I was thinking of making one of these for myself soon. Glad I came across this video because it covered a lot of choices and decisions I never would have considered.
I like to jump around when watching long videos like this, so I've taken the liberty of copying the table of contents into a comment and it should allow clickability! 00:30 overview of design 02:00 purpose of mallet 02:31 mass/energy 04:45 our mallets purpose 06:45 weight / 2nd Law Motion 08:10 shape 09:15 ergonomics 11:30 muscles 14:00 length/leverage 15:25 general forms of mallets 17:15 Newtons 1st Law 18:00 materials 27:00 start turning 30:00 length & handle 34:15 handle shape 38:15 mallet head 41:45 the transition 45:45 finish 47:40 conclusion & homework
Excellent video! I had been thinking about making a mallet or two, but was not sure on how it should be designed. But your video, by far more than any other, walked through the various aspects of the design of a good mallet. I appreciate your attention to detail and the design elements.
I am very new at this and wanted to make my own mallet thinking it would be a good project and something I would use a lot and take pride in the fact I made them.Want to make two.The rounded type and the normal type..Your video gave me a lot of information that ALL the other videos didnt include.Thank you very much!!
Your mallet turned out great and looks beautiful! Thanks for all the wonderful tips and detailed instructions. I roughed out my first mallet, out of hard green maple a couple of days ago, when it dries some I’ll finish turning it using what I have Learnt here!
I have some Beech that have drying for several years. This is what I plan on using for a mallet. I will give an update after I have gotten it done and how it holds up.
Another great video sir, I did buy that load of Black Walnut I told you about this past week. It is green wood. I made a mallet for wood working, posted epic on Instagram and put your channel name in the # sign thing. It was a fun first build for me on the lathe. One thing from the several I learned while being a new user to the lathe, is the wood was so wet, it actually started rusting the bed of my lathe while I was working with the green wood. Less than 2 hours would be my guess. I had used a rust preventative spray on the bed prior to me using it but it obviously is for air moisture content, not actual dampness on the bed. I found a fix for that and gold I decided to clean up after I pulled the mallet off the lathe. Good stuff in this video, I am watching it after the fact on the one I made and I am pretty proud of my own little design I came up with. I plan to use it in the leather shop some a swell. Thank again for another great video sir and I hope you have a blessed weekend. Dale
I learned tons. Living in southwest Texas I was disappointed to hear that mesquite and pecan are not suitable for mallet materials. Have you tried Live Oak? I greatly admire your skew skills. Thanks for the video.
Have to disagree on striking plane/angle - Your arm comes down, then you whip the wrist, ergo more energy impacting the target, hence slings, stick slings and the trebuchette ( I built a trebuchette once).... Saying that, I turned my first mallet yesterday :D
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One of the best and hardest woods to use for the head of the mallet is Honey or Black Locust, a common North American hardwood. Only hickory is harder. Locust has a 1700 janka rating and hickory is around 1820, almost as hard as purplewood.
It's rare that teachers are able to convey theory so it can be understood bystudents. To have this theory actually have a purpose of not only understanding the processes behind a craft but to actually make the student better at their craft through knowledge, is unheard of these days. A lot of times it feels pointless and it's done only for test purposes and thus theory is commonly viewed as a waste of time. Which it is, unless the knowledge actually serves a purpose. Good work.
I hate round handles on mallets, hammers and dovetail saws. The round headed mallet would be the exception because the strike face is 360 degrees. I don't like having to look at the hammer head after picking it up to see it's orientation and then take the extra time to rotate it. Along with that there is the extra strength on the grip necessary to prevent it from rotating in your hand that an oval, or somewhat rectangular shape provides.
Don't see why not if they are applicable. But it won't be by me in video form, can barely afford material to make the stuff I do now. A building is a bit outa my budget for a RUclips video.
I think this video can be implemented in all kinds of things. It's almost more of a video on problem solving and breaking down issues to the bare minimum to figure out workable solutions than it is a woodworking video.
wortheffort Mr. Effort: I very much enjoy your videos. Especially the long form because as a new turner with almost no tools outside of the lathe (cheap hobbyist), you have non-professionals in mind and you have marketing in mind. I made a mallet out of an expensive piece of canarywood from Rockler. It is nice and dense and I wanted to give it away. But it’s so useful that I ended up using it to bang on things that needed banging and now I can’t [and dont want to] give it away. Thanks again.
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I was thinking of making one of these for myself soon. Glad I came across this video because it covered a lot of choices and decisions I never would have considered.
I like to jump around when watching long videos like this, so I've taken the liberty of copying the table of contents into a comment and it should allow clickability!
00:30 overview of design
02:00 purpose of mallet
02:31 mass/energy
04:45 our mallets purpose
06:45 weight / 2nd Law Motion
08:10 shape
09:15 ergonomics
11:30 muscles
14:00 length/leverage
15:25 general forms of mallets
17:15 Newtons 1st Law
18:00 materials
27:00 start turning
30:00 length & handle
34:15 handle shape
38:15 mallet head
41:45 the transition
45:45 finish
47:40 conclusion & homework
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You've somehow taken something I found incredibly boring in school and made it fascinating today. You are a really good teacher thanks for the video!
Thanks
Really enjoyed watching this video. Thank you, Shawn.
Kinda excited of making a mallet and starting to wood work I watched your videos awesome.
Excellent video! I had been thinking about making a mallet or two, but was not sure on how it should be designed. But your video, by far more than any other, walked through the various aspects of the design of a good mallet. I appreciate your attention to detail and the design elements.
Thanks and have fun making your mallet.
I am very new at this and wanted to make my own mallet thinking it would be a good project and something I would use a lot and take pride in the fact I made them.Want to make two.The rounded type and the normal type..Your video gave me a lot of information that ALL the other videos didnt include.Thank you very much!!
+George Whitefield Thanks for watching and learning.
Your mallet turned out great and looks beautiful! Thanks for all the wonderful tips and detailed instructions. I roughed out my first mallet, out of hard green maple a couple of days ago, when it dries some I’ll finish turning it using what I have
Learnt here!
Thanks
I have some Beech that have drying for several years. This is what I plan on using for a mallet. I will give an update after I have gotten it done and how it holds up.
MrAnimal1971 how’d it go 4 years ago?
Another great video sir, I did buy that load of Black Walnut I told you about this past week. It is green wood. I made a mallet for wood working, posted epic on Instagram and put your channel name in the # sign thing. It was a fun first build for me on the lathe. One thing from the several I learned while being a new user to the lathe, is the wood was so wet, it actually started rusting the bed of my lathe while I was working with the green wood. Less than 2 hours would be my guess. I had used a rust preventative spray on the bed prior to me using it but it obviously is for air moisture content, not actual dampness on the bed. I found a fix for that and gold I decided to clean up after I pulled the mallet off the lathe. Good stuff in this video, I am watching it after the fact on the one I made and I am pretty proud of my own little design I came up with. I plan to use it in the leather shop some a swell. Thank again for another great video sir and I hope you have a blessed weekend.
Dale
very long video running man.. but it was worth it to watch, thanks for sharing your meaningful knowledge
i love the lathe you used. it would even fit on mom's kitchen table
I learned tons. Living in southwest Texas I was disappointed to hear that mesquite and pecan are not suitable for mallet materials. Have you tried Live Oak? I greatly admire your skew skills. Thanks for the video.
Your videos are great. Learning tons and tons.
+tcmzueck Thanks
is that tonnes, and tonnes?
Table of contents! Nice!
Have to disagree on striking plane/angle - Your arm comes down, then you whip the wrist, ergo more energy impacting the target, hence slings, stick slings and the trebuchette ( I built a trebuchette once)....
Saying that, I turned my first mallet yesterday :D
Non lethal wepon of choice in star wars is a old toilet brush with a little brown paint on it for when the dark side comes to check your vehicle... just simply pick it up and wave it in they're direction and they usually will run like scared little girls!! Lmfao 🤣🤣🤣
How do you look up them big gouges you use there?
One of the best and hardest woods to use for the head of the mallet is Honey or Black Locust, a common North American hardwood. Only hickory is harder. Locust has a 1700 janka rating and hickory is around 1820, almost as hard as purplewood.
It's rare that teachers are able to convey theory so it can be understood bystudents. To have this theory actually have a purpose of not only understanding the processes behind a craft but to actually make the student better at their craft through knowledge, is unheard of these days. A lot of times it feels pointless and it's done only for test purposes and thus theory is commonly viewed as a waste of time. Which it is, unless the knowledge actually serves a purpose. Good work.
Thanks
how much do sell these mallets for? beautiful turning by the way.
Depends upon style and if I have material in stock which I don't at the moment.
I hate round handles on mallets, hammers and dovetail saws. The round headed mallet would be the exception because the strike face is 360 degrees. I don't like having to look at the hammer head after picking it up to see it's orientation and then take the extra time to rotate it. Along with that there is the extra strength on the grip necessary to prevent it from rotating in your hand that an oval, or somewhat rectangular shape provides.
look for a video on mallet design I did.
can these and your other videos be implemented in home building?
Don't see why not if they are applicable. But it won't be by me in video form, can barely afford material to make the stuff I do now. A building is a bit outa my budget for a RUclips video.
I think this video can be implemented in all kinds of things. It's almost more of a video on problem solving and breaking down issues to the bare minimum to figure out workable solutions than it is a woodworking video.
The name of this video should be MALLETOLOGY 101.
thank you . great info . n it makes sense .
Thanks
What’s the length of your mallets? Thanks
depends on purpose
wortheffort Mr. Effort: I very much enjoy your videos. Especially the long form because as a new turner with almost no tools outside of the lathe (cheap hobbyist), you have non-professionals in mind and you have marketing in mind. I made a mallet out of an expensive piece of canarywood from Rockler. It is nice and dense and I wanted to give it away. But it’s so useful that I ended up using it to bang on things that needed banging and now I can’t [and dont want to] give it away. Thanks again.
pdf is not found at your Wordpress site linked above.
answered this in your other question.
have you ever turned a spinning top?
100's of thousands of them.
Worksheet link is dead
5 years ago
Lets not!