Joiner’s Mallet Gallery

Maple mallet

Joiner's Mallet by John Gibson (sodbuster)

The ‘non disputandum’ mallet for heavy work. 1.3 kg (46 oz) including handle. Head is Canadian beech, harvested Glenn and infused with acrylic. Handle is brown ash, split not sawn for straight grain. Stanley #3 shown for scale. Green beech and air dried ash are great to split and work with hand tools. Head angle 5 degrees, handle width 7/8 not 3/4.

Joiners mallet cut from a similar piece of eucalyptus with walnut handle.

Solid maple head with handle made from a laminated beam cutoff

I’m not sure of the wood used for the mallet head. It was repurposed from the floor of an old Union Pacific rail car. This is the first mallet I’ve ever made. Thank Paul and the rest!

A joiner’s mallet following Mr Sellers’ design, also in oak. The head is laminated from two bits to save a few pennies, I’ll be sure to send an update if it falls apart! The handle started thicker at 1 1/4 in to accomodate the shaping and it’s nice and comfortable in the hand.

Head made from Oak, handle from Cherry

Oak head with ash handle. Already had some use.

The mallet was made using a Laburnum head with an oak handle. I bottled out of profiling the sides as I found Laburnum hard to plane.

Laburnum with oak for handle.

Two mallets, one in oak and the other in Arizona mesquite.

Joiner’s mallet in white oak

Seller’s Style Joiner’s Mallet in wormy Black Mulberry. This was milled from the very same tree that inspired me to begin working wood. Paul expertly laid out the process for it’s creation in his series, making the build smooth and straight-forward.