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Title: Mallet love
Post by Sprintcyclist on Jun 5^th, 2021 at 5:12am

I bought a wooden mallet for my woodworking.
Always felt the normal hammer was not right to use with a chisel.

This is beautiful. 100% wood, no metal in it.

Title: Re: Mallet love
Post by Sprintcyclist on Jun 5^th, 2021 at 5:18am

I took it home, cradled inside my shirt, beside my heart.
Cleaned it, lightly sanded it, then started to prepare it with boiled linseed oil

https://www.instructables.com/Linseed-Oil-Mallet/

https://content.instructables.com/ORIG/FOA/C3QB/ICX7JXRD/FOAC3QBICX7JXRD.jpg?auto=webp&frame=1&width=1024&height=1024&fit=bounds&md=dbd363fd263bf52817c2a95b7df23d60

Title: Re: Mallet love
Post by Bobby. on Jun 5^th, 2021 at 6:32am

Hi Sprint,
you need to put linseed oil on all wooden tools.

Title: Re: Mallet love
Post by freediver on Jun 5^th, 2021 at 8:12am

Did you round off those sharp corners on the handle? Ouch.

Title: Re: Mallet love
Post by Mr Lager on Jun 5^th, 2021 at 5:32pm

A perfect canvas to personalise with a bit of pyrography before the linseed oil.

I love my Mallet and she has been with me a long time.

Title: Re: Mallet love
Post by John Smith on Jun 5^th, 2021 at 5:37pm

freediver wrote on Jun 5^th, 2021 at 8:12am:

Did you round off those sharp corners on the handle? Ouch.

what sharp corners? the edges are all bevelled

Title: Re: Mallet love
Post by Vic on Jun 5^th, 2021 at 7:52pm

I remember having to make one of those when I was in first year high school in woodwork. Mine looked nothing like that, the handle didn’t fit properly and the teacher ended up using it for a wood glue demo. Luckily, school army cadets started and I joined that instead

Title: Re: Mallet love
Post by Gordon on Jun 5^th, 2021 at 8:07pm

That's not a hammer.

Title: Re: Mallet love
Post by Belgarion on Jun 5^th, 2021 at 8:18pm

I used one of those in woodwork at school. Remember my teacher saying that it was the only thing to hit a chisel with. I still have one I inherited from my uncle.

Title: Re: Mallet love
Post by Ye Grappler on Jun 7^th, 2021 at 9:48pm

I thought this was about another way of re-booting your computer...

Title: Re: Mallet love
Post by Sprintcyclist on Jun 8^th, 2021 at 9:57pm

Johnnie wrote on Jun 5^th, 2021 at 5:32pm:

A perfect canvas to personalise with a bit of pyrography before the linseed oil.

I love my Mallet and she has been with me a long time.

aaaahhhh, I had to google pyrography.

Wow, never thought of that.
My mallet has soaked on 1 face for 3 days, the opposite face for 2 days. Now on the top of the handle. It looks gorgeous already. Will oil the handle using just a rag.

Might hang it on a wall upstairs.
It's beautiful, it's wood.

Title: Re: Mallet love
Post by Sprintcyclist on Jun 13^th, 2021 at 3:32am

So love my new linseed oiled mallet, bought some 'matching' chisels .........

Title: Re: Mallet love
Post by freediver on Jun 17^th, 2021 at 5:55pm

Do you have to oil them up too sprint?

Title: Re: Mallet love
Post by Gordon on Jun 17^th, 2021 at 6:10pm

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Title: Re: Mallet love
Post by Mr Lager on Jun 17^th, 2021 at 7:04pm

Here is my Mallet, more of a sledge hammer really but it can multi task.

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Title: Re: Mallet love
Post by John Smith on Jun 17^th, 2021 at 7:37pm

Johnnie wrote on Jun 17^th, 2021 at 7:04pm:

Here is my Mallet, more of a sledge hammer really but it can multi task.

thats not a mallet ::)

Title: Re: Mallet love
Post by Sprintcyclist on Jun 17^th, 2021 at 8:40pm

freediver wrote on Jun 17^th, 2021 at 5:55pm:

Do you have to oil them up too sprint?

I am hoping so, yes.
And the box.

they will just get a wiping of linseed oil, not the soaking the mallet got.

The set will be beautiful.
Oiled mallet, chisels and wooden box ............