Jay, Just started watching your videos... very educational. Your safety practices are wonderful. Your shop is immaculate. Your craftsmanship is exceptional. I'm not sure exactly why I didn't subscribe right away. But then, I saw the true heart...DETROIT!!! SUBSCRIBED!
Great job, glad to see that you showed laminating pieces together to make a mallet. It certainly works and makes it a whole lot more accessible as a project for freshmen woodworkers.
Nice work on the Mallets Jay. They look great good and strong.. I still have my one I made in School back in 1984 lol it's been a while but I still have it but I don't use it as much now as my wife tells me it's a part of my youth and that I should keep onto it... Thank you for sharing this video. It brought back some good memories from my school days.............
Great way to start my Sunday morning... a cup of coffee and a Jay Bates video. It is supposed to rain all day today... and I've been intending to make a mallet... today may be the day. Thanks Jay.
Here in 2020, it's great to look back at young Jay. You can see the greatness underneath the hesitation and lack of eye contact. (And some damn fine woodworking, too!)
Great vid Jay. The removable head style is brilliant. I still have my favourite mallet I made 30 years ago, although it has had 3 heads and two handles 😉
Nice work on a simple tool build Jay. I like how you chamfered the handles and heads for that angled look and feel. I think it evokes the the image of those straight lines you're shooting for when you strike a chisel and it looks great. Thanks for posting such well made videos as well.
Well done Jay. Both styles look good. Your patients and skill in the hand tools area shows excellent progress. I hope you continue to find enjoyment with your hand tools, and are ableto nicely blend them into your power tool work.
I started watching your videos not long ago. You have come a long way, and I'm so very impressed with all I have seen you do. I myself am just starting, and hope to continue learning from you. Thank you.
Not sure if you always do this but I've only just noticed. Putting the saw info (width, tpi etc) up when you use the saw: I really like that. Very helpful info that you normally don't get in woodworking videos. Love your work.
You sir are amazing! It's almost hypnotizing to watch you do your craft. As a very novice to woodworking person (when time and space permits) I one day would like to have even half the talent and shop that you have! Keep on sharing your projects, videos, and talent! Peace!
Great video Jay. I love the laminating method for the head as I don’t have a set chisels. I also love the tapering jig that allows for so much customization. Can’t wait to build the jig and the mallet.
STOP! Hammer time! (Oh come on - somebody had to say it...) Nice, Jay! Wait until you get done with your dining table. Some of that leftover hickory will make the last mallet you'll ever need to make.
Very nice man. Thanks for the tutorial. I've watched a couple of videos on how to fabricate a mallet and all of them are really cool, but I think this might be the simplest, yet very instructive, of them all. Great video.
Hey Jay! I want to thank you for helping my wife out and sending her one of these mallets for my birthday. It was a great birthday present to get. Keep up the good work. -Erik
Got a nice set of chisels for Christmas plus a couple chunks of nice Maple firewood from my father in law; now I need a mallet. I’ll probably use power tools to make mallet #2 before using mallet #2 to make mallet #1.
The last one that I made was Osage Orange with a Red Oak handle. Mine is a friction fit. I love that sound of a sharp hand plane cutting a curl of wood!
Really cool video Jay. Glad you touched on the mitre saw safety; last week I released a video showing what happens when you don't support the work piece enough...not pretty!
Nice work. Never thought of short handles even though you're right, we nearly always choke up on the handle. The second build was the method we were taught in woodshop long ago, ha ha I guess the teacher thought 8th graders couldn't chop a mortise. But I like it, lets you incorporate a bit of design as you say.
I really like your workbench. I need to build one for my woodworking projects and knocking out bearings from my cars! I have always wanted a hold fast on a bench! 😍
Well done Jay, it is convenient to have multiple mallet options. If you want some more heft in a mallet, Steve Ramsey has a video where he used led weights in the mallet head. Thanks for the upload.
The 1st mallet is very similar to 1 that I made in January. I find that I am using it all the time. I like the feel of the mallet plus I seem to have better control than with a dead blow. Thanks for sharing.
This just popped up in my recommended, so I thought I’d take a look. It was great to see you make a mallet out of oak, but also especially interesting to see the laminated ones. I’m curious to hear how they faired? Anyway, watching this has given me the motivation to try this. I have nowhere near the skill to pull this off and I have an old holy tree that looks a little too rotten, but I’m hoping I can at least learn something from trying and probably failing. Another great video, Jay 👍
I never thought about laminating wood together to make a mallet. I've got walnut and beech that I think would make a very nice first mallet! Nice work!
Nice project. Don't you think it's funny that your chop saw is made by rigid but the bottom plate is anything but rigid! Great channel, keep up the good work :)
Wonderful video; this is the first one of yours that I've watched, which is surprising based on the number of other woodworking channels I am subscribed to. I am very impressed with your camera presence and video editing. I am definitely going to be subscribing to your channel, and I look forward to watching more of your videos. Also, THANK YOU for using proper PPE when using the power tools!
Hey Jay! I think it would be an interesting video to see you make a new insert for your miter saw. I know it is a fairly simple concept, but the way you edit and explain how things work together, makes it worth watching. Thank you for being you and making great content.
They came out nice. Look a whole lot better than the one I made out of a piece of maple branch cut square(ish) on my table saw. That was a whole lot more difficult than I had thought it would be....
Every since I started watching ur videos I've started building, and I've got my self some nice tools like bandsaw, scroll saw and other stuff. Thanks for the inspiration Jay
I think you're a master in your profession. You made the workshop so beautiful. I wanted to know if you were in the carpenter school in America. There is one more thing I'm worried about. There is a dark tree that you used to box. I'm happy if you say what it is. Turkey respects lovers.
ive always like the traditional way of making mallets. and it goes like you said if the heavens ever blows up on you you always have the handle left over to work with
I leave a mallet on a hook wherever I use one, so I make a lot of them. For outdoors, where they get lost or stolen, I just drill a piece of oak firewood, and glue and blind wedge in a piece of mop handle. Not as pretty as yours but it works well, and definitely has a "primitive style and doesn't get carried away..
hey, Jay. great video; mallets ate always a nice, easy thing to make :) One thought I had while watching is that the clip about the meet saw insert plate would be a great one to add into your tool talk episode on it. seems like an important thing to note.
Great job Jay! Timely video, I was just staring at some reclaimed oak and maple 4x4s in my garage yesterday, so I think I know what my next shop project will be. Thanks!
GREAT VIDEO! You're dialog is concise and to the point! Hate watching a tutorial thats full of stupid useless banter... the jokes are usually not funny to the viewer anyway. Subscribed!
When you have run out of ideas for what to do with all the scrap wood. You build mallets. Thanks for the inspiration.
Jay,
Just started watching your videos... very educational. Your safety practices are wonderful. Your shop is immaculate. Your craftsmanship is exceptional. I'm not sure exactly why I didn't subscribe right away. But then, I saw the true heart...DETROIT!!!
SUBSCRIBED!
Great job, glad to see that you showed laminating pieces together to make a mallet. It certainly works and makes it a whole lot more accessible as a project for freshmen woodworkers.
+Dave Smith Thank you for the feedback. My intention was just that :)
GREAT project Jay. Once again, you show that there are more than one way to get the project done.
Excellent display of craftsmanship.
Nice work on the Mallets Jay. They look great good and strong.. I still have my one I made in School back in 1984 lol it's been a while but I still have it but I don't use it as much now as my wife tells me it's a part of my youth and that I should keep onto it... Thank you for sharing this video. It brought back some good memories from my school days.............
Great way to start my Sunday morning... a cup of coffee and a Jay Bates video.
It is supposed to rain all day today... and I've been intending to make a mallet... today may be the day. Thanks Jay.
+Scott L Very cool. Get to it! ;)
Here in 2020, it's great to look back at young Jay. You can see the greatness underneath the hesitation and lack of eye contact. (And some damn fine woodworking, too!)
Great vid Jay. The removable head style is brilliant. I still have my favourite mallet I made 30 years ago, although it has had 3 heads and two handles 😉
I continue to be impressed with your editing. Really nice work.
+jsrcamper Thank you very much for the feedback. I do appreciate it.
Nice work on a simple tool build Jay. I like how you chamfered the handles and heads for that angled look and feel. I think it evokes the the image of those straight lines you're shooting for when you strike a chisel and it looks great. Thanks for posting such well made videos as well.
Well done Jay. Both styles look good. Your patients and skill in the hand tools area shows excellent progress. I hope you continue to find enjoyment with your hand tools, and are ableto nicely blend them into your power tool work.
+Michael Olsen Thanks for the feedback as always Michael.
I started watching your videos not long ago. You have come a long way, and I'm so very impressed with all I have seen you do. I myself am just starting, and hope to continue learning from you. Thank you.
Not sure if you always do this but I've only just noticed. Putting the saw info (width, tpi etc) up when you use the saw: I really like that. Very helpful info that you normally don't get in woodworking videos. Love your work.
+CrunchyMush It's the first time I've don it. I probably should do it more often. Thanks for the feedback.
Glad this old video came up on my feed. I just got a big heavy pallet made of oak, and now I know what I'm using some of it for!
You sir are amazing! It's almost hypnotizing to watch you do your craft. As a very novice to woodworking person (when time and space permits) I one day would like to have even half the talent and shop that you have! Keep on sharing your projects, videos, and talent! Peace!
+Mark Hanson Push the snowball and it will grow :)
+Jay Bates "push the snowball and it will grow" I like it, well said!
Nice mallet builds, Jay. I like how you showed two different ways to make them. Thanks for the video.
Those things looks massive! I like them. Nice showing how both methods will yield pretty much the same result.
Great video Jay. I love the laminating method for the head as I don’t have a set chisels. I also love the tapering jig that allows for so much customization. Can’t wait to build the jig and the mallet.
Really like the integration of comments on random flat surfaces. That's fun! Oh and nice work too brother!
Nice looking mallets, looks like a pretty straight forward build. Thanks for sharing!
I like your videos, you cut straight to the point and don't muck around. Keep it up!
Dude you're a seriously good teacher, nicely done! Going to take a crack at one of these mallets in the next little while.
Really great video. The meticulous way you make stuff is so good to see. Well done.
STOP!
Hammer time!
(Oh come on - somebody had to say it...)
Nice, Jay! Wait until you get done with your dining table. Some of that leftover hickory will make the last mallet you'll ever need to make.
+Mark Lindsay I've got a 3" thick slab of hickory waiting to have a couple leftovers :)
Very nice Jay. When I get back from Japan I will make one.
Very nice man.
Thanks for the tutorial.
I've watched a couple of videos on how to fabricate a mallet and all of them are really cool, but I think this might be the simplest, yet very instructive, of them all.
Great video.
Thanks for the tutorial. Just starting my woodworking and putting my shop together. I'll be making a few of these dead blow mallets soon!
Hey Jay! I want to thank you for helping my wife out and sending her one of these mallets for my birthday. It was a great birthday present to get. Keep up the good work.
-Erik
Glad to hear it arrived, Erik. Happy Birthday :)
Got a nice set of chisels for Christmas plus a couple chunks of nice Maple firewood from my father in law; now I need a mallet. I’ll probably use power tools to make mallet #2 before using mallet #2 to make mallet #1.
I really like that second mallet. A bit easier for novices like me to have a go at. Thanks for the video Jay!
Love the simplicity of the laminated version. Thanks for sharing Jay! - Gonna make one out of Walnut and Maple.
+Peter DeFazio Thank you for watching, Peter.
Great vid! You can NEVER have too many homemade mallets!!!!
Very cool mallets jay. Fun project. Love the look of the walnut ones. Nice work.
+Pat Donovan Thank you Pat.
Love the simplicity of your approach with your professional style made simple for the likes of me
The last one that I made was Osage Orange with a Red Oak handle. Mine is a friction fit. I love that sound of a sharp hand plane cutting a curl of wood!
Keeping it simple! Makes it enjoyable for us newbies, thank you.
Really cool video Jay. Glad you touched on the mitre saw safety; last week I released a video showing what happens when you don't support the work piece enough...not pretty!
Nice work. Never thought of short handles even though you're right, we nearly always choke up on the handle. The second build was the method we were taught in woodshop long ago, ha ha I guess the teacher thought 8th graders couldn't chop a mortise. But I like it, lets you incorporate a bit of design as you say.
I really like your workbench. I need to build one for my woodworking projects and knocking out bearings from my cars! I have always wanted a hold fast on a bench! 😍
Well done Jay, it is convenient to have multiple mallet options. If you want some more heft in a mallet, Steve Ramsey has a video where he used led weights in the mallet head. Thanks for the upload.
You make it look sooo easy, Jay. Go Lions!
I like the design of the mallet! Thanks for sharing. Go on!
Cheers
Thomas 🖐🏼
+HolzwurmTom Thank you!
The 1st mallet is very similar to 1 that I made in January. I find that I am using it all the time. I like the feel of the mallet plus I seem to have better control than with a dead blow. Thanks for sharing.
+Ken DeHaas You're very welcome. Thanks for watching, Ken.
I dig the half blind dovetails. Looking good!
+Ben Dellsperger I wondered if anyone would notice that ;)
+Jay Bates your channel and Instagram have been stalked lately by me haha!
Amazing work and excellent explanation. Always thought about owning a wooden mallet, thanks for the tips about the tool.
This just popped up in my recommended, so I thought I’d take a look. It was great to see you make a mallet out of oak, but also especially interesting to see the laminated ones. I’m curious to hear how they faired?
Anyway, watching this has given me the motivation to try this. I have nowhere near the skill to pull this off and I have an old holy tree that looks a little too rotten, but I’m hoping I can at least learn something from trying and probably failing.
Another great video, Jay 👍
Really good mate. I am just starting woodwork and was after projects to make some of my own tools. Thanks Mate.
Love these - simple and straightforward. Thank you
Thank you, you have the gift of teaching. I seen more how to make videos and yours are the ones that " I get it" thanks. God bless you
+tepic94 Thank you very much for the feedback.
Perfect timing...been needing to build a mallet (or two). Thanks, Jay!!!!
I never thought about laminating wood together to make a mallet. I've got walnut and beech that I think would make a very nice first mallet! Nice work!
I see the red oak is still hanging around! :) Nice mallets!
Nice mallets and video Jay! Well done.
+Earl Davidson Woodworking Thank you, Earl.
Nice project. Don't you think it's funny that your chop saw is made by rigid but the bottom plate is anything but rigid! Great channel, keep up the good work :)
That will be one of my next projects. As soon as my wounds heal. Nice Jay
Nice project. Motivates me to finally get around to making my own mallet. Thanks and please keep it up.
+johnsobj You're very welcome. Thanks for watching.
Wonderful video; this is the first one of yours that I've watched, which is surprising based on the number of other woodworking channels I am subscribed to. I am very impressed with your camera presence and video editing. I am definitely going to be subscribing to your channel, and I look forward to watching more of your videos. Also, THANK YOU for using proper PPE when using the power tools!
Hey Jay! I think it would be an interesting video to see you make a new insert for your miter saw. I know it is a fairly simple concept, but the way you edit and explain how things work together, makes it worth watching. Thank you for being you and making great content.
I just completed one of these hammers, made it out of red oak. Turned out very nice. Thanks for the vid.
They came out nice. Look a whole lot better than the one I made out of a piece of maple branch cut square(ish) on my table saw. That was a whole lot more difficult than I had thought it would be....
Hammer Time! Great project, Jay!
+Wordsnwood (Art Mulder) Hammer time!! I should have added that somewhere...
Very nice work. Practical and inspirational as well.
Every since I started watching ur videos I've started building, and I've got my self some nice tools like bandsaw, scroll saw and other stuff. Thanks for the inspiration Jay
Drawn out video I stuck with. Love the way you explain the minutiae. ( I strangely find some of these videos relaxing )
He who holds this hammer has the power of Jay Bates!!!!!
You should send one of those out to a fellow Riley Royal Alum! Ha. Great video as usual, Jay.
Enjoyed it. In a subsequent video (or perhaps on Jay Bates 2) discuss how to set the taper on the mallet head.
I think you're a master in your profession. You made the workshop so beautiful. I wanted to know if you were in the carpenter school in America. There is one more thing I'm worried about. There is a dark tree that you used to box. I'm happy if you say what it is. Turkey respects lovers.
ive always like the traditional way of making mallets. and it goes like you said if the heavens ever blows up on you you always have the handle left over to work with
+Joe basementwoodworking Thanks, Joe. And thanks for watching as always.
Jay Bates I ALWAYS enjoy a JCC video and always learn a thing or 2..oh,, that shouldve said HANDLES NOT HEAVEN. .LOL voice text..gotta love it
Nice work Jay, love all your videos!!!!
I leave a mallet on a hook wherever I use one, so I make a lot of them. For outdoors, where they get lost or stolen, I just drill a piece of oak firewood, and glue and blind wedge in a piece of mop handle. Not as pretty as yours but it works well, and definitely has a "primitive style and doesn't get carried away..
Jay, nice attention to details, and agree two pc Mallet is more functional. Thank you
+Sam K Thanks for watching, Sam.
Thor would be proud. You are worthy to wield the mallet!
+Jack Hammer Thor!
Great comparison between the two methods. Thanks Jay.
Thanks for showing both methods. Wouldn't have thought to laminate the mallet head. Now I want to try it out too.
+Matthew Stisher Very cool. Glad you might make one. You'll end up using it more than you think!
Exactly what I needed. I plan to make mine solid from some firewood I got. Thanks!
very nice. I love the look of the firs one. Woodcarving with it will be a treat
+sa-maker :)
Cool mallets! I like the laminate process on the second one cause I don't have a drill press. I might try one of those.
Looks great!! My first kind of shop project was a mallet, need to make another one soon :) 👊
Started following you too late, and missed out. Love that simple taper jig idea!
Nice project! Oh and thanks for covering up that Tigers logo with a Jay's logo. ;) Sincerely, Blue Jays Fan.
Great project jay with a lot of great tips!
Luv your content.. your very helpful for people that want to learn the trade…
Much appreciated!
Amazing! I am actually trying to build one mallet without any power tools. Its been a bit challenging I must say.
I thoroughly enjoyed watching the video and presentation! Thank you...Semper Fi
They look awesome!
hey, Jay. great video; mallets ate always a nice, easy thing to make :)
One thought I had while watching is that the clip about the meet saw insert plate would be a great one to add into your tool talk episode on it. seems like an important thing to note.
Apparently I can't spell with my phone.
Miter saw insert plate.
+Evan Smith I briefly touched on it in my miter saw tool talk: ua-cam.com/video/kpZ6qct7YwI/v-deo.html
Where you at brother. I’m in Michigan to, around the Lowell area. Cool vid
I had a old cherry tree come down in the last big storm. Some of it will live on as a mallet.
Great mallets Jay. Thanks for the know-how video.
+SKiM0510 You're very welcome. Thanks for watching.
Easy to follow tutorial! Thank You for sharing
+WigWagWorkshop You're very welcome. Thanks for watching.
I know this is an old vid but one of those would be the perfect addition to my workshop as a beginner
Great looking mallets for sure. I love the look of the dark walnut. If only there was a good sawmill in the area..
+Stealth170rl Thank you!
Great job Jay! Timely video, I was just staring at some reclaimed oak and maple 4x4s in my garage yesterday, so I think I know what my next shop project will be. Thanks!
Woodshop dart tourneys? I have a Sportcraft Nodor in my shop and a set of Hammerheads
guess i found my new project to use up some 5/4 oak .Thanks Jay
they look great, you look like you've got it down to a system.
+ITS A WOOD THING Thank you :)
GREAT VIDEO! You're dialog is concise and to the point! Hate watching a tutorial thats full of stupid useless banter... the jokes are usually not funny to the viewer anyway. Subscribed!
great video always love watching mallet video and the different ways to make them
+Brent Weisenborn Thank you, Brent.