My friend Miles and I decided to build the same wooden mallet at a distance—them in Boston, me in New York. I'm not a professional, but I'm happy with how the mallet turned out!
What do you think? Will it stand the test of time? What could I do differently next time? Let me know in the comments!
Rex Kreuger's original tutorial: [ Ссылка ]
Wood:
- Osage Orange Firewood Log
- White Pine 2x2
Tools (many were hand-me-down that I'm documenting here for posterity):
- Estwing 12" Camping Hatchet: [ Ссылка ]
- Professional-Grade Ryoba Saw (via Lee Valley Tools): [ Ссылка ]
- Stanley 14" Bailey Bench Plane: [ Ссылка ]
- Whittling / Detail Knife: [ Ссылка ]
(They are often sold out of most of their stock. You can email them to order something far in advance, you can often find their knives on eBay, or you can try to head to a knife show when they're traveling—they give updates on their Instagram pretty regularly: [ Ссылка ])
- DeWalt 4.5-inch Cast Iron Workshop Vice: [ Ссылка ]
- 3M 80 Grit Sandpaper: [ Ссылка ]
- 3M 220 Grit Sandpaper: [ Ссылка ]
- Furniture Clinic Wood Cleaner: [ Ссылка ]
- Super cheap wooden mallet (that I do not recommend!), something along these lines: [ Ссылка ]
- Stanley 1" Chisel, like this one: [ Ссылка ]
- Mr Pen Carpenter Square: [ Ссылка ]
- JK Bastard File, Half Round—something like this: [ Ссылка ]
- Titebond II Premium Wood Glue: [ Ссылка ]
- Furniture Clinic Lint-Free Cloth: [ Ссылка ]
- Food Grade Mineral Oil (via Bluewater Chemgroup): [ Ссылка ]
- Homemade Beeswax Polish, made with beeswax from a neighbor's hive
0:00 - Intro
0:50 - How to Dry Lumber Properly
2:11 - Shaping with a Hatchet, Milling with Ryoba
3:01 - The Importance of Stability When Sawing Wood
4:16 - Shaping the Handle
5:16 - Chiseling the Mortise
6:11 - Gluing & Assembling
6:47 - The Finished Wooden Mallet
7:28 - Outro
