How To Build A Wood Mallet

Clamp remove the handle clean out any squeezed-out glue from where the handle will go and leave to dry for at least 20 minutes.

How to build a wood mallet. You can get by by using a regular claw hammer and a block of wood but for convenience a wooden mallet would be handier. The mallet is meant to be fairly hefty with a long handle to do some serious pounding if need be. My hands flipped over a chunk of wood that fell as an offcut from the chopsaw a few weeks ago.

Build the smaller mallet for light assembly work and for use with 1-and-narrower chisels. For this project I decided to use some fancy leftover coconut palm wood but any wood will do. Make a Mallet or Two Woodworking Plan from the WOOD Store The best mallet youll ever use may be as close as your scrap bin.

The head is cut to final dimensions as illustrated above right. The two outside pieces are cut to the full height and length of the mallet head. Of course that also means you need to layout and cut a tapered mortise but this is woodworking after all you love it and might need the practice.

Httpamznto2ch5gLiNew vlog video after every project. Ive made a dozen or so mallets in the last 4-5. How to make a Wooden Mallet Mill the wood to size.

Here I will show you step by step how I built this wooden dead blow mallet. How To Make A Wood Mallet EP79 Projects Shop Projects Simple Builds Woodturning 10 Comments Sometimes its the simple projects that you can learn the most from. To drill the dowel holes first clamp the two middle pieces to the handle as they will be when assembled.

Of course the angles are incorrectly maked they should read 875 degrees. As per my usual I thought it would be good to make one for a future blog and a video so here is the result in case you wan to make one. The project shown above is an easy build for a beginning woodworker and the satisfaction of.