Making a Shipwright's Caulking Mallet

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In this episode of tool making on the Art of Boat Building I make a shipwright’s caulking mallet. If you google shipwright tools most likely one of the first things that comes up is a caulking mallet and these strange looking mallets are very specific to caulking a boat. They have this very long head and these longitudinal slots. From my reading, the slots are to reduce the fatigue and add a little bit of springiness to the mallet when it’s being hit on a caulking iron. The other thing I’ve read is it gives the mallet a nice ring. You can imagine the number of taps you have to make on this over the day you’d want a pleasant sound. This may be ship lore but I’ve also read that when there’s a large ship being caulked they tune the mallets so all of the shipwrights’ mallets were ringing in the same tone. Either way, I hope you enjoy this build of a shipwright’s mallet on the Art of Boat Building.
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@dwaynekoblitz6032 4 года назад

You definitely have the tricks of the trade. Very interesting how to solve the problems thrown at you. Another beautiful tool well made.

@mattevans-koch9353 4 года назад

"Pretty nice" is an inadequate description of any of the work I have seen you do in all of your videos Bob. Beautiful, excellent, maybe even stupendous would be more appropriate. Your tool videos are inspirational. The problem I have is that I may be too old to build a boat by the time I get all of the tools made that you've made videos on but I will have some very nice tools. Thank you as always for your video, take care and stay well.

@glencrandall7051 4 года назад

Nice mallet. Thank you for sharing. Have a nice day and please continue to stay healthy.

@fepatton 3 года назад

Well, great. I have absolutely no use for a caulking mallet, but now I’m filled with a compulsion to make one.

@scottthomas5999 Год назад

Another nice job!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@haroldschultz5864 4 года назад

Thank you for sharing this tutorial . You didn't miss a thing . Very helpful . Blessings to you sir .

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 4 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@MCsCreations 4 года назад

Really fantastic work, Bob! Nicely done! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

@Mtlmshr 3 года назад

Ingenious use of the available tools to get the job done!

@ned711 3 года назад

Wonderful work! I’ll look forward to your using this mallet.

@billbailey5186 4 года назад

Great job Bob thanks very much

@richardbohlingsr3490 3 года назад

Well, that is definitely a pass down tool. You probably could work a lifetime without wearing it out. A tool of beauty for sure. I have viewed all your videos now and it was a pleasure to watch a craftsman at work. I look forward to see the finishing of the sail boat and see her Splash. I hope you continue on to build the runabout as well. Best regards and like my grandfather told me " build it right - then your done"

@alisdairmccabe7497 4 года назад

Excellent work as usual, Bob

@budnotu 3 года назад

I do believe your greatest attribute is your ability to teach, great job.

@newtonmiller8810 3 года назад

Your Grandfather would be proud you have continued to learn and master wood turning, and making incredibly beautiful tools and art pieces. A nice legacy to continue.

@thomasarussellsr 4 года назад

That, like all of your hand made tools, is one georgeous mallet. Well done, sir.

@SteveHayes1 4 года назад

Love these videos. It’s was a great story about your grandfather.

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 4 года назад

Glad you like them!

@gav2759 4 года назад

It certainly looks the part and it will probably ring well too. Shipwrights like em good and loud that's why so many of us are so deaf. I have never heard of a squad "tuned" harmoniously I do not think our employer would have approved of us using our time in such a frivolous way! I would not pin the ring, but use shims of canvas to ensure a good tight fit. We would need to drive the rings further on periodically, to take account of wear. I guess your mallet will have an easier time of it than mine, so it will be fine.

@rossmunro8981 4 года назад

Great and informative video as always, thank you. My understanding of the the tone produced by the mallet was that it indicated that the seam had been packed tight enough.

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 4 года назад

That is correct from what I've read. I thought I'd mention that once I've had some experience caulking. I'll make sure to report on that in the upcoming caulking episode. Thanks for that point and thanks for watching!

@JenkinsBoatWorks 4 года назад

Love the bit about your Grandfather, Bob. And now I have to more seriously consider getting a lathe. Great work and stellar video production, again!

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 4 года назад

Go for it! Thanks Chuck!

@georgemalakasis 3 года назад

Nice watching your work. But more important, your respect for your ancestors. Thank you for this altitude and wish you lots of happy productive time !

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 3 года назад

Many thanks!

@chiplane3976 3 года назад

Great video and beautiful result. Such craftsmanship!

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 3 года назад

Thank you very much!

@tedlinzy5865 4 года назад

I love the lathe! I have a 1962 delta Rockwell lathe.

@daleskidmore1685 4 года назад

When I first saw a caulking mallet I thought they looked unwieldy, but once you see one in use it looks just right for the job. An itinerant shipwright must have had quite a tool chest to carry round. Lovely job as always, looks great.

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 4 года назад

Thanks Dale!

@davidc6510 2 года назад

Great story about the lathe. What I find also amazing from your story is that you are in the early to mid 70's whereas I had thought you were in the low 60's tops. Looking good Bob and what a beautiful job on the caulking mallet. I also noticed your skill with the videography, editing, story telling, and the addition of music is progressing quite well. Thanks for sharing.

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 2 года назад

Thanks David, I'll be 68 next month. So right in the middle of your guess. I appreciate your kind comments on the videography. It is a labor of love. Cheers, Bob

@davidc6510 2 года назад

@@TheArtofBoatBuilding Now that I revisit my math I should have guessed late 60's *sigh*. I turned 58 this month. Wishing you all the best.

@thedevilinthecircuit1414 Год назад

Beautiful work. For tool handles--especially striking tool handles--boiled linseed oil is ideal because it protects the wood from moisture, and it also has the magical property of not causing blisters like bare wood and varnished wood can.

@TheArtofBoatBuilding Год назад

Thanks for the tips!

@chrisstaylor8377 3 года назад

Nice work ,I’ve made a few of these hammers and used brass for the rings

@rickfazzini6440 4 года назад

Great execution as always!

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 4 года назад

Wow, thanks!

@oliversch7271 3 года назад

Well this is my first video from your channel I came across you from acorn to Arabella I have been watching their channel for quite some time you have a great channel here I look forward to watching your videos

@robertbamford8266 4 года назад

Thanks! Great viewers’ comments about the sound: tell when a seam is caulked solidly or monitor who is working.

@johnlinehan9053 4 года назад

Nice!

@SRMWorkshop 4 года назад

My lathe had a roughed out train wheel (1/8th scale) still in the chuck when I inherited it from my Grandfather. I'm just glad I can keep it making parts many years after his passing.

@tomtruesdale6901 4 года назад

Beautiful tool Bob, I am kinda surprised you did not drill out the slots on the drill press using a mortising chisel but your way is brilliant. The story of your Grand Father's lathe is wonderful

@grendel1960a 4 года назад

tom, I had the same thought, that and placing the slots and drilling the hole while the wood was in the square too, rather than after turning it?

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 4 года назад

Hi Tom, I did think of using a mortising chisel. I don't have one small enough. The slot is 5/32" the best I had on hand is 1/4.. Thanks for watching. Cheers, Bob

@TermiteUSA 4 года назад

Nice work sir!

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 4 года назад

Thank you! Cheers!

@brianmcguire5005 4 года назад

Awesome job man!!! I love all the videos but the tool making ones are my favorite. I saw that old tool chest hiding on that shelf. Your grandfathers perhaps? It would be a great video to open it up and show us all the tools in it!! Keep up the great work!!

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 4 года назад

Thanks 👍

@chrisstaylor8377 3 года назад

Heat shrinking the rings on works well

@petahearn 3 года назад

Ive heard that the "slots" make a different noise once the caulk is hard. It helps the boat builder know when its been compacted enough.... i was told by an old boat builder.

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 3 года назад

That is true. Thanks for watching!

@cbcowart7475 4 года назад

Once you said you got the oak from "Steve from Arrabella", I remembered you were just there and I saw you get the oak, now I found you have a channel and I subscribed so will be following you as well. Nice 'caulking hammer'. See you around!

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 4 года назад

Yes, great remembering! Steve has ask me to come out and help in August (2020)which I'm going to do. So watch out you'll see me there again. Steve an Alix have become great friend of mine. Cheers, Thanks for watching!

@KRWoodworks 4 года назад

I've made about a dozen of these. My personal mallet is Live Oak with a cherry handle. What I read of C. Drew mallets are all the handles were cherry.

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 4 года назад

Hi Kevin, That’s great information. I had some cherry and briefly thought of using it. I plan on making more so cherry handles for sure. Thanks for your comment and watching!

@KRWoodworks 4 года назад

@@TheArtofBoatBuilding For my rings I used 4130 DOM tubing. Back then I had access to a machine shop so I included the tapers on the outer rings the Drew mallets had. I turned the mallet heads to be a tight friction fit and pressed the rings on in a hydraulic press. Do I see Joel White Haven 12 1/2 in your shop?

@pedroaffonsorosar1315 4 года назад

"Se você for fazer, faça bonito" (brazilian portuguese). Congratulations!

@W4ABN 4 года назад

Really nice mallet. I found myself an old mallet a few years ago. Don't think it's anything special, no name on it or anything. The metal rings are nailed to the wood. Good thing too as they are very loose on it. Not going to get any use out of it but maybe someday the rings can be used make a new mallet. Thanks for sharing your tool build.

@warrenwatson3105 Год назад

Thanks

@mrklyles 4 года назад

Bob, our lathes are the same vintage. I don’t use mine often but when I need to, it’s the only tool that’ll do the job. It’s also quite a bit of fun. Nice video as usual!

@DamnYankeeWorkshop 4 года назад

I've got the exact same lathe too and I love it. Cast iron, solid as heck, and so much better made than anything I could afford in the modern market. I bought it used from a guy whose grandfather bought it new. It had obviously been shown love and respect over its life and was in good shape but I gave it a thorough cleaning and lubrication before putting it to use. It included a sanding station with a table that attaches to the bed, an extra long tool rest with two attachment points, an L shaped tool rest, and two other standard single pole tool rests. I keep the bearings happy by dosing them with light oil regularly and thats about it. I use it mostly to make native american style flutes but I often go to it for other woodworking tasks. I love my 100 year old lathe!

@BobBlarneystone 3 года назад

An interesting tool, and overall a good presentation. However, I think you should change your technique for sanding on the lathe. Sand from the underside without clutching a strip of abrasive tightly between thumb and fingers, so that the abrasive won't wrap around the work and draw your fingers along and wrap them around the work too.

@4englishlies875 4 года назад

That is just so very cool. Why did you want to keep 1 side as up? And not just flip it end for end keeping the portions the same size, for the groves cut in the head? I am learning so much from you it is not even funny. Love this channel

@peepawhebert6479 4 года назад

If the blade is not centered vertically the slot wouldn't line up. This way the walls line up perfectly. He already had to go in with a saw to finish the ends of the slot. At least that's my guess.

@tonygintz734 4 года назад

An old Spanish shipwright tall me what all the mallet in an caulking gang were tune at different pitch like this the master shipwright could ear who was working hard and who was slacking off.

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 4 года назад

That's a good one I hadn't heard. Thanks for watching!

@peepawhebert6479 4 года назад

I love this video. Especially the sound of the rain. The story behind the lathe is really cool. Do you know what year it was manufactured? If you ever want to sell it, it would go well with my 1950 Delta band saw and 1948 Craftsman bench top drill press. Those are great old tools.

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 4 года назад

Thanks, I think it was manufactured in 1934. No plans to ever sell it. I pretty sure my son has his eye on it. Sounds like you have some great tools! Thanks for your comment and watching! Cheers

@marchebert938 4 года назад

@@TheArtofBoatBuilding thanks for the reply! That is great that your son wants the lathe. Does he work in the shop? Any plans for him to make an appearance? Cameo?

@jimc4731 3 года назад

You are making many beautiful tools. Make up or buy a makers mark to imprint your work. JIM

@bitankumarnayak8528 Год назад

Good

@ronaldframe1045 4 года назад

Curious what your mallet weighs, thinking of swinging it all day -like a house framer swings a framing hammer.

@clarkkent7999 4 года назад

Nice work. Will be curious to hear the pitch of the tone when you put it to use. Also am wondering how you are able to maintain a constant diameter along the length of a piece when turning it down to size on the lathe with a hand held tool.

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 4 года назад

Good question! Cutting the 2 ends with the parting tool is helpful as knowing where you want to get to. I also try to line up the tool rest parallel to the work piece and the sight down on it to keep a constant diameter. Also over 50 years of experience doesn't hurt.😉 Thanks for watching.

@clarkkent7999 4 года назад

@@TheArtofBoatBuilding 👍👍

@TheEdgarMueller 3 года назад

Is there a specific reason for not choosing wood in the same color for the handle as for the head?

@hughmaxwell8143 3 года назад

Nice job Bob but I’m still unsure about this business of making the tool without never having having used one

@Jhbrenner1 4 года назад

What kind of wood was used for the handle and why not the live oak?

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 4 года назад

The dowel I used is most likely beech or birch. The handle needed to be a softer wood than the head so that it would have a good friction fit.

@chriscunicelli7070 4 года назад

Not sure if I ever would have cut the slots that way. Probably would have cut it by hand. I’m not sure

@gregoryvangundy6170 4 года назад

We all get caught up in projects and don’t always get our order of operations right. I think I would have kept the stock square, cut the slots with a router, drill press for handle mortise, then turned the piece.

@perrydiddle3698 4 года назад

Is there not a better tool to use to apply he caulking?

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 4 года назад

Not really. One could use a caulking wheel like the one I had made in an earlier video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PkXbObOoqo4.html However, even with the caulking wheel, the cotton still needs to be set with a caulking iron. I suppose that a regular wooden mallet could be used on a small boat. The caulking mallet is a trued and tried tool that has been used for centuries by shipwrights. Thanks for watching!

@judyfisk9657 4 года назад

YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE CHALKING IRONS NOW

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 4 года назад

Ya Think! It's been a long time since I've done any forging. However, you suggestion made me think of mt friend Scott who is a blacksmith. Maybe he like to be featured in a video. Doesn't hurt to ask. Thanks Judy! and thanks for watching.

@judyfisk9657 4 года назад

@@TheArtofBoatBuilding No one has ever covered how to make them it would be a first on utube hat i know of

@mitchellstadnik752 4 года назад

I'm surprised you didn't double the effort, one for steve and alex

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 4 года назад

Working on it! Wanted to get one under my belt before attempting any kind of production. I am planning on make them mallets. After all they did give me the oak! Thanks for watching. Cheers

@stevefraga1416 4 месяца назад

I’m going to make this mallet, but I don’t understand why the taper on the handle isn’t the other way like a pick or Maddox

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 4 месяца назад

It’s so the handle can be removed for storage. Best wishes on your project. Cheers, Bob

@stevefraga1416 4 месяца назад

If the handle was tapered, the other way, you could still take it apart and would have no fear of it flying off while in use is this not true?

@KayZee1957 4 года назад

I must have missed something. Why does the head have slots?

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 4 года назад

I explain the slots in the introduction to the video. It gives the mallet a bit of spring to reduce the fatigue of the shipwright. It give the mallet a pleasant ring which helps the shipwright know when the cotton is set properly. Thanks for watching!

@rawbacon 4 года назад

Shiplore or any lore is fun, although I tend to think it's 95% baloney.

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 4 года назад

I agree!

@budnotu 3 года назад

I like baloney.

@thePronto 3 года назад

Bob: "I've made a number of beautiful tools that would be ideal if you ever wanted to build a clinker-planked wooden boat in your own fabulously equipped workshop/studio. But I'm not sure what to do next. If you have any ideas, please add them to the comments below." Subscribers: "I would invite you to make a clinker-planked wooden boat. But if you're going to make it, make it beautiful."

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