you double that swinging effort, the spring will be using the same rebound on both types of swings, and you'll still have rattling. This is one of the reasons why dead blow hammers don't use large 1 inch bearings. They used smaller shot for a number of reasons, but smaller shot will also lessen the sound. It's like putting a single stone in the head of the hammer, or using sand instead. The rock will be loud, and the sand will be soft.
How about the bearings in a void filled with Epoxy or something? Should be solid inside to avoid any rattling.
Fill the void 3/4 full of iron filings or steel filings with a bit of oil in there. Sand sound with ball bearing weight.
Hard steel shot and it would be a true dead blow hammer.
@@etwoodworks That space is what makes it a deadblow mallet. The moving mass of the load counteracts/cancels the recoil of the tool because it arrives at the face a millisecond or two after the strike. Big ball bearings aren't going to be effective though regardless - they're going to add resonance instead of cancelling it. He needs something much more granular.
Since you were having trouble with the handle; I wounded if it would have been easier to prototype the handle for thickness and shape on the lathe then transfer those measurements into your CAD.
Tom’s Wood and Leather could probably put an edge finder in the cnc and pick it up directly.
Love your videos. Back in the day we would cut open shotgun shells for the lead shot to put in the heads. We would also leave it “loose” to give a dead blow effect. 👍
That's cool process and a great video! I hope you drop some for sale! Happy Father's Day Frank!
Yeah buddy your real Craftsman and artist nice machine
Desde España un aplauso al maestro..........espero mas videos
Thx Frank it's always fun to watch you create!!!
Excellent video. Unsurprisingly, they turned out to be very nice. With regards to the ratios used (head to handle, head dimensions...), in the future it might be worth considering the golden ratio.
Very cool. For a larger mallet, I wonder if it would be smart to add a metal ferrule(s) to the design. The ferrule would reinforce the hammer face(s) from mushrooming.
Your shop has me green with envy.
Nice mallets Frank and a wonderful video. You should use lead shot for the weight. You'll get the dampening without having to use ear protection when using the mallet ;-)
Wow Frank.
I was putting off watching this video because I thought "how interesting can a mallet video be". Turns out very interesting.
I love your camera work on this and that finish pass on the CNC is some sweet machinist porn. Thanks so much for making these videos.
You can also use little lead balls like those you put on your fishing line, to put inside the held of the hammer.
I love your stuff. You could fill the hammer with lead shot and leave some room for it and make a dead blow hammer with it.
Amazing as always. Hypnotizing time lapse work.
Very cool! I love your content, thank you for sharing your time and talent!
Frank, you're a national treasure. :)
I love Frank's videos. I feel like TH-cam NEVER tells me when they're published. I made sure to hit the bell today. I hope I get more notifications now
2:00 me - aaaanndd done.
6:32 Frank - so now we have a prototype.
I love everything in this video. Never wanted to make a mallet, now I do!
Amazing work using the CNC! Glad you got the design you wanted and a few extra (just in case one breaks- haha).
I was excited to watch this because I remember watching the first mallet video. And then the video turned out to be about a tool that really nobody has.
Hmmmm - I need a new mallet, and I don't have a CNC.... and it's Father's Day! "Hey honey!..."
Thanks, Frank!! :)
(And Happy Father's Day to you, too!)
Great video, as usual. Nice stop motion on that final pass...
Really Great video work. The rattling mallet would drive me crazy(probably says more about me). Lead shot would be better. Happy Father's Day!
There is nothing nicer than handmade . Recently, reliance on machines and robots has become very much
Great photography and content as always Frank.
Now where have we heard that before, ones too hard, ones too soft and ones just right, well almost. I see future bowls being made on the latest addition to the CNC. 👍🏻