A visit to the Maul

[Meleck]

After looking at your tools, I decide that it was worth coming up with my own version. With a hole cutter, I drilled an old plastic cutting board and stacked the pieces one on top of the other. Placed everything on my lathe to even things up and placed a screw through the pieces. Now I have to turn the handle where the screw will be driven into using a threaded insert. It's not finished but I have a good feeling that this make a great maul.

Thanks for the idea.

I found this link on the internet that covers making your own mallet. That's the next thing I'm trying. I'll post pictures when I'm done. But don't hold your breath because I'm a bit of a proscratinator.

Here is the link: Perfect Carving Mallet ( http://www.wkfinetools.com/tMaking/art/pMallet/index.asp )

This site also has a link on making a leather mallet ( http://www.wkfinetools.com/tMaking/art/lMallet/index.asp )

Edited July 28, 2008 by Meleck

[Meleck]

After testing the link, I went to see if the site had anything new. They do have an article on crafting a leather mallet. It's basicaly the same technique that I used with the cutting board but they are using vegetable tanned leather instead.

Here is the link: Small Mallet Tutorial Page 1.

[bigprairie]

A stack of hockey pucks with a bolt through the centre to attach to a handle makes a great mallet - no need to cut up the wife's cutting board.