Making Dovetailing Mallets! | Turning Tuesday #23

I've had many requests to make a bunch of dovetail mallets to sell and I FINALLY found the perfect material to make a batch.
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[@taylo256]

Great work once again keep up the sharing of your knowledge

[@craigmonteforte1478]

Nice work Matt i like your channels format quite a bit as it not only is informative its my kind of humour as well i spent 20 years. Doing Woodworking professionally a its been a hobby and passion of mine for many more as i started when i was around 8 years old using my Dads tools and shopmostly and I’m now 55 years old

[@ryanallthewiser]

Excellent and entertaining work. Love watching the artistic comedy - but results are great work!!

[@troysmeets173]

This was brilliant Matt thanks, you've inspired me to start turning some wood too!

[@travishays5277]

this always helped me remember - conCAVE goes in like a CAVE. Thanks for all of your wonderful videos!

[@ApexHerbivore]

Yep that's how I remember it :)

[@TheLindsay720]

Came here to say that haha.

[@timothyball3144]

In my mind, I actually picture a cave when I do that.

[@MattEstlea]

😮😮😮😮

[@haydenbird8306]

And convex is curved outward/upward like a cats back when it is vexed

[@ramunasb]

Love your videos. Just an idea: in one of your videos you could talk about security and probably to save some (someones) fingers, home, lungs, etc. Some general do's and don'ts when woodworking.

[@NottsAndDerbyLHG39-45]

use the internal measuring part of the calipers to measure the hole in the head of the mallet rather than the Forsner bit, that way any wobble in your pillar drill will not upset the handles

[@jeha1918]

good video !

[@soberlivingwithbrianfrankl8254]

You can just send me the one that was lose. Lol. I think they are all great man, good job

[@keirfarnum6811]

Use a wedge to expand the tenon and get it to fit right. It’ll work. They look beautiful BTW.

[@amy7189]

Rob is such a menace sometimes XD Gets you back for showering him with wood dust when he was trying to concentrate on making his dovetail box =p

[@alaskanmal]

Great video, would love a mallet in the future, but why does the music have to be so much louder than the speech, I am forever adjusting the volume?

[@saramulry]

Personally I think these are the best mallets on the market. Mine is spectacular ❤️

[@doriankal9800]

at 10:00 he's talking about the handle en hou it fits he holds the mallet upside down above his phone. that's some serious trust in your work.

[@Kikilang60]

I have to mallets. Both of the heads are made from glued two by fours, and the handle is made from a broken snow shovel handle. One has the plastic hand gripe on the end. Quite beautiful. I was thinking of send one to Matthew, but I didn't want to show him up.

[@MattEstlea]

Very thoughtful of you 😂

[@MJ-nb1qn]

For the hole maybe try a brace and bit.

[@joestafford6255]

Use an open ended wrench the same size as the forstner bit to measure the diameter of the tenon

[@williamsimpson2083]

I'm surprised you didnt use wedges on the loose handles

[@MJ-nb1qn]

I like using wedges, if only for the look. But I don’t think those handles are going anywhere!

[@MattEstlea]

Yea I glued them in and then was like F%#*! 🤬

[@Jamesc422]

@@MattEstlea Hi Matt. I was wondering if you could tell me what chuck you use on your lathe. I looked on your website but it wasn't there. Thanks very much

[@keirfarnum6811]

William Simpson My thoughts too.

[@MrMNRichardWright]

What are some good target weights for mallets?

[@ashleywilson5312]

Use the cutoff ends to make coasters

[@michaelvickers1092]

What collage did you go to, thanks

[@stephenbryan8651]

Concave..caves in.😊👍

[@TerribleTim68]

Is there a drawing of the handle shape we can download?

[@chucklesssss7059]

I want one

[@damianadams7101]

So you didn’t use wedges on the handles, was this part of the design?

[@michaelmirek7779]

Hi Can i buy on of the mallets???

[@GT-oq4jj]

Vernia is a great tool but no for all ops. Im a metal machinist. If youre looking for a push fit invest in a box of slips and use old school calipers. So measure with vernia, build a slip pile and include extra for your fit (i cant speculate for timber) then work to that on the lathe. Just an idea pal, enjoy your vids keep up the good work.

[@Craftswright]

Just a thought: I've noticed my forstner bits almost always cut a VERY slightly larger hole than what their diameter measures as. I suspect runout of my quill or the stock moving, or a bunch of other stuff. Just an idea as to why the tenon might have been smaller than the mortise. Good looking work bud!

[@monophoto1]

I've had a similar problem. But I've also noticed that my Forstner bits are very slightly tapered. The hole diameter is at least as large as the larger diameter of the bit, but if turn the tenon to a diameter that matches a measured slightly smaller diameter, the tenon will be a bit loose.

[@crandallwoodworking2988]

I just remember that concave has the word "cave" in it, which can refer to a hole, or inward. That is the only way I can keep them straight.

[@danielpaquette1597]

Great little mallets, can you give the title/author of the music that begins at about 12:53?

[@roughdraught3531]

There's music that begins at 11:45ish. That's Kermode by Tigerblood Jewel. Don't ask me how many songs I had to listen to on epidemicsound.com to find it... it was a lot!

[@danielpaquette1597]

@@roughdraught3531 Thanks!!! I think it is going to be my wake-up alarm!

[@richardgoebel226]

Leadwood?! What is it really?

[@7over21]

"Concave" is *caved-in*

[@egonmilanowski]

Concave caves in.

[@doubledarefan]

Oil that vice! 10:18 But everything's better with spinning! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnjUdImaaqyspLc Dance to it!

[@solderwickie]

German mnemonic, crudely translated (the rhyming thing works a little in english as well): If the girl was brave, her belly is concave. If the girl had sex, her belly is convex. (War das Mädchen brav, ist ihr Bauch konkav. Hat das Mädchen Sex, ist der Bauch konvex)

[@leemanson6898]

Hi Matt would like to requests u to make resin river table.

[@LenWoodward]

Can someone make a compilation video of Matt rubbing his hands together when talking to the camera?

[@MattEstlea]

I second this...

[@jimwilliams2682]

@@MattEstlea Sounds like a job for Rob.

[@dpmeyer4867]

concave - caves in ...... convex is the other way

[@johndoe920]

you poor poor tools, working with leadwood :D

[@James-lo5ne]

you should grow a mustache and your blake anderson transformation would be complete.

[@MattEstlea]

Hahahaha it’ll be uncanny!

[@James-lo5ne]

@@MattEstlea I really appreciate what you do. I would have never made half the things I do without your guidance.

[@MattEstlea]

Cheers James! :)

[@JacobHesketh]

Man if he can’t get a snug fit then I’m wasting my time lol

[@grillsimon4548]

I like bananas

[@negotiableaffections]

"Turns Out Like..." Matt, I am a father, leave my material alone!

[@MattEstlea]

😂😂😂

[@keirfarnum6811]

Lol! “Wenj?!” Is that your pet malapropism? Instead of “wen-gay?!”

[@adrianscarlett]

Wenge is pronounced 'wen-gay'

[@GParkerDaisyPodcast]

Haircut

[@MJ-nb1qn]

As a bald man speaking. I say his hair Is his business. I don’t get you metra sexual’s (is that the right word?) guys and hair! Should he have had a pedicure also? (Just to be clear that last bit was my try at humor. Just for the haters in the bunch) By the way the picture on your post shows quite a “pretty boy”. - Compliment intended! Yep!

[@MattEstlea]

😂😂 Haircut is due for when I get this box complete. Can’t have continuity errors in the series!

[@QlueDuPlessis]

@@MattEstlea add an interlude episode documenting the hair cut. Thus continuity is maintained. Lol

[@MJ-nb1qn]

To Matt, I see about the continuity issue. Being bald it’s a non issue. Maybe shave your locks and give it a go! You always look the same! By the way. I meant to say “ Nice Wood “ you used. Yea I know ,,“that’s what she said “.

[@MattEstlea]

Solid suggestions guys 😂