Making Mallets for Tally Ho 

Ahhhhhh! A POWER tool! How could you you? LOL These are beautiful! Good videos and fun channel

I just clicked on the link for the Cactus Juice, and underneath the Amazon description there was an ad for a Vali product promising "Thicker, fuller and stronger hair." Had to laugh at that one! Nice, traditional mallets, by the way.

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Any reason not to drill first and stabilize after?

Thanks man. I hope they serve you well!

If all goes well how long do you think it'll be till she hits the water

@@caleroper4515 See Tally Ho episode 47 at 19 minutes 50 seconds in for your answer.

So cool to see the link between you guys come up on RU-vid. So much fun watching .

Cale Roper two years from now

I'm glad he likes them. I hope they serve him well for many years to come.

Thanks Douglas

LOL we will see.

Thanks Matt. Looking forward to seeing the turn of that boat and Leo!

Thanks Caroline. It is such a cool project. Really hoping I can get out there again some time.

It is great stuff. I love working with it any chance I get.

Thanks. Love my clogs.

It is an extreamly sure way of doing it as the juice will work all the way into he block.

Thanks. That means a lot!

It is one of my favorites too. A pain to work with but so worth it!

Thanks. Ya I want to go out there some time too.

thanks man! my pleasure. looking forward to seeing yours!

Thanks. That means a lot.

thanks keith. I do love what Leo is doing over there. hoping to get back out there some time and help him out.

LOL yep I like to mix it up.

Thanks. I'm hoping to do a video next week on wood stabilization. Should be a fun one.

LOL I need to remember that one!

Surprisingly the vacuum will soak the juice all the way into the middle. but the big reason is that the wood will move as it takes on the juce. this means the mortise will not fit as it did before stabilization.

yes I like working with it. even more fun is Osage green. that is the root wood of the Osage tree. now that stuff is fun!

LOL. Brings back so many good memories of Spud cannons. Good thing I actually didn't pressurize it I used it as a vacuum chamber instead. Lol

thanks Tim. I use to do more detailed videos but they have not had a good reception lately. I am thinking of starting another channel with that kind of detailed information. Basically the bigger the wood or the faster the cut I chose bigger teeth. the big rip saw I used was 5PPI the crosscut for cutting the faces was 10ppi the carcus saw for the smaller cuts was 14 ppi.

it is a product. here amzn.to/2WMHyjl you have to be careful with what you use as some glass jars will shatter. here is a video on the whole topic. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Z2jEdjYEd1M.html

Thank you.

any time!

it is defenently "Fun" stuff but whit good tools it is not that much different from a twisted piece of white oak.

thanks. I love his work. really hoping I can go out some time and spend some more time there some time.

That is a card scraper. If you want to see more I actually sell them on my website wouldbywright.com

I would guess it is somewhere around 25 to 30 oz. But I never waited.

If this would were good wood all the way through. I would not stabilize it. The black sections on the bottom or spalted to the point that I could push my thumb nail into it. That is just too soft for a mallet and it would crumble very quickly. Most all of my mail its are made from a solid piece of burl or crotch grain and do not need to be stabilized.

thanks Matt. I dont know when I can be back out on that side of the country again, but I would like to go out for a longer stay some time.

You will always be welcome I am sure. Have a great weekend.

LOL don't worry I charged the drill on my bike!

thanks Richard. that means a lot!

I like that one. That's the very reason I have your plugs.

nono those are the ones that say "D'oh!" every time you hit something

They were about 3 in x 4 in or so. they were just a scraps. Most the time I make these out of a block of firewood so I make them as big as I can with the firewood I can get.

Live oak is an oak tree that keeps its leaves all year round. It's generally only found in the south of the United States. It's very similar to White oak which is also very similar to an English oak. However live oak has a much more twisted grain than either White oak or English oak.

Thanks Peter. No these we're made from scraps that he cut off. So no punk in the boat!

that is a 5PPI Rip saw. I think the sound change is due to the mic.

that is what I suspected but had to ask I like your mallet construction. Thank you for sharing

My Pleasure! Thanks for watching!

Thanks. I love seeing them in use for what they were intended. I have talked to Leo a few times since then and he seems to be enjoying them.

thanks. I could have, but I would rather drill and fit all in one and the wood will move as it absorbs the stabilizing resin

1. The old mallets had square faces rather than having an angle to them and it makes you hit things off angle. If you tried one you know they just don't feel right. 2. Cactus juice is the brand name for the stabilizing fluid. 3. If I did all the shaping before the stabilizing then the shape changes after the stabilization as the wood absorbs all of the resin. So I have to do most of the shaping afterwards once the head has taken its final shape. 4. It is best practice to finish all faces so that the wood absorbs moisture at the same rate. Otherwise you'll have some surfaces that swell slightly more. Where the water can get in faster. Not to mention it just looks odd if you don't finish it. 5. You actually grip a mallet right up at the head. A hammer you want to hold all the way down at the base so you have a full amount of leverage. But for the mallet you hold it up next to the head. The reason you have the rest of the handle is for balance. If you've ever tried to use one with a short handle you'll know it just feels wrong. And as to the angle that's personal preference wherever it feels good to you. Some people like it with a slightly more shallow and some people like it with a slightly more aggressive it depends on how you swing your hand. It's the fulcrum is not where your hand is at it's how you swing your arm. 6. They use them quite extensively over the last few years.

My family came from Rotterdam in 1904 to Holland Michigan I am German/Dutch those shoes are part of my heritage.

I had it 3D printed years ago. the company I used is not around any more. I want to make another some time. it would make a great video.

Thanks. Hoping to make it back out there again sometime and help out with the project again

yes. that live oak came from Georgia! one of my favorite woods to work with!

I generally like a head between 15-30 oz

LOL I like it!

No it's actually the kids on bicycles and the other room lol

Surprisingly the vacuum will soak the juice all the way into the middle. but the big reason is that the wood will move as it takes on the juce. this means the mortise will not fit as it did before stabilization. on top of that the stabilized wood is actually easier to work with a chisel then the raw live oak as the oak is fractious. The stabilized wood is much smoother and does not break away as easily.

thanks. no. It is not a pressure pot, but a vacuum chamber, it just sucks the air out of the wood. the problem with creating the mortise first is that the moisture will change the shape of the head a bit. you could rough out the hole first, but I would not fully shape it as the handle will not fit after. the wood is easier to work after it is stabilized at the wood is homologous and will not tear out. that is why I prefer to cut the hole after.

Often that is useful, but for pounding on a fairled chisel or driving in a tunnel the hardness does not matter just something slightly softer the steel. that being said the stabilized wood is very soft, just it is very flexible making it hard for the lead screw to bight in the wood.

The problem with doing stabilization later is that the wood is going to move a lot. As the wood soaks it up it will enlarge slightly and distort a bit. So if you make too many changes beforehand it won't work as well afterwards.

Lol yup. Thanks Jim!

Best Shop shoes you can have. comfortable and protective. I carved these ones and a friend sent me the blanks for them. here is the video with that. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vuP9fzEPdLQ.html

These blocks were dried they're not green stabilization doesn't work very well when they wood is still wet. Usually I will speed dry them in the oven and then stabilize them. I have a whole video on wood stabilization if you want to see that.

@@WoodByWright I will, ta.

normally I do not however this was the scrap cut offs that could not be used in the boat and some of it was very Punky it would not work well as a mallet using the resin allows that to be used as a male ahead. Also with cactus juice it's not a normal resin and not something that is toxic. It's actually water safe and most people have no problems dipping their hands in it. I was also working with epoxy at the time so I kept my gloves on.

because the Cactus juice all needs to clean off before finish. I did not cut the mortise as the shape of the block will change slightly as it absorbs the juice.

Maybe just a rough out, with like 1/4 or 1/2 margins even. I was thinking more about improving the penetration of the caucus juice, exposing internal end grain through the mortise

I had the same thought i've used cactus juice to stabilize soft chunks for turning. (I'm a bowl turner) it definitely changes the character of the wood but I guess i've never noticed any major shifts in the dimensions of a piece before (but then, my tolerances are pretty large when i'm roughing out a bowl blank) I would think doing possibly the basic boring out, and hog out the bulk, then infuse, and then go back and pare down to the finish dimension. But it's easy to armchair quarterback this stuff... these came out nice and he found a solution. Nice bonus, the resin would give them more heft too. I'm wondering if the BLO is even really required; the resin may be plenty all on it's own! The BLO does give it a nice glow however :)

Live oak grows predominantly in AL and GA and the surrounding states.

@@WoodByWright Ok, you are working with Southern Live Oak (Quercus virginiana). There are a few species/subspecies here on the west coast and I have a chunk of Interior Live Oak (Quercus wislizeni) firewood I was planning on making a hammer out of as well.

As the wood absorbs the juice it does change and move just as if it would absorb water. So I save most of the finish work until afterwards. As to hogging up the whole beforehand that really doesn't help the penetration as using a vacuum will pull the juice all the way through the entire block.

Thanks Dave. Love what Leo Is doing. Such a cool project.

Lol lots of good Spud Canon memories there. that is why I did not pressurized it.

The head is a little over 2 lb. On the small one and almost 3 lb in a large one.

@@WoodByWright thank you James!

lol now that would be a fun video. plastic just does not feel good in the hand personaly!

Cool. Love his project. Really want to get back out there again some time.

Yes. I generally do ultra marathons but this year I've only been able to get one in lol for some reason

@@WoodByWright Thats cool!! Yeah that really sucks. What kind of watch is that? The fenix sapphire 5x or 6x it looks like.

Thanks Elias. That means a lot. If there is ever anything you want to see let me know.

Lol nice!

Thanks! love clogs in the shop!

Thanks man!

James, I've been a follower of Leo, since Doug at SVSeeker steered me that way. I saw you at Leo's place a while ago, and followed the links. Should have been here, a LONG time ago. OK, why the "not square" faces? Looks like your hands could get too close to the work. (Yes, I did just sign up. It seems that most of the people I follow, make stuff. Or, repair it.) Oh, was that wood from the trip to the South? I liked that episode. steve

I made it. I want to do a video soon making another one.

@@WoodByWright That would be awesome! I've been wanting to make my own for a while but have no idea where to start.

Thanks Jim. Lots more like that to come!

Thanks. Hopping to get back out there again some time to help out.

Thanks. I hope Leo gets plenty of use out of them for years to come

Nice. Sounds like a great way to remember by

I misspoke and meant to say 5 not 9. that bit of an angle is drawing a radius from the fulcrum of your hand along the face of the mallet making it hit flatter then if the face were 90 degrees to the base of the mallet.

Thanks. Clogs are the best shop shoes. Comfortable and protective.

Thanks. If there is ever something you want to see or have questions about let me know.

LOL that would be fun to throw in!

They're just what I have found to be the best shoes in the shop. Incredibly comfortable easy to slip on and off and they protect my feet nicely

Live Oak is a type of Oak is that grows predominantly in the southeast of the United States. It is very hard Oak and the grain is Twisted making it an extremely durable wood.

That would be definitely a solid mallet. It is always good to connect another name with another icon.

best shop shoes you can have. extreamly comfortable. I have a video carving them.

Reckon i'll check it, obligements!

Thanks.