How To Build A Woodworking Mallet

I didn t even bother measuring for mallet head length when cutting it on the band saw.

How to build a woodworking mallet. These cuts were then completed on the band saw to make the taper in the handle. Now that you have. Hello welcome to my instructable on how to make a wooden mallet from off cuts and scrap wood. I d say mine was 5 6 long.

It s showing its history with a number of dents and dings from using it over the years but still going strong. Round edges of. I started with some curly maple from my figured wood supplier. As per my usual i thought it would be good to make one for a future blog and.

Glue up the mallet head. I knew i d want to make a joiner s mallet. Build a better joiner s mallet. It s a 3 x 6 and just long enough for the mallet head.

Making my wooden mallet my hands flipped over a chunk of wood that fell as an offcut from the chopsaw a few weeks ago. Using a 3 4 forstner bit on my drill press i bored a hole almost all the way through the maple blank. This style is the classic type that has been typically found in a carpenter or joiner s toolbox for many a long year. The handle is then cleaned up with a block plane and some sanding.

This project just requires a few pieces of wood. Place your handle exactly in the middle of one of the 120 x 90 mm pieces. Flush joints on mallet head. The taper needs to be smooth and straight for a tight fit inside the head.

Cut the middle pieces. Cut out all the pieces from 18 mm 3 4 wood. Easy wooden mallet step 1. Domed head provides forgiving strike surface mallet head is a wood sandwich.

I have a selection of wood left over from when i make cigar box guitars i ve decided that i will try to make mallets out of them rather than throw the. You can make your mallet pretty much any size you want. Begin shaping the dome on other end. I ve wanted to make a new mallet for a while now and at last found a bit of time to take the project forward.