Making a Mallet and Maul - FHC Farm Bulletin #12
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Sometimes the best tool for the job is a simple tool, and the simplest tools are often simple to make. The hickory mallet and hickory maul are two such tools. They’re both designed to hit or pound things. The smaller mallet is ideal for use with a froe in making wood shakes are shingles for roofing. The hickory maul is a larger mallet used to drive wooden wedges called “gluts” into log sections, thus splitting wood. In this Farm Hand’s Companion Bulletin #12, Pa Mac shows how simple these two tools are to make right on the small farm or homestead.
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Another fine demonstration Pa Mac
Thank you, Stephen
i've made a few of these myself ... be careful around the connection point between the handle and the head. it should be relatively beefy.
This never gets old. So much fun watching this and sharing it with folks. Stay safe Pa and keep up the great videos and the fun you have sharing with everyone. Fred
I appreciate that, Fred. Thank you so much for bein' faithful to watch!
A lot of work but well worth it.
Great work sir , hopefully future generations can learn something from your educational videos. Thanks for sharing !
Great tutorial Pa. I made a mallet similar to yours last year.
I really enjoy your videos. Reminds me of working with my grandpa on his farm. Wonderful experience. Thanks
Enjoyed the video. Would you consider making a video about different types and uses of pitch forks?
great nuggets of knowledge as always. Thank you.
Thank you so much for sharing this!
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Really enjoy the simply nature of using what available to make very useful tools and things 🤙🏻
Apart from cutting a quite young hickory tree, all good. As usual.
I'd like to see how you use that maul to drive the wedges. Thanks!
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Thank you for making these! Great stuff.
I wonder how long it for someone to figure out that the maul was easier to make before you cut it loose from the stump. Also if I were to break one of my wife’s canning jar there would be one more use to add to the list of things you can do with a maul!😮
I had a microscopic sliver of glass stuck up in the bottom of my foot for the better part of a year once, what a miserable experience.
I’ve heard that the knarly grain at or just below the grade of a hickory stump makes the most durable mallet head for beating the back edge of your froe. Surprised you didn’t employ a froe or a drawknife to free up the grip. Hatchet only!
Cool❤
Great stuff.
Pa Mac I was wondering why not use sandpaper for smoothing out the handle? Was the broken glass used to show working with what you got? Or is there a different particular reason. Love the channel.
Yes, the broken glass was to show folks an oldey option, but a goodey one
If you file a sharp 90-degree spine on a knife..you won't have to break glass.
Pa Mack gets mauled near the chic house!
Will chamfering the end let the mallet last longer?
Great video, but I'd rather use my pocket knife than a piece of glass. Just as sharp and easier to hold on to. I saw you shake your hand after using the glass, so you know....
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