Making A Mallet

Making another homemade tool, a dead blow wooden mallet. The brass part is a standard 3/4 "T" fitting and it's partially filled with lead.
Handle is turned on the lathe from an old piece of plum wood that was full of cracks, knots and bugs. Not exactly the best material for a hammer handle, but it will be used for gentle tapping not really hammering things, so it should last a while.
The tips are made of hard wood and I'll probably epoxy some leather on one of them. I also plan to make some in different shapes, some wider, some pointed and some rounded and also one from aluminium and one from plastic.
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I first saw this kind of mallet on Chris Pine's channel: / @thechrispineworkshop
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This video is for entertainment purposes only, not a tutorial.

[@stephensano9156]

Absolutely beautiful! I was looking for a mallet design for my own shop. This is it!

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thank you Stephen!

[@jdporter08]

Awesome! Makes me want a lathe more than I already did.

[@TheChrisPineWorkshop]

Hey thanks for the mention that you saw it on my channel! I love ti when folks make something after I did ! It really is a fun project! Yours looks way more classy than mine! Beautiful! Chris

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thank you Chris! Well, yours looks a lot sturdier than mine, a proper mallet, mine is just for tapping delicate things, like the drawbar on my mini lathe, so I was free to make it more fancy.

[@ThunderDog]

Good stuff, I like the threading idea.

[@enbardis]

that thread cutting idea was brilliant

[@BluegrassBushcraft]

Another awesome tool making video. Thanks for sharing.

[@maryimhof]

WOW! you are a delight to watch! I search and search for Japanese craft channels because they are great technicians. Great to come across you. I am subscribed!!

[@hockinghillsalive3624]

This is awesome. I just watched you use this in the last video and was really intrigued by the wooden ends. Pretty neat man!

[@phillipiacobacci1369]

Now that was very cool. Great looking mallet, thanks for the video

[@lisag2771]

Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing.

[@markwaggoner9490]

Ok so I liked this project so much I had make one for my self. It turned out pretty good if I do say so my self. So now I have three. Thanks for the video and inspiration.

[@josearrue4072]

With all these projects, I went an got me a lathe, first to learn to use it and then to try to make the ice picker and this one. Love your work. Best regards from Panama City, Panama.

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thank you Jose!

[@johnconklin9039]

Very nice. I bought a tee, probably 5 years ago, to do the same thing after I saw it in a magazine (Shopnotes?) and have never gotten around to doing it. Glad you did, lol.

[@salirezakm]

you made thread cutting die from a coupling!!! YOU'RE A GENIOUS and I love your work

[@Tome4kkkk]

Looks perfect for a wooden handplane adjuste!

[@TheSmartodd]

fantastic build!

[@dougkeen1982]

Wow man, that came out really awesome! Great work!

[@shahidriaz6568]

Really love it. Magnificent idea.

[@sgibbons77]

Beautiful - so cool!

[@briantraxler2780]

Excellent work!

[@whatchacookin1096]

Great build!

[@woodandstuff]

Marvelous idea! Definitely gonna try this out :D

[@bayashi23]

Like that design!

[@wedonotforgivewedonotforge3031]

bloody marvelous nice bit of kit

[@chuckschillingvideos]

Nice job. I'm not crazy about the design of the handle, but your lathe skills are impeccable and you did an excellent job here.

[@eltonherrera7524]

beautiful piece!!! it was a good turn.

[@mojavemolamola6922]

The comedic timing of the jump cut and speed up of the sawing at 0:38 got me for some reason.

[@martijnvankan8355]

Gorgeous!

[@himonides]

This is pure genius! Thank you for sharing.

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thanks, I was inspired by Chris Pine, who also saw it somewhere on pinterest I believe, and so on.

[@zhgscgusiuu]

Nice Job!Thanks for sharing.

[@hkpcnair]

Amazing creativity buddy. Hats off

[@Heidegaff]

Brilliant idea.

[@stevejames2142]

Very cool... Well done!

[@harrynewell912]

What a beauty!!

[@GabbyBillNumberOne]

Gotta make one of them!Too cool. Big thumbs up.Gabby

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thank you Gabby!

[@donfillenworth1721]

Very nice! Thanks for sharing.

[@milanradak269]

Excellent job

[@johnf28]

That is so Cool. Thank you for the video.

[@viktordoomramirez6161]

Padrisimo trabajo amigos.... Saludos desde CDMX. México

[@cesarr8837]

Outstanding

[@TheRedbeardster]

Great idea, thanks a lot!

[@kosmosbr5898]

Great idea and better video

[@sapphodesigns2377]

That is a piece of art...

[@jprice_]

Wow, this is brilliant!

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thank you!

[@jimgam730]

I like that!! That's cool

[@mogbaba]

Smart use of material and bice product.

[@greasysteve5671]

Damn. Great job

[@radzeenadzri4794]

Seriously beautiful

[@mvmc1607]

Perfect!

[@lsmft9576]

So very cool!!

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thank you!

[@jonathonbarnes3067]

Nice job mate

[@framel44]

Well done!! nice project in the future!! Frank

[@charlestrubl]

that hammer is beautiful!

[@danbreyfogle8486]

Very nice looking mallet. I like the idea of the lead weight added.

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thanks, it helps with the dead blow effect.

[@BradsWorkbench]

What kind of little lathe is that? I’ve been looking for something small I could just make handles with

[@GT_Racer347]

Now that's cool 👌

[@jackmaravola2496]

Very nice.

[@cogpastorc]

Nice handle.

[@jameshapp5284]

Nice job. This is the first time that I've seen a screwdriver skew....lol

[@alexw.3981]

I liked this video a lot. Its been the third video of yours I've watched and also the third time i've learned something new from your videos. You have a new subscriber. Cheers Alex

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thank you very much Alex!

[@s0nnyburnett]

Simple, cheap and beautiful. Very jealous.

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thank you!

[@blackswanprepping8827]

Well done man looks really nice!

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thank you!

[@pablo24scotland]

Lovely job

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thank you!

[@YTcustomchris]

Great job good use of pipe and the threading

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thank you Chris! Not my original idea, I saw it on Chris Pine's channel, who saw it on Pinterest, pinned from some magazine and so on.. :)

[@edsongoncalves5198]

*NOSSA UM EXELENTE PROJETO, PARABÉNS👍*

[@vahagnmeliksetyan3958]

Well done!

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thanks!

[@chiripi51]

VERY COOL

[@telosfd]

Really artistic, but why you cut inside that coupling?

[@larrybriggi9898]

Beautiful piece. Thanks. How did you get the threading for the handle and heads to be straight? I'm struggling with getting the turned pieces to sit square on the "T".

[@bushcraftfox9194]

beautiful

[@jplyons57]

that was fascinating to watch...

[@kaziklu79]

Awesome! I'll try to make one.

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thanks!

[@GaryTruesdale]

awesome. You threaded that wood!

[@user-yw8dy3nw8r]

Very good

[@robertevans6481]

very nice indeed....

[@sarahhh4030]

5:09 why was this so satisfying

[@myster.ejones1306]

Very Sweet! ☺, "The Ultimallet!" a fully customisable Dead blow mallet! Brilliant! (I only ever used cheap airgun pellets for the weights in my mallet attempts,, 500 pellets, at just over 1 gram a piece is over half a kilo, for about 3 quid, better impact characteristics too, the smaller bits, equals faster smoother transter of the weight/ power. And with your design you can can turn almost any head to fit it, nylon, ally, brass, even leather (bonded to a base thread obviously) it's a brilliant design! So I'm nicking it! 😊 (for purely personal use btw, and if anyond asks. I'll link them straight to you) I hope the cheap airgun ammo idea goes some way to make up for it! 😊

[@stanevans4608]

myster. E Jones is

[@davehorn1422]

great job

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thank you!

[@stephenater9687]

Liked and subbed. Thanks a lot!

[@barryparks7057]

nice job

[@OskarBergqvist1]

Very nice, looks great! Im doing a mallet right know, will make a video as well

[@cjc1216]

Awesome!

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thanks!

[@idanboadana3611]

yay, your'e back!

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

+IDAN BOADANA Thanks! Warm weather and a newborn have kept me out of the shop for a while :)

[@gosdg]

It's Awesome! And i just want to know would the handle loose after a long time hitting? I think it would be better to fill the "T" fitting with epoxy.

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thanks! I thought the same way, but it didn't came loose. I like to keep it unglued, because I made a shorter handle too, that turns it into a palm mallet, and I can change them when I need. Also the T fitting needs to be part empty so the lead can bounce inside, else you loose the dead blow effect and end up with a regular mallet.

[@riyujjinjakka]

Creative! Cong. Mr

[@patricknovakdepaula889]

Trabalho maravilhoso show.

[@oldrustyrooster7492]

Very Good.

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thanks!

[@zohranbloedjes9770]

very cool

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

+Daan.Z.bloedjes Thanks!

[@rbeehner2]

Did you seal the brass Tee to avoid tarnish?

[@grimzzly]

That is not a mallet. It is a piece of art!

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thank you!

[@gerdashupe1546]

Loved your sushi board

[@JonMadsen70]

Very Nice! :)

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thanks!

[@maartenhappel9014]

nice!!

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thank you!

[@mhaz49]

Nice! I like the handle; it looks better than te ones I've made. Instead of the cut lead pieces, buy some BBs and use them to fill the coupling. Also, glue on a heavy piece of leather to the end caps to protect the wood and whatever you want to pound.

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thanks! I was planning to add leather on one end. As for the BBs, hard to get them here. Fishing weights might be an option, but I'd rather use free stuff when I can :)

[@robertk3850]

Nice job !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Digger

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thank you!

[@lonewolfleather5846]

Excelente trabajo, una gran idea usar esos materiales, le da una imagen muy buena.

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thank you!

[@pyrokiller4682]

Is one of the tools a sharpened screwdriver ?

[@cringlecoulson]

Pyro killer I thought the same thing

[@pyrokiller4682]

cringlecoulson asked my wood work lecturer he didn't have a clue

[@cliffandrews]

I just made one !

[@mudbug212]

great job man now i have to try to make one or two lol

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thank you!

[@claudearmstrong302]

I like it,....très beau maillet

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thank you!

[@skateboards5298]

What benefits does the mineral oil have when sanding?

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Reduces dust in the air.