Diresta: Gold Ring Mallet

In this episode of DiResta, Jimmy replicates an antique mallet using white oak and brass.
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[@godsejeongismyheda3193]

at first I was a bit shocked to hear your voice because I am currently binge-watching and this is the first video I encountered hearing your voice. halfway through the video I found it really helpful and soothing - you have a nice voice man 😂👌

[@aliupsr]

yeah! me too! I thought his voice would be part of the mystery.

[@nuddelleo1530]

Totally the same

[@ArtAtTiffanys]

Me too!!! His voice is so nice!!!! 😊

[@ShadoFoxx]

I was just thinking the same thing XD

[@benjirocks333]

Adeline C same

[@МаринаПименова-з7у]

This is a valuable addition to my woodwork collection kzbin.infoUgkxkNYRBJuiJ6EwD-tQSAlxg0eFKsnR2cgz I still will rate this woodwork plan as the best in my reference library. It always seem to stand out from the rest whenever you go through the library. This is a masterpiece.

[@lsmft9576]

Aways great to have Jimmy narrate. Very calming voice that draws you in. Like David Attenborough in the old "Life on Earth" series. Even if you didn't care about the content the presentation was so enjoyable. DiResta happens to cover both bases: great content and presentation.

[@ShaukatHakim]

I don’t miss any of his videos - this video just popped up and i watched it.

[@starforged]

Another great job. You deserve to be very proud of your work. Thank you for sharing.

[@WebbedToedWorkbench]

great project & video. Neat tip using the scrap wood and sled for the taper. I always learn something new from your videos.

[@MRrwmac]

Was great to hear the narration and your thought processes while working in this one! Really like the hammer and brass rings to not only strengthen but give the hammer that old school look. You and the hammer reminded me of your old "Hammered" TV show. Appreciate the reference to "Jack Webb" Productions. That was cool.

[@giantkernel6205]

he can even draw a straight line without any ruler....

[@ammarzaghloul55]

I can't draw a straight line with a ruler

[@giantkernel6205]

ammarzaghloul55 lol

[@ammarzaghloul55]

Clint Fernandez not kidding

[@giantkernel6205]

+ammarzaghloul55 well ur ruler is probably broken or something

[@ammarzaghloul55]

Clint Fernandez no i cant hold it straight

[@laser679]

These kind of videos need to go viral.

[@nordyfamily]

Great job Jimmy, the Sanford and Sons record is killing me!

[@HonestDoubter]

I like his one Jimmy. Well done. You should be proud.

[@Setveevtes]

Really enjoying the commentary. Hope you start doing it on your other channel too.

[@joksgarage8864]

Why did you start narrating? I thought background noise in 16x was more your thing.

[@TheNevermind007]

Hi Jimmy, I love everything you do. It did seemed a bit odd you talking over the video at first but you know what? I liked it. It was like watching a DVD with the Director Commentary on! Keep it up mate you are so inspirational, even to those of us over here on the other side of the pond.

[@stuartmccloud307]

loving your work Jimmy

[@hoodiesproductions8295]

Haha 1:15 "like that, like that, Like that" Haha i can't stop.

[@mslettucebfrank]

This is my favorite video yet!

[@WoodenCreationz]

Amazing Mallet Jimmy! Really enjoying the narration. Pretty sure you wont be throwing that one on the bench anytime soon! LOL!

[@joseluisreyes63]

The mallet is not to do any work, it is to be admired. Nice piece.

[@RM.-_-.]

1:15 like that, like that, like that.

[@nathangek]

+Robert Mcloud Yeah, like that.

[@GamerXface]

+Nikolai chill it kool aid man

[@xandervanwassenbergh7643]

Haha bang bang :D again an awesome video Jimmy keep up the good work! greatings from Belgium :)

[@KennyHough]

great episode. its like watching a Bob Ross episode. (loved Bob Ross!) very entertaining.

[@mikestrong325]

That's totally what is!!!

[@mndlessdrwer]

The brass is also really helpful in insuring the bond made by the wood glue. It also adds a little bit more heft to the mallet, which is sometimes useful. Beautiful work.

[@tomalcolm]

You've answered my question.

[@ANXIETOR]

I'm liking the narration.

[@billbye2427]

looks great i really like the appearance ! thanks alot!

[@CWR032]

The "movie logo" you mention is actually the Mark VII logo at the end of every original Dragnet episode, and it was Jack Webb's hands in it.

[@WilliamLutesMaker]

"I have seen the old Gods go and the new Gods come. Day by day and year by year the Idols fall and the Idols rise. Today, I worship the Hammer" Carl Sandburg

[@jimmydiresta]

+William Lutes hahah

[@tomalcolm]

I thought the exact same thing when Jimmy first mocked up the square bits.

[@makaedengaming6089]

+jimmydiresta You're my all time favorite designer and because of you I want to start making knives and many other wood and metal projects! Keep up the great work Jimmy!

[@andreasbachlindsmann1610]

Dude, that hole for the shaft spinning round on the lathe like that, I was so worried that it would catch one of your fingers! Geez! Nice mallet though. 👍

[@charmsantos102]

your voice is very ralaxing sir 😂

[@daniel8583]

I dig the narrated videos!

[@wickerpony]

Are they making you narrate your videos now Jimmy? You're original style was much better.

[@dahveed284]

+Joe Soap I like the narrations. Provides additional information and some of his thought process regarding design and techniques. I guess you could simply turn off your speakers and have the old style.

[@ixamraxi]

+Joe Soap He's only done the narration on the "Make" series as far as I can tell, the ones on his own channel, outside of the tip videos, is the same format as usual.

[@TheShavingWoodWorkshop]

I really like the brass rings incorporated into the design of the head, they will certainly add to the life of this mallet with an awesome look. Great build as always.

[@danthemakerman]

Nice mallet. I like the voice over work too it gives some insight in to your thought process and design. Especially when you were explaining about the lathe and going slow, good advice. Consider me inspired, educated and enlightened.

[@sitearm]

Nice mallet! Until the end I thought this was a judge's gavel : ) In fact, it would make a *great* judge's gavel! I am intrigued that you added a voice-over narrative. On the one hand, it removed some of the mystery of what you were doing and where and what and why. On the other hand, the mystery is kind of fun. And now, to be fair to your international fan base, you are faced with posting additional copies of this video with voice-overs in seven additional languages ; )

[@jaysontaylor5028]

Awesome mallet!

[@HHAAYYDDEERR]

Jimmy Diresta,🔩 you're a good man, I love to watch you work i'm from iraq wish i can be like you love you bro 🔧🔨

[@JustMakeIt]

Nice looking mallet

[@Geeksmithing]

[@tomalcolm]

Is there any function to the rings? Great video as always.

[@chuchi9860]

watch out my new diresta mallet made with diresta tools made with diresta basics made with diresta materials made up by diresta molecules created in my diresta room builded by diresta (of course made with diresta wood)

[@backdraft916]

He explained on another video that all the branding was due to others stealing his vids and erasing his credit and acting as thought they were the producer.

[@Dusk_Shade]

Holy shit this is amazing And being able to know what's going through your head as you're doing this is even better

[@djAnakin]

+jimmydiresta That's a nice mallet! I like the brass rings! BTW, so I watched every episode of Trash to Cash and Hammered recently, then by coincidence my wife was watching Miss Congeniality last week and ... hey, I recognize that guy! It's John! :D

[@JR-sh7tr]

Amazing! Also inspirational!

[@RuslanB]

This is strange. Even thought a voiceover actually helps to get inside Diresta's thought process, the Diresta's charm is lost in the clip... Great work nevertheless!

[@nimitpatel2937]

he is the best maker I know in the hole planet I would like to be like him I wish I was just like him man 👍👍👍👍👍keep up the best and great work and keep making the videos like this plese love it

[@StoneandSonsWorkshop]

Looks great! Now I need to make one since I gave the bowling pin mallet away at Steve's Make A Wish event.

[@PatEm10]

I'm really liking these talkies you're putting out now! I've always watched your videos as educational entertainment, and hearing your thoughts and reasoning on why you do something a particular way only makes it better.

[@sunofslavia]

Donkey Kong mallet!

[@allancarcone4114]

love the videos keep them coming .

[@savvas_tsigou]

HOW TO MAKE A DIRESTA PRODUCT...1.You make something that already exists WAY MORE COOLER 2.You write DIRESTA on every surface of it and you are done...

[@billconiston8091]

Hey Jimmy, great video - one question: Did you glue in the handle or is it just friction holding it?

[@TheMarcAPullen]

Stunning results, loved the commentary and thought process

[@antagonizerr]

Nice work. Your rings are going to work themselves loose over time, due to difference in expansion and contraction with wood and metal, but that can always be fixed with screw and glue. Looks great tho.

[@willegard2]

Get well soon Jimmy! I hear that cold.. Great stuff as always! Cheers from the other side of the earth

[@angusbowden-smith3802]

great video love the look keep up the great work :)

[@TestCandidate95]

"Geometrically, I know that's parallel to the universe and the mallet." All of space and time is Jimmy DiResta's plaything.

[@VRWarLab]

When you told football I thought you screwed up. Then I realished you call spanish football soccer haha

[@marvin_grv]

nice work!

[@BruceAUlrich]

Looks great! I do NOT like brass...however, you're MAKING me like brass! The brass accents you use always look great!

[@TheMetalButcher]

+Bruce A. Ulrich What's not to like about brass?

[@BruceAUlrich]

+justfakeit888 I just don't typically like the look of it. However, Jimmy is changing my mind.

[@SuperYtviewer]

Beautiful work. Great video covering the information required to make this mallet. Better than most videos I have watched for the same project. Thank you.

[@MrJorgito89]

I kept moving my head left and right when he was cutting on the table saw...:)

[@Shadow77999]

5:30 how the fuck does he do that without the tool flying off because it can get into the hole?

[@chahinboussaid7379]

he's a professional not just a random guy.

[@acosgun]

There should not be any problem if you go slower and take smaller bits every time, we are perceiving that he takes half of the material in one turn (because of accelerated fps) but in reality he is going much slower(maybe 1000 rpm or less)

[@robertmeadows1657]

I'm surprised you didn't glue in a sacrificial plug to avoid tearout issue.

[@unitedpootisfoundati]

Bob Ross: Gold Ring Mallet

[@hideonbush3335]

the only thing i dont understand why is he hyping his own name so hard? i feel like im gonna sleep and see dreams about that word `DiResta`

[@KittyPieVibes]

hide on bush a few times I'm the past people have uploaded his videos to Facebook without giving him credit or claiming it so he began watermarking

[@roclo9927]

I recon it would have been awesome if you had of put some football laces on the top still like it very much dude

[@peteros7361]

what time a genre is this? I am very interested.

[@Matt-uf2nc]

more diresta videos!

[@TurkiAU]

Nice as usual

[@GibClark]

OK another wonderful creation on the list to make... I'm gonna play hell getting caught up

[@dr_knots]

way better with the voice over

[@syproful]

Unreal skills

[@K05H]

Inspirational!

[@amitexo]

I love ur work, they look cleaner, more traditional and luxurious than others! Well done!

[@Castle6064]

beautiful

[@lylachristopherson865]

SHHHH. . . . no talking, just doing.

[@SpencerBelanger207]

You need a spindle gouge to do the fine details and the rounded over ends of the mallet, using a roughing gouge on a tapered section can result in a nasty catch.

[@AllesohneKabel]

Cool!

[@brianschnurr3254]

Your voice is so soothing! Loved the video!

[@markevens]

beautiful as always jimmy

[@maheshgupta8578]

Good morning diresta. I am sliding Windows worker from2004 thane and kalwa city ( mumbai ). In my left hand small finger ( - ) degree. In my right hand small finger (? This) degree. Last time space green signal ( for going on) . I say a sing a song, then this space (a light in open sky, in my village u.p, Amethi).I don't know who's my hand degree owner. Please help me diresta. Room 705,706 vishnu Nagar digha, mountain area, belapur road maharastra. Mumbai. 400708. 21may 2018.07:38time. I love you diresta. 07:39time.

[@LiamDuffProductions]

You had a vision, & another hammer just like it... NOW, I will acknowledge this here reality, after piping off rather rudely from the back section so to speak.. Better by far than the video I took the time to make, then edit, then upload to the WWW! I was entertained, bottom line. Thanks for completing what most of us "know we can do" ¿CAPICHE?! On a side note: instead of cost, I will now think of what I viewed here, next time I see pipe that diameter. Honestly.

[@fakiirification]

I hate to be "That Guy". But seeing you laying parts down and test fitting stuff inches away from the running blade on your crosscut sled made me uncomfortable. I don't observe many overly protective safety rules, but turning the saw off before using the top as a workbench is one of the major "Do's" in my shop. Otherwise, great little pounder you made there. How much did that brass pipe cost? Im almost afraid to ask. LOL. Keep up the good work.

[@josiecampbell4083]

His voice reminds me of Marcell the Shell.

[@greedypaul6343]

Very nice.

[@joerghh]

The talking gives me a major problem :-) I usually watch your videos with my son (6 years old). He is a big fan of yours but does not understand English. So I have to translate every word simultaneously to German....

[@MachineFight]

I like all of Jimmy's videos, but In my mind I think that they where better when he didn't talked in them. That does not mean that I don't like him talking.. no I acctually like his other videos where he shows his shop and the Videos where he explains stuff. But in his build videos, the most fascinating thingt for me is, that they are so quiet, with only the sounds of his tools and the radio in the background.. that has something very soothing and it is quiet relaxing to watch, and it is totally possible for me (and other people) to follow him step by step without him talking. I don't realy need him to explain everything to me. (again that's not meant bad in any way) The other thing is (as you can may tell because of my bad grammar) I am not from an english speaking country, but my dad also loves Jimmy's videos but now that he's talking, my dad feels kinda wrong, not even understanding him. But however, yet again another cool video! Greetings from Germany, Jonas.

[@art1muz13]

YOU'RE VERY FUNNY....... YOU SAY "IT DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY TIME, OUT THE COUNTLESS VIDEOS I HAVE VIEWED THEY HAVE ALL HIT THEIR MARK. YOU R A TALENTED IMAGINATIVE CRAFTSMAN, SERIOUSLY I MEAN HAVE U WITNESSED WHAT YOUR BROTHER IS RECORDING NOW-A-DAYS? I KNOW, I KNOW BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER. I JUST WOULD RATHER EMULATE JIMMY. THANX FOR THE IDEAS. ME,(ARTIE).

[@JuggernautJak]

during 5:45 i was hella scared that was gonna get caught in the hole for the handle!!!

[@megacier]

I'm not against you talking but don't feel you have to speak all the time. Sometimes, it turns soporific when you keep repeating the same thing.

[@airforce1969]

I wish I had your ability, knowledge, tools, skills, work area, inventory, time, and everything else that goes into your wonderful creations :(

[@TheRealObiWahn]

To get rid of most of the sanding marks, I usually sand a finish with 180 and 230 grit sandpaper and after that I use the shavings of the turned piece to give it a nice polish. This way I usually don't have to polish manually and can go straight to sealing the surface...

[@FelkniaMusic]

I really love to see you building tools from scratch. I have absolutely no use for a mallet but I would love to own one just to watch it and touch it. I think I'm weird but I like tools.

[@Destichado]

I made a big mallet like that ages ago and absolutely loved it, used it for everything. But I was a kid when I made it, and I did everything the hard way. I've been thinking about how to make a new one for a goodly while, and I love how clean your process is. I think I'm going to borrow the way you cut that taper, that was slick as hell. Many thanks Jimmy. Respect.

[@andrewwilson8317]

Have you thought about making a small diresta brand for marking projects like this? Perhaps made from steel and carved out by hammer and chisel and dremel? Always fancied one of my own!

[@lustra182]

Awesome vid. I don't even care for this stuff but you had me watching the whole vid. Really interesting and gives appreciation to the craft, good job!

[@JontoDickens]

Nice design, I need to make a couple of job specific mallets soon and the brass rings are a nice touch. Shame about the drive/live centre marks on the mallet faces but I suppose they'll fade with use. It's something I used to overlook in my earlier lathe projects but now I take it into account and cut them off or mount the work in such a way that it doesn't leave them in the first place i.e. by using a chuck and a soft cover over the live centre.

[@pirreli5]

great work!!...but what purpose do the brass rings serve?....they can mark the materials.

[@Suomalaine]

Diresta, you are doing great job and i have learned a lot from you :) maybe someday i will make my own woodworking videos :D

[@nintendolunchbox]

I'm not sure if I am used to the audio commentary. I love all your videos and will always watch but I might miss the element of mystery.