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.

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@dennissosnovske5879

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@rickjarosz3704

Жыл бұрын

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.

@MikePeaceWoodturning

4 ай бұрын

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!)😅😂

@MikePeaceWoodturning

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them! Time to get back turning!

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.

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Very cool!

Your video is educational, informative and quite interesting. Your tone of voice and teaching abilities are conducive to learning. Great work and thank you.

@MikePeaceWoodturning

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

Mike, you are an amazing teacher. I have been watching your videos for about 6 months now and have learned a lot, ty

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks!

@floridabeardedwoodworker

3 жыл бұрын

@@MikePeaceWoodturning me too...

definitely going to try to make the dead blow version! thanks!

Another fantastic video! Thanks Mike!

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Your magic Mike 😊

@MikePeaceWoodturning

Жыл бұрын

But not my last dance (Netflix reference). 😂

i love the dead blow mallet,i think i try that one!thanks for showing ,mike!

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent!

Great teaching and tool making video. Keep it up. Always learning.👍

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

Beautiful work, Mike! Really well done! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too!

Thanks Mike, you have really helped this old Ga boy out many times.

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it

Great beginners project!!

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

Perfect timing Mike! This month's challenge for our club Atlantic Shore Wood Turners, is a mallet! I like the dead blow version.

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent!

I want to buy a hobby lathe now. I remember taking wood working in high school decades ago and enjoyed it.

@MikePeaceWoodturning

2 жыл бұрын

Go for it!

You always produce outstanding and useful videos. Thanks again for everything.

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks again!

Going to make one this weekend

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

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Fun! Good luck.

The shop mallet was one if the first tools I attempted to make, great idea on using the lead shot. 🤙🏼

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

@MikePeaceWoodturning

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

Thanks, Mike. This reminds me that I need to replace my old beat-up lathe mallet!

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Go for it!

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...

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Have fun!

Excellent video, thanks!

@MikePeaceWoodturning

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! Great easy project.

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.

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

You don't have to look far. Click on the Info icon at 16:40.

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.

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, pipe couplers work great for ferules.

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.

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Very true!

Very helpful, I’m making one each for 12 students in a carving course I’m doing.

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

like the Super Shine I think I will try, thanks for the idea.

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

You should!

Thank you for your information and knowledge it’s very useful

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

So nice of you

@rosadoangel4194

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Mike did you have more SKew tool technique on the lathe or recommend me something for practice With that tool

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

@@rosadoangel4194 From my YT home page put skew in the search bar to find a 3 part video series on the skew.

Thank maks project👍

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome

Thank you

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome

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.

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

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.

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

@MikePeaceWoodturning

Жыл бұрын

I did not know that red palm was hard and dense enough for a mallet. Have fun.

@billrobinson8939

Жыл бұрын

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

@billrobinson8939

Жыл бұрын

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 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

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe I can get better closeups next time. Stay safe.

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

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Good choice!

Thanks Mike

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome, Billy.

@kengunnell6398

3 жыл бұрын

Great video. One option for just simple weight is lead weight from tire shops. Not as good as BBS though.

@alistairturner3433

3 жыл бұрын

@@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 .

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.

@MikePeaceWoodturning

2 жыл бұрын

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.

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.

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Your mechanical aptitude will come in handy as your turning progresses, I am sure.

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….

@MikePeaceWoodturning

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, John. Gotta love that pear!

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 )

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Watch my beginning woodturning playlist.

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.

@MikePeaceWoodturning

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips!

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

@MikePeaceWoodturning

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the specific feedback, Gary. It is always a work in progress.

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.

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Lots of wood choices. We don't get osage orange around here.

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.

@MikePeaceWoodturning

2 жыл бұрын

Who knew? Thanks for sharing.

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.

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

It is funny how we can get such a sense of accomplishment making such a simple tool. But we do.

Great video, Mike, what flavor glue is that - hazelnut? 😃

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe French vanilla?

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.

@MikePeaceWoodturning

11 ай бұрын

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.

@fergusrb

11 ай бұрын

@@MikePeaceWoodturning thanks for the reply

I was just thinking I needed to go find a site like this and T H A N K Y O U I did!

@MikePeaceWoodturning

Жыл бұрын

Welcome and safe turning my friend.

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.

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

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.

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.

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the specific feedback, Louie. I always appreciate it.

@nkosiakinlabi3135

2 жыл бұрын

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.

Mike the only problem I have with your videos is when I watch em my wood disappears.... :)

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

And that is a good thing, right!

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

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. Here is one on chuck kzread.info/dash/bejne/n5qOpaySfKynlto.html

How do you decide when to use your Powermatic and when to use your Laguna?

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

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.

OR, you can go with the tired and true and original ACKS that came out 2 years ago and still going strong!!

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@ACKSWOODPASTE

3 жыл бұрын

@@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’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?

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Catches come from incorrect tool usesage not chucking method.

@MarklTucson

3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@MarklTucson

3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

For the weight could you used a solid piece of rond steel

@MikePeaceWoodturning

2 жыл бұрын

It is a dead blow mallet. It is not about the weight.

Is "fruitless mulberry" considered hardwood?

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@jackwagon4313

3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

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.

@MikePeaceWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry about that

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.

@MikePeaceWoodturning

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for your helpful advice. You should start a woodturning video channel and share your expertise, my friend. 😉

@woodturn69

6 ай бұрын

@@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.

What the heck is that hat

@MikePeaceWoodturning

2 жыл бұрын

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.