I slept on it and

[Dwight]

24 minutes ago, Sanch said:

@Rahere thank you for the idea. I would call it successful for my part.  And I'm sorry for having hijacked your post.  My findings are these.  1.  It's doable. 2. Measuring the depth of the thumper in reference to how you hold the stamping tool is critical or as @Dwight so aptly put it the "dumb thing" will hit your fingers and thumb. 3. The weight of the thumper needs to be no less than 186-200g to be effective.  4. Stamping Tool articulation around curves and corners not affected.  (in my case B2042 and self made micro beveler) 5. If thumper were in the 500g range it might lend itself to being useful for background work.  6. I hold my maul at the head and handle 60/40 (the 40 is the head) when I work, so anyone who holds "all handle" may or may not be able to control the thumper. Sorry for the long post I do have other findings but this is plenty "It does work and work well in my humble opinion" here are some results.  Good, bad, wrong, right or indifferent I like it!  If you like your mallet or maul or tree branch or old boot heel use it!  It's yours!  

From what we can see . . . looks good from here.

Can you post a picture of the finished product?

May God bless,

Dwight

[Sanch]

@Dwightthis one is far from done sir! It's my personal seat for my Shovelhead. Soon as I get it all done I'll show it. The more I use the thumper the more it's growing on me!

[Sanch]

Ok, gonna try to keep this going as I'm still pretty stoked with my results.  I made some more improvements to the "Thumper" I found while using it with my bevelers that there was a little too much slop, the shaft diameter of the beveler and the orifice diameter were allowing for "rattle" and not as much control as I would like.  Seen here

So I added a sleeve. Seen here. 

Also I didn't like the noise of aluminum pinging on the beveler so I added a wafer of delrin (same material as my maul heads) in the bottom of the "slide hole" seen in previous pic. You can also see the added weight (sacrificial maul top nut) I felt I'd make it look better as well as upping the weight to a little over 200g plus if I need it heavier I can change the top nut out for my brass one from another maul I made. and last pic shows the air line (sleeve) installed 

Also to answer anyone who'd ask.  No this "Thumper" doesn't replace my mauls I will still use them. Even though I can now use the thumper proficiently with my back grounders as well.

[chuck123wapati]

51 minutes ago, Sanch said:

Ok, gonna try to keep this going as I'm still pretty stoked with my results.  I made some more improvements to the "Thumper" I found while using it with my bevelers that there was a little too much slop, the shaft diameter of the beveler and the orifice diameter were allowing for "rattle" and not as much control as I would like.  Seen here

So I added a sleeve. Seen here. 

Also I didn't like the noise of aluminum pinging on the beveler so I added a wafer of delrin (same material as my maul heads) in the bottom of the "slide hole" seen in previous pic. You can also see the added weight (sacrificial maul top nut) I felt I'd make it look better as well as upping the weight to a little over 200g plus if I need it heavier I can change the top nut out for my brass one from another maul I made. and last pic shows the air line (sleeve) installed 

Also to answer anyone who'd ask.  No this "Thumper" doesn't replace my mauls I will still use them. Even though I can now use the thumper proficiently with my back grounders as well.

i love it when a good plan comes together! Pretty much just a matter of muscle memory now it should work as well as any mallet or hammer.

[Sanch]

@chuck123wapatibevelling much faster no need to re- check where stamp is in reference to maul head. Simple tap tap tap, easy enough to go back if there's any skipping which is very seldom.  K.I.S.S. wins the day again!