Maul balance point location?

[sbrownn]

22 minutes ago, tsunkasapa said:

I use one of these in my wood shop. I do leather in the back room of the house. The Big Buddy can be hooked up to a tank. Kept it warm enough to just wear a shirt when it was about 5 degrees outside.

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Those unvented heaters end up producing a lot of carbon dioxide and water.  That's usually not a problem but my shop is pretty air tight and the water ended up condensing on any exposed metal in my shop rusting it.

[Tugadude]

17 hours ago, Spyros said:

When I was making mine I knew I couldn't answer the balance question until it was all finished and I held it in my hand.  Because it's a totally different story using a maul for carving, these guys only tap lightly with twists of the wrist, and very different when you use it for everything, like I do.

So what I did, I bought a whole bunch of 40mm washers, and I made the HDPE part hollow in the top and bottom, and it had a removable top and a threaded rod running through it.  And when it as all finished I had the option to add and remove washers from the top and the bottom and secure them in place with a nut, until I had exactly the weight and balance that I wanted. 

 

 

 

Smart idea and nicely done!

1 hour ago, dans79 said:

It will be a while before I can get to the maul, thanks mainly to the cold streak keeping the temperature in my shop barely above freezing, and I have another project related to my 3d printer that needs some time at the milling machine.   

I did turn a burnisher before the cold streak hit, here it is with some other hand tools i made over the years.  

 

Well, your craftsmanship is impressive.  Good luck with the maul.

[dans79]

I have a propane heater and it does a good job of warming up the shop. However i only use it when the shop temp needs to be increased by 15 to 20 degrees. Any more than that, and the carbon dioxide  and moisture starts to build up. The carbon dioxide is bad for me, and the moisture can cause flash rust on my tools. Usually the cold fronts only last a day or two, but this one has been going on for nearly a week and shows no sign of ending any time soon.

Edited February 9, 2022 by dans79

[chuck123wapati]

36 minutes ago, dans79 said:

I have a propane heater and it does a good job of warming up the shop. However i only use it when the shop temp needs to be increased by 15 to 20 degrees. Any more than that, and the carbon dioxide  and moisture starts to build up. The carbon dioxide is bad for me, and the moisture can cause flash rust on my tools. Usually the cold fronts only last a day or two, but this one has been going on for nearly a week and shows no sign of ending any time soon.

the carbon monoxide is bad for you, it can kill you. My garage is not airtight I live in a desert in fact there is less humidity in the winter months, even still i try to get plenty of fresh air while i'm working.