The first through mortise.
How to make a mystery mallet. To make it a two step surprise ooh it s a mallet followed by ooh it has my name on it i sewed it in fabric for extra mystery. Thanks to sorcha for taking them with her on the plane conclusion. Scott and i took a class at the woodright school on saturday and made roy underhill s mystery mallet the class was a lot of fun and roy is great teacher and one of the most animated people you ll ever meet. I doubt i ll ever be able to make something like that let alone have a workshop like that.
Roy provided the stock with the hickory or was it ash handle already turned. You can download a pdf drawing of the mallet here. With respect to joinery this was probably the most difficult piece i ve attempted but it came out nicely i think. Jonathan wielding his fantastic wenzloff tenon saw.
1 x 1 5 8 x 14. Posted by 4 months ago. That was so cool. Making abe lincoln s mystery mallet.
2 3 8 x 3 3 8 x 5 3 8. Here are a few details not discussed on the drawing. Here are the sizes for the head and the handle. The mystery mallet of myth and legend dovetailed in all directions guaranteed to never come apart or go together.
Making abe lincoln s mystery mallet. The double rising dovetails.