• Post Reply Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums
this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...
master stewards:
  • Nancy Reading
  • Carla Burke
  • r ranson
  • John F Dean
  • paul wheaton
  • Pearl Sutton
stewards:
  • Jay Angler
  • Liv Smith
  • Leigh Tate
master gardeners:
  • Christopher Weeks
  • Timothy Norton
gardeners:
  • thomas rubino
  • Jeremy VanGelder
  • Maieshe Ljin

Club style mallet - PEP BB roundwood.sand.club

BB round wood woodworking - sand badge
 
Posts: 95
Location: Billings, MT
53
homeschooling kids trees food preservation fiber arts building
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator

L. Johnson wrote:
Gunnar, you're missing a picture of you holding it and showing your thumb and forefinger touch. Can you post the additional photo? Then we can probably approve it.



Of course!  I apologize for my negligence.
Mallet-in-hand.jpg
Mallet in hand
Mallet in hand
 
Posts: 34
Location: Portland OR, 8b
40
2
urban bike woodworking
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Approved submission
I made the club style mallet out of some wood from a tree that was removed at the nearby school. Based on the grain pattern, I believe it to be the trunk of a young ash tree.
This mallet should be a significant improvement over my previous hatchet mallet, which was just a branch that was too fat to comfortably hold.
PXL_20221231_205146997.jpeg
Log, before shaping
Log, before shaping
PXL_20221231_210050825.jpeg
cut to length with pruning saw, shaped with hatchet
cut to length with pruning saw, shaped with hatchet
PXL_20221231_211930942.jpeg
Fits comfortably in hand. smoothed handle a bit with knife.
Fits comfortably in hand. smoothed handle a bit with knife.
Staff note (gir bot) :

L. Johnson approved this submission.
Note: I hereby certify this badge bit complete.

 
pollinator
Posts: 177
Location: South Carolina
67
homeschooling kids monies forest garden duck trees rabbit chicken solar composting homestead
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Approved submission
This is step 1 for me to learn everything I can about round-wood woodworking to build a farm-stand from the land. Let the adventure continue!!!

A484FD1C-351E-4D24-8243-87F08AD3E139.jpeg
My new club raw
My new club raw
72D46268-542D-4EA0-BC3F-A4917844A1CF.jpeg
Half wayish
Half wayish
EB57957E-194F-41E4-BA7A-16CAF0760902.jpeg
Finished Mallot
Finished Mallot
Staff note (gir bot) :

Someone approved this submission.

 
Posts: 49
6
composting toilet building sheep
  • Likes 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Approved submission
This is number two the first one I did not get all the pics I needed so I did a new one. the wood is a maple from my buck saw I need it shorter and I needed a green log win win!! the first pic I took most of the bark off. Then I made my cut for the head then it hit me I need a pic dam. so there it is my club and I love it.
IMG_20230614_152159.jpg
[Thumbnail for IMG_20230614_152159.jpg]
IMG_20230615_154835.jpg
[Thumbnail for IMG_20230615_154835.jpg]
IMG_20230615_160010.jpg
[Thumbnail for IMG_20230615_160010.jpg]
IMG_20230615_160021.jpg
[Thumbnail for IMG_20230615_160021.jpg]
IMG_20230615_160039.jpg
[Thumbnail for IMG_20230615_160039.jpg]
IMG_20230615_162805.jpg
[Thumbnail for IMG_20230615_162805.jpg]
Staff note (gir bot) :

Nicole Alderman approved this submission.
Note: I hereby certify that this badge bit is complete! Though usually mallets are longer, you specified that you needed a short one. Good job making a mallet for the purpose you need it for!

 
Posts: 12
2
  • Likes 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Approved submission
Club style mallet
20230717_160804.jpg
starting log
starting log
20230717_163038.jpg
1/4 carved
1/4 carved
20230717_171415.jpg
1/2 carved
1/2 carved
20230717_191605.jpg
completed mallet
completed mallet
Staff note (gir bot) :

Nicole Alderman approved this submission.
Note: I hereby certify that this badge bit is complete! Welcome to permies!

 
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Approved submission
This is my submission for the club style mallet BB. This was my second attempt - the first ended up as firewood. I am pleased with how the mallet turned out. I put chamfers on the head and handle and used just a knife to give it a smooth finish that's pleasing to hold. It's a bit too long for my comfort, but I left it to meet the requirements of the BB. I'm looking forward to using it.
20231126_203104.jpg
The log I started with and the tools I've selected to use
The log I started with and the tools I've selected to use
20231129_093442.jpg
I've finished the axe work and are ready to put on final details
I've finished the axe work and are ready to put on final details
20231129_095957.jpg
The finished mallet in my hand with chamfers and knife smooth handle
The finished mallet in my hand with chamfers and knife smooth handle
Staff note (gir bot) :

Someone approved this submission.

 
Posts: 80
Location: Zone 5a, Southern Wisconsin
68
2
forest garden fungi foraging food preservation fiber arts bike medical herbs ungarbage
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Approved submission
Found out while volunteering last week, that my county sometimes just burns brush that's too small for sawyers. We cut back some pretty nice black walnut and bitternut hickory and I could not just let them go to waste. Some I'm going to use on spoons hopefully, but decided I would make a mallet from one of the black walnut logs
PXL_20231201_180008164.MP.jpg
Logs I picked out while volunteering
Logs I picked out while volunteering
PXL_20231202_142149413.MP.jpg
Home and stacked...for now
Home and stacked...for now
PXL_20231202_142539520.MP.jpg
Black walnut I liked... length
Black walnut I liked... length
PXL_20231202_142711932.MP.jpg
width
width
PXL_20231202_143149127.MP.jpg
some initial cutting with a hatchet
some initial cutting with a hatchet
PXL_20231202_144720341.MP.jpg
got too cold, came inside for my chisel and drawknife- here's the tools too
got too cold, came inside for my chisel and drawknife- here's the tools too
PXL_20231202_155130221.MP.jpg
[Thumbnail for PXL_20231202_155130221.MP.jpg]
PXL_20231202_233033116.MP.jpg
Almost done, but it's a little too big and I want that bark off
Almost done, but it's a little too big and I want that bark off
PXL_20231203_002034968.MP.jpg
switched to a smaller chisel to do some detail work and planing
switched to a smaller chisel to do some detail work and planing
PXL_20231203_020653820.MP.jpg
Done. Finally I can stop using that rubber mallet
Done. Finally I can stop using that rubber mallet
Staff note (gir bot) :

Mike Haasl approved this submission.
Note: Nice job!  The photo of the chisel pointing at your legs made me cringe a bit...

 
gardener
Posts: 1958
Location: British Columbia
1113
3
monies home care forest garden foraging chicken wood heat homestead ungarbage
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Approved submission
To document this Badge Bit, provide proof of the following as pictures or a video (<2 mins):

  - Your chunk of wood that you are starting with (about 16 inches long and 4 inches in diameter)
  - progress about half way through, with the hand tools you have decided to use for this
  - final product held in your hand showing that your thumb and first finger can touch (any fatter than that and your hand will get very tired using it)

Starting wood:


Action shot:



Dimension Check:



Grip Check:
Staff note (gir bot) :

Someone approved this submission.

 
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! And this tiny ad too!
heat your home with yard waste and cardboard
https://freeheat.info
reply
    Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic