How To Turn A Mallet On Your Wood Lathe
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2020
- Turning a mallet on your wood lathe is an easy beginner project since it takes little skill and few tools. You can also turn it into a dead blow mallet if you have a scroll chuck and a drill chuck.
14:22 Dead Blow Mallet
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Excellent tutorial Mike. Great tips on use of the gouge. Very good idea to use the waste to make a drive tennon and then the plug. Sometimes it amazes me how easy it is to make a tool. And shop made tools are always so much more satisfying to use. I have a lot of wheel weight lead, over a hundred pounds. Would I get the same dead blow result if I made a lead slug to fit into the mallet head? I would make the slug slightly smaller than the bore so that it could move a bit. May I make a suggestion on your camera set up. If you would move the overhead camera a bit more toward the backside of the lathe your face shield wouldn't get in the way. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay healthy.
I doubt a slug would give the same results but it might get close. Let know how it works. Yes the camera needed better positioning.
Use a pair of snips and cut the lead into small bits. An alternative would be use a propane torch, hold the weight in pliers and melt the lead into a pan of water. Each drop forms a small “shot teardrop” shape. The benefit of a dead low is the small size of the shot moving around dampening the rebound.
Glen, if you make it a slug, it won't be as effective. The shot hits the impact area as you strike the mallet. A slug wouldn't add the force unless you had room for the slug to travel in the mallet.
First time turner. Looks like a good newbie project.
It is!
Thanks for the videos that you have done. They're a good reminder from my days of taking wood shop in Junior High School. (1975 was a long time ago!)😅😂
Glad you like them! Time to get back turning!
Your video is educational, informative and quite interesting. Your tone of voice and teaching abilities are conducive to learning. Great work and thank you.
Wow, thank you!
I want to buy a hobby lathe now. I remember taking wood working in high school decades ago and enjoyed it.
Go for it!
Mike, you are an amazing teacher. I have been watching your videos for about 6 months now and have learned a lot, ty
Wow, thanks!
@@MikePeaceWoodturning me too...
I was trying to watch the angle the chisel met the wood, but your face shield got in the way. You convinced me to avoid carbide tools. I'm still studying before jumping in and buying a lathe, etc
Maybe I can get better closeups next time. Stay safe.
Thanks for a handy mallet how to video . I add a half inch diameter screw eye in the butt end of handle , to hang from a hook on tool stand
Thanks for the tip!
Hey Mike, thanks for sharing these videos with us. Always a pleasure to visit with you in your shop. Having left Gwinnett in 85 watching and listening to you is like getting to see friends from home.
Very cool!
Interesting for a new turner. I made 1 turned mallet from maple so far. I use it almost daily. Going to try a couple glue up turns using olive wood and red palm 1x1x12. I'll glue them into a 3x3 block. If you're wondering why I would take the time to do that, well I have a whole bunch of 1x1 stock I bought when I was doing cutting boards. Since I got the lathe, it has consumed my work shop time.
Its a used 10x16 Grizzly, so I'm limited as to what size wood and projects I take on.
Thanks for an instructive video. Good tips
I did not know that red palm was hard and dense enough for a mallet. Have fun.
Check the Janka on Red Palm. I think its at least twice as hard as maple, if memory serves. Only thing I don't like is the stringy grain. I've used it in glue up bowls and it looks good
Janka on red palm is 1900.
Walnut 1010
Hard maple 1450
Red palm and purple heart are close so maybe ill combine those for a different look.
I made many traditional mallets from glue ups of all kinds of woods.
I really like canarywood and olivewood and purple heart. So, ill see how I do with carver mallets from glue ups.
My 2nd or 3rd? Maybe 4th hand lathe is only 10x16 and a little under powered for tree limbs, I know cut I tried with near disastrous results.
I took a smallish log out of my wood pile and within 30 minutes had a nice mallet. This morning I had a very smart mallet full of cracks. Ah well it still whacks a chisel well, at least for now.
As a general rule, you do not turn from a log with the pith running down the middle. Mine did not crack but I was lucky. You may have better luck by getting a 1/4 of a larger log that was at least 8" in diameter from your firewood pile.
Your magic Mike 😊
But not my last dance (Netflix reference). 😂
Very helpful, I’m making one each for 12 students in a carving course I’m doing.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks Mike, you have really helped this old Ga boy out many times.
Glad to hear it
Thanks, Mike! New turner here. Just getting my lathe set up. This will be one of my first projects. Thanks for the guidance! Cheers, Pete
Fun! Good luck.
Thank you
You're welcome
You always produce outstanding and useful videos. Thanks again for everything.
Thanks again!
Mike, I really enjoyed this. I am still a novice on my lathe (Powermatic 90) but I have a lot of fun with it. We had to take a Bradford pear trees down a year ago and I had the tree service save me some crotch pieces, larger limbs and trunk chunks (about 24 inches across at the bottom, it was a good size tree.). I have been contemplating making a mallet or two from some of the pieces now that they have been sitting for a while, and this video is quite helpful for technique and sizing. The other project I have in mind is to make some longer wood chisel handles, which I think the pear wood should be good for as well. I also have some very dry pieces of Osage Orange limbs in my pile of stuff, but I think I will have to break out the carbide tools for that….
Thanks for sharing, John. Gotta love that pear!
Perfect timing Mike! This month's challenge for our club Atlantic Shore Wood Turners, is a mallet! I like the dead blow version.
Excellent!
Excellent video, thanks!
Glad you liked it! Great easy project.
The shop mallet was one if the first tools I attempted to make, great idea on using the lead shot. 🤙🏼
Another fantastic video! Thanks Mike!
My pleasure!
The first thing I made on the lathe was a mallet like this, and I have been hooked on turning ever since! After I bought my mini lathe, I made handles for all of my files and rasps. I used copper pipe couplers cut in half for the ferrules.
Yep, pipe couplers work great for ferules.
Hi Mike.. Thanks for making this video as well. I'm new in the game so much learning a head of me... I'm gonna try this one as well. Thanks again...
Have fun!
One thing to note if you use sand as the ballast, not all sand is the same. There are garnet sands available that will have a much higher density that the normal sandbox sand. Heavy sands like this are relatively inert compared to lead shot and may be a suitable option for a dead blow mallet.
Who knew? Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful work, Mike! Really well done! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Thanks, you too!
definitely going to try to make the dead blow version! thanks!
Thanks, Mike. This reminds me that I need to replace my old beat-up lathe mallet!
Go for it!
Love the dead-blow mallet with lead shot. Definitely going to have to make one. Now I just have to source some osage orange, you know, because dead-blow mallots should be orange for easy identification, right?
Ha ha ha. Although that would be a great hard wood to use, I have never seen any aroung my location, so black locust, or white oak will likely have to do, maybe ash, though, it is hard to come by any that isn't dead standing due to beetle kill, the ash that is.
Lots of wood choices. We don't get osage orange around here.
Thanks Mike; just bought a Jet 1221 (really tough decision between the Laguna you have and this Jet). In the end, Laguna was out of stock on most sites. Appreciate all your videos. A mallet sounds like a good project to tackle. Take care bro
Good choice!
i love the dead blow mallet,i think i try that one!thanks for showing ,mike!
Excellent!
like so many others I have been making handles for every thing in my shop. my 10'' x 18'' lathe was made from an old flat screen t v mount and pieces of old bed frame,( I picked up a wire feed welder at harbor freight) the mallets will be my next project for sue.
Your mechanical aptitude will come in handy as your turning progresses, I am sure.
Going to make one this weekend
Another great video Mike. I find when I’m removing quite a bit of wood like you did, it makes it a great time to practice with your skew chisel. If you get a catch or gouge you have plenty of wood left to smooth it out.
Very true!
Great teaching and tool making video. Keep it up. Always learning.👍
Thanks, will do!
Nice, very clear -- except the parts where your head and dust mask got in the way. A little rehearsal footage would show you how to avoid that in the production take.
Thanks for the tips!
Thank you for your information and knowledge it’s very useful
So nice of you
Hi Mike did you have more SKew tool technique on the lathe or recommend me something for practice With that tool
@@rosadoangel4194 From my YT home page put skew in the search bar to find a 3 part video series on the skew.
Great beginners project!!
Thanks so much!
like the Super Shine I think I will try, thanks for the idea.
You should!
Lead shot was a good addition enjoyed the video. Also liked the 60° cone you made I'll have to find your video on making it.
You don't have to look far. Click on the Info icon at 16:40.
Hi Mike,
I’m really enjoying your videos. I am a total beginner to wood turning, my new lathe is being delivered next week from record power.
We are in lockdown here in the uk so it’ll be a while before I can access any 1 to 1 tuition, so I’m paying close attention to any beginner safety tips and advice on tool use.
Kind regards
Martin. ( Leicestershire Uk )
Watch my beginning woodturning playlist.
I was thinking what about a piece of steel rod or rebar from the home store ? Narrower than the hole and shorter than the hole length. You would get weight in there and it would slide back and forth.
It would add weight but I do not think it would have the same deading effect as lead shot or a pack of bbs. But who knows. Let me knowhow it works.
@@MikePeaceWoodturning thanks for the reply
Good video, Mike! I made a deadblow mallet a few years ago in pretty much the same way, although I used a larger cavity. I used lead shot too. I bought 10 pounds or so off eBay and I’ve still got a lot left. I just used the shot in my latest video about making a termite tool - I put lead shot in the end of all my homemade tool handles as a counterweight. Wear a mask and stay COVID-free, Mike.
Now you can do a chess set and use your extra lead to weight them! I will check out your handle video. Yall stay safe too.
Thanks Mike
You are welcome, Billy.
Great video. One option for just simple weight is lead weight from tire shops. Not as good as BBS though.
@@MikePeaceWoodturning great mallet Mike and one to go on my to do list 😊 can i ask which of your lathes you would recommend for turning large burrs , the Laguna or Powermatic ? I usually do bowl nests with them .
Thank maks project👍
You are welcome
Just a suggestion, when using your lathe bed as a bench on your videos , push the tail stock to the end of bed
Also move the overhead view camera . Away from the lathe about a foot , so we do not have the top of your head on screen
Otherwise good videos , more information than many Watch Me Turn This videos with music background
Thanks for the specific feedback, Gary. It is always a work in progress.
Nice project!
Two points - first, you illustrated but didn't explicitly mention that you want the face of the mallet tapered slightly toward the handle so that the face with strike the surface of whatever you are using it on squarely.
Second, mallets get beat up in use - which you illustrated at the beginning of the video. I saw a suggestion somewhere (forget where at this point) to leave either dimples at both ends, or possibly a mounting tenon at one end, so that the mallet can be easily remounted for resurfacing when the need eventually arises.
Thanks for the specific feedback, Louie. I always appreciate it.
Mallets are so easy to make and the wood is right at your feet. Once it gets beat up I’d just make another one. I have about 4 of them strewn around the shop so that I have one wherever I’m working. Thanks for the video Mike.
Great video, Mike, what flavor glue is that - hazelnut? 😃
Maybe French vanilla?
Mike the only problem I have with your videos is when I watch em my wood disappears.... :)
And that is a good thing, right!
That was one of my first spindle projects when I got started turning. That was about 10 years ago but I still have it in my shop and actually use it fairly regularly. When I first made it I didn’t want to use it but then I came to my senses and realized that I made it for shop use so I should use it for such. It was kind of ugly even when I first made it being such a newbie and yes it’s definitely uglier now but it always brings pleasure when I use it that it was a tool that I made for myself. I now plan on making a new one but with the lead shot or bb’s.
It is funny how we can get such a sense of accomplishment making such a simple tool. But we do.
hey mike,fran is my name,have a rikon mini 12.5x20,will need a chuck eventually,not sure what typr or do I need two for bools plates and who knows,never much used one,this is new but will learn,what thinking
Thanks for watching. Here is one on chuck ua-cam.com/video/mfZCJYLIAfw/v-deo.html
I enjoyed the video and your teaching style. Makes me feel like I am talking to a friend. Only negative comment was your face shield obscured some of the presentation.
Good point! It is not always easy to see what the camera is seeing unless I am using laptop as part of my videography as I sometimes do. Even then I have to remind myself to check the view.
How do you decide when to use your Powermatic and when to use your Laguna?
Smaller items on the Laguna sometimes and for teaching students with a midi lathe. Also I use both on some projects with multiple parts like a threaded box using a threading jig. My camera setup is generally easier on the PM when I do videos.
I’m curious on the dead blow mallet why you didn’t do some preliminary shaping on the handle before reverse chucking. Seems that would have reduced catch risk while only supported by the tenon?
Catches come from incorrect tool usesage not chucking method.
@@MikePeaceWoodturning I think I was not clear in my question. I totally understand that catches are a result of what the monkey on the other end of the cutting edge is doing, not how the wood is held. What I really meant to ask in that question was why you didn’t do more preliminary shaping before reverse chucking since that first configuration is a more solid setup. The comment about catch risk was that there is less exposure to catastrophic damage caused by a catch because you re spending less time turning in the reverse chucked configuration where it seems like when a catch occurs in that configuration the results tend to be more spectacular.
@@MarklTucson I believe you are overthinking it. I think you are talking about the mallet in the sd half. I do not see that it matters. I prefer to turn from right to left leaving as much mass toward headstock as possible as long as possible. So maybe it is just individual preference.
@@MikePeaceWoodturning Thanks for the response. That was the part to which I was referring. You are probably right about overthinking it. But then, I’m an engineer, that’s what we do.
OR, you can go with the tired and true and original ACKS that came out 2 years ago and still going strong!!
That too. I still use it some. I like your container better then the plastic or screw on lids. I have ordered a digital microscope so may do a detailed surface comparison one of these days.
@@MikePeaceWoodturning We quit using the tins, yes they were much cheaper but we found the abrasive paste was eating off the coating of tim inside and leaving a mess, so we switched to the amber plastic....wow, now theres an idea on the microscope!! I spent 25 years diagnosing leukemias and blood disorders using a microscope, sure miss it, will have to let me know how that works!!!
I was just thinking I needed to go find a site like this and T H A N K
Y O U I did!
Welcome and safe turning my friend.
For the weight could you used a solid piece of rond steel
It is a dead blow mallet. It is not about the weight.
Is "fruitless mulberry" considered hardwood?
Yes
@@MikePeaceWoodturning sweet... We had several big branches come down last week in a ice storm... When I get power back on... I'm gonna attempt to make this mallet ... I bought a powermatic and haven't used it but a few times.
Things I notice….toolrest needs dressing, you are not rubbing the gouge bevel, hence not a smooth finish. If you are going to post suggest you do things right. Rub the bevel, raise handle to start cutting, roll gouge into direction of cut, nicks in tool rest cause inconsistent cuts. Dress with a bastard file as needed.
Thanks for your helpful advice. You should start a woodturning video channel and share your expertise, my friend. 😉
@@MikePeaceWoodturning hi Mike. Been there done that. Our Coquitlam store had 6 Oneway lathes setup as a full time turning school. Unfortunately I had to close the store as my wife was dying from Dementia. At 80 I’m afraid my days of teaching are behind me. I mean no ridicule with my comments, I try to point out potential techniques that could lead to calamity on the lathe. Recently had a customer who had his toolrest move while turning. Lost an eye, plate in his scull and over 100 stitches to close the wounds. His life is forever changed.
couldn't see what you were doing at the end of the handle, looking down on it would be great if only your face mask wasn't in the way. NICE MALLET THOUGH. i PLAN TO USE 4X4 PICES i CUT FROM A PALLET, They're oak.
Sorry about that
What the heck is that hat
Doo rag or skull cap to wear to keep shavings and dust out of your hair or to wear under a helmet or faceshield. Check them out in my Amazon store link in the show notes.