What's The Best Tool For Tooling, Mall Or Mallet, What Weight?

[oltoot]

Just done enough tooling to realize that light weight poly mallet came with the TandyBeginners kit, may not be the best. What tool do experienced recommend

I've been at it for a long time and through that I've tried most everything. As noted, a lot of it is personal preference which accounts for the tremendous variety available. Now IMHO. I have rawhide mallets from tiny to huge and use them all occasionally, poly mauls also, but my workhorses have turned out to be 2 lb rawhide maul for general tooling, 3 lb rawhide maul for geometric and small punching and 8 lb rawhide for most punching and name stamping.

[paprhangr]

1347636119[/url]' post='264374']

I've been at it for a long time and through that I've tried most everything. As noted, a lot of it is personal preference which accounts for the tremendous variety available. Now IMHO. I have rawhide mallets from tiny to huge and use them all occasionally, poly mauls also, but my workhorses have turned out to be 2 lb rawhide maul for general tooling, 3 lb rawhide maul for geometric and small punching and 8 lb rawhide for most punching and name stamping.

a

Edited September 15, 2012 by paprhangr

[paprhangr]

Thanks, I got the stohlman 1lb poly maul. Improved stamping over the kit malletI can see the need to have a variety of weights, I bet that 8 pounder makes strap endHole punch easy