Beginner Woodwork Project - Making a Scrap Wood Mallet

In this video I make a mallet from some scrap wood I had Lying about the place, A very old piece of beech from an old leg vice and some locally sourced Irish Ash.
A maple mallet was the first project I ever made and a great first project for anyone looking to being their woodwork journey.
Hope you enjoy.

[@davidjordonmiller9686]

It’s so fun making your own tools, cause even if it turns out a little ugly or a little bit off, you made it yourself and that makes you want to use that tool more. It’s one of a kind, and will probably last longer than a store-bought thing. If nothing else, it for sure has more character!

[@Mustache128]

I'm really happy you showed off your first version of a mallet as well to let us know that you don't have to start off brilliantly to get into woodworking

[@parkerbond9400]

It's a simple chamfer, but it renders the mallet quite unbreakable.

[@bradleydavisson]

infinity war?

[@jaydenwhite4166]

Just finished up my apprenticeship as a boilermaker welder, and now starting my home journey of Woodworking. You are the reason. Cheers for the inspiration mate. Love watching your vids, keep doing what your doing. Love from down under 🤙

[@garygallagher7269]

Nice work Eoin, are you saying you're only at this 2 years? You're a fast learner, I'm a carpenter builder for 25 and I'll tell you what, you do nice stuff, I like how when you were cleaning up the edge with the chessel you lost a bit off the end, you could've edited it out and we'd be none the wiser, people often ask me for woodworking tips I tell them to just have a go, it's fun, wood is very forgiving, it's ok to make a mistake it's how we get better at anything.. well done I enjoy your videos.

[@thegenxgardener]

Agreed. I do the same in my garden videos as I think it important to show the mistakes. Glad I found him here… first found him on TikTok, so 3 mins of edited brilliance. This is better to watch.

[@jakeawesome_usa6370]

You’re my favorite KZbin or and you inspire me to do a lot of woodwork I’m in the woodwork now thanks to you and I love it especially planes

[@thatguycarmine1]

Smoke another

[@piperpotts1969]

Glad you found your linseed oil!

[@LittleGreyWolfForge]

Lol same. I could never lose my linseed oil…

[@FootballsHallOfFame]

Who's lindsay doyle?

[@Quazar69]

Correction boiled linseed oil

[@pumpkingolem9122]

F isreal

[@imdo301]

So a I, i was worried there for a bit.

[@christopherrawlinson7651]

Thanks for the tutorial! Finished my first mallet today. Poplar hammer head, oak axe handle with olive oil and burnishing finish.

[@libruhmoment6387]

My favorite repeat project every once in a while are marking guages, I've made 7 those far and making them with wedges is pretty fun because it's good practices with funny mortises and stuff, I'm 18 now, and have been hand tool woodworking since 2019! By now I think I've made about 6 or 7

[@robleary3353]

Bril!. Used to love watching my Dad use old World hand tools for shaping timber! He wasn't trained but just had the 'touch'. Made some amazing things. Love these vis!. Nuff said 🙂

[@breathebeloved]

Thank you so much! I just almost bought a mallet, and your video came just in time.

[@bobermoment]

Absolutely love this channel, great content and the irish accent is a cherry on top

[@tee1up785]

Can’t wait to try and make one.

[@charlesvitanza8325]

Just found you while going through shorts and this brings me back to High School. Woodshop was my favorite class and for some reason I was drawn to the hand tools instead of the fancy power tools my school shop had. It makes you take more time and gives each piece a unique look that you can't get with the power tools. Makes me really want to go out and start my own collection of the tools so I can get back into it.

[@TheDirtDoctor1]

Eoin, I’m glad I found your channel. I enjoy listening to you and watching you working your projects using many simple tools.

[@austinsmith319]

The 'Bob Ross' of wood working!

Why do I find taking bits with the chisel so satisfying? Thanks for video! Looks like a simple enough project to start with. 😊

[@lolcat]

only 2 years ago and this much progress good work mate

[@lukemuecke3636]

I would of never guessed! You must of been raised around it because you have a natural skill an make it all look so easy! Inspiring for sure. I’ve done plenty of woodworking but never with hand tools and ever since I’ve started watching this channel I’ve found myself on the never ending search for that Sheffield steel!!!

[@Jill-K]

It was a pleasure to watch such a young man teach us his craft. Very relaxing too 😁

[@Buntos101]

To make your mallet, first get your mallet 😂 great video. remember making one at school

[@reillywalker195]

To be fair, you could always borrow a mallet from someone else or use a rock.

[@goalposthead79]

just getting into woodwork. finding your videos very helpful, keep up the good work.

[@funkmaster801]

You’re getting sawdust in your tea when ripping the handle!

[@EoinReardon]

I want ash in my bloodstream

[@DavidBattistella]

This video inspired me so I made a mallet today from Italian Oak with an Italian cherrywood handle. Thank you.

[@danpatch810]

from the states unfortunately, Detroit, Michigan to be exact (suburbs though) i absolutely love everything about your country and want to move there. Im living vicariously through you mate👍🏼well done

[@jamesmtdownie]

If you've only been doin this since 2020 your skill is very impressive

[@martinhawrylkiewicz2025]

I am learning so much from watching your great wood working vids! Love your old school ways!

[@TandemTuba]

It is incredible that you only picked up woodworking in 2020. You must be truly passionate to become so incredibly proficient in such a relatively short time

[@just-dl]

I made a small mallet of Osage (head) and olive wood (handle). One of my favorite tools. The olive wood is super comfortable and the obnoxious level of density in the Osage makes it work like a dream. A slight tap and my chisels sink nicely int the project.

[@TheMadTatter]

Cracking little tutorial, your video production just keepa getting better and better, you're a proper one-man production company now

[@vancamerawoman7399]

I think I’ll have a go at that😀 You are a real pleasure to watch Your Mam must be so proud of you.

[@shilohedwards7477]

I love that you encourage the use of hand tools! It's super handy for beginners who can't afford all the power tools just yet, and it definitely instills a sense of pride when you finish a project. Do you have much experience making other things with scrap wood? I have acquired a lot from various sources, but most videos I can find aren't very hand tool-friendly. Looking forward to seeing more content =)

[@Smartass-pl3nx]

I can tell you love linseed oil. I have an old gun so I sanded off the lacquer and gave it some nice linseed oil. It looks so much better than before!

[@CountrySlickin]

Much appreciate your work and videos! Very inspiring 👍🏼

[@kleptosepto1848]

you've inspired me to get into woodworking.

[@budlanctot3060]

I hope you're being careful with that linseed oil. Years ago, I was using it on some kitchen cupboards and forgot to take my oily, linseed soaked rags outside, and caught my kitchen on fire. It cost about $200k to repair my house.

[@Skorpionion]

Nothing like a handle worn in from years of use. Cant be beat.

[@xoom8980]

That’s so cool how you can just find pieces of wood and be like “ooo I could a mallet outta dis yolk”

[@travisfreeman1873]

The amount of splinters this dude gets must be crazy

[@anthonyrussolillo2310]

First project in 2020 and you’re where you are? Congratulations

[@knolltop314]

"Oh, we'll manage" 😆 😆 😆

[@couerleroi1]

Nicely done

[@trublgrl]

I've long heard that "Hunger is the best sauce." Now I know "Labor is the best finish."

[@thcenterprisellc112]

Thank you for your knowledge I’m going to attempt this at work on my lunch of course 😂 great video

[@toddgarrett6711]

I love you videos I’m making me one now I did know how to make the hole lol

[@scryptogram5686]

wish i'd learned the trick of marking the cut line with a chisel when i was doing woodwork at school, would have made all my projects much neater!

[@justinscatina5321]

Amazing workmanship

[@W4ABN]

Nice looking mallet. I got a piece of white oak in the garage to try making into a mallet.

[@christopherkenny3488]

Ye got sum linseed after haha 🇮🇪

[@WhyNot-kq8gb]

do i make anything? no. no i don’t. do i watch these vids every day? yes. yes i do.

[@fr0ward976]

Well worth subscribing been loving every video

[@evilmarken]

My first wooden mallet is just a big chunk of wood with a giant knot on the end

[@BIGREDDOG09]

hmmm I'm gonna have to make myself a mallet now

[@rmar127]

One of the first things i turned on my lathe was a round sculptors mallet. It was only made from rubbish pine. However it did the job well enough. Then a few years later i turned a new one from a piece of ironbark. It’s only about 2/3 the size yet weighs twice as much

[@lukecapria8925]

Looks real nice! Have you ever seen or tried to make Abraham Lincoln’s mallet? If not, I think you would really enjoy the challenge.

[@ciaheadmechanic0809]

My first project was a mallet in the style of Paul Sellers’ joiner’s mallet video series, made from a dense chunk of maple(?) from a pallet. I still have and use it!

[@DingusBellWingus]

I wish I had heard of this man before,Before I found out about his channel I had no clue what a plane was or they existed

[@DingusBellWingus]

Also sorry for my bad grammar but you get the point

[@HarveyGuitarBoy]

This is EXACTLY what I needed! I’ve been trying to make a mallet from a nice bit of hardwood I’ve got, but I made a right mess of it and split the bottom of the wood when trying to chisel the handle hole! Can’t wait to try this tomorrow

[@DanielGrimes]

fuck them tools is sharp my man, I'm working on my own mallet at the moment and am loving the ribbons falling out of your spoke shave, well done

[@malenekoldborg]

I have a mallet made from a pallet and a branch from from the garden. Its ugly but it works. When it breaks i might make a better/finer one. But im lazy and it too well for me to make a ne one. 😂 But yours is very fine. I tip my hat to you sir. 😊🤠

[@alexbarker975]

I kept this bit of scrap... to add to the small mountain of such pieces that everyone who fools around with wood seems to have😂

[@HeroOfTime303]

This channel seems like a hidden jem. Thanks for the video...I'm planning on making my very first malet this winter. May God bless you, Ian Roberts

[@BIGREDDOG09]

made my first mallet, mortise is a sad sight but it works

[@ForTheGoldenOak]

I guess I'll try to make a mallet then!

[@YUSince]

Nice Job!

[@zanderchiasson8064]

Why are you always hand sanding with orbital disks?

[@EoinReardon]

I have an random orbital sander

[@zanderchiasson8064]

@@EoinReardon never see you use it in the videos, wasn’t sure

[@omgitsJoeVibin]

Love your videos :)

[@JazzKazoo0930]

What the fuck, this guy has only been woodworking since 2020? Dudes got the skill of someone 3 times his age

[@virginiaalderson6807]

Eoin should have at lest 1m subs

[@fdort3971]

@EoinReardon it's nice to see the younger generation going old school! Thanks for the lesson. What is the angle of the pounding sides please? I came across some very unique looking wood. It's ridiculously heavy and dense. It turns out it's a manufactured beam. Let's put it this way...the piece that's approximately 30 inches long, 17 inches wide and 12 inches thick...it took 2 of us to lift it! I want a table top and mallet out of it. I managed to get a few pieces for free.

[@pedroclaro7822]

The near miss on the auger hole made me think of boring the hole before cutting the mallet to shape. Less likely to eff up

[@wooddogg8]

Excellent vide Eoin, only wish I got a better look at your bit brace, I've just got into using more hand tools, though I've got power tools to build anything, there's something about the old hand tool that call to me. my Father had a brace but that's been gone for years, much like me dad. Anyway I subscribed, love this style video!!!

[@treecuttertam]

You are the missing Hardy Bucks character.

[@stevejake4316]

I'm going out side and making a mallet now.

[@Revan600]

Today I made my first ax

[@benadderley7264]

Yep me too, was worried

[@z4zuse]

5:40 rip cut saw, for a cross cut?

[@ken78969]

😍

[@taniamedici]

Never chisel out on you wood. Always chisel inwards or you will break chunks off.

[@richardemele7056]

Would it be helpful to place a cross-grain face over striking face to slow down wear?

[@liannblack2427]

Gosh your handsome and a smart man :)

[@evanf1443]

Where do you find the wood for projects like this? Do you go to the store or is it something you source? Also why do you taper the hammering surfaces down rather than having them perpendicular to the handle, is it something to do with ergonomics?

[@SSgtJohnT]

Eoin Reardon Is there a size know to work well to make these? Or is it totally preference? Also, I live in Alaska and don't think we have those good hard woods. Lots of spruce, birch, aspen, and cottonwood. Thanks 🤙

[@h0wdeeee]

wood working nooby here! genuinely curious, for the ash handle (at 5:41), was that a cross cut you did with the rip saw? if so, why did you choose the rip saw for that?

[@chrisphobia]

class

[@thebonsaiprojectkernow]

I spent a few years creating furniture (garden and indoor) out of pallets,absolutely loved it until I chopped the top of my thumb off with a compound mitre saw

[@mysterymanforu]

If I counted right about 44 years went into growing that mallet head. Not counting the parts that are already gone of course.

[@Thomas-Almanza]

Nice video, nice tools and setup. Will be checking you out in the future. What about your action on 7:47, shouldnt the head be held by something? Now you're just applying force on the handle while holding it in your other hand.

[@Juliandinsing]

The greater mass of the head, compared to the handle, means it accelerates slower with every strike, thus slowly “bumping” the head up the handle.

[@leaf1131]

Do you use linseed oil to polish your knob?

[@voodlandroamer4543]

That's a nice looking tool box behind you. Did you make that? With hand tools?

[@williamn01]

Hes got a 3 part video documenting the build of the tool chest .

[@thegenxgardener]

What sort of angle do people think is on that mallet face? Or should I just start with a 90° for my first project?

[@diosdehuecomundo]

Your videos look like you've got at least a decade experience filming but you've been making these type of vids for barely a year??? Amazing.

[@BarbaraHutchison-o3f]

Boyer Square

[@BrianWood]

It appears that you need a mallet for making mallets.

[@noahhussey8522]

You found the linseed oil

[@mrose4132]

Why is the head tapered?

[@barenjuden3911]

Great!! I will try this myself! Thanks :) charming video through and through

[@KassandraBedingfield-n2g]

Renner Village

[@fredazcarate4818]

🧐🤔👌👊👍

[@ginachiaverini]

He is so damn sexy! The accent, his ability to build things, and he is adorable! ❤

[@WalterMelons]

How long would it take you start to finish without having to film it?