Dan Forman
08-30-2005, 6:08 AM
I finally got around to photographing the mallet and pullsaw handles I've built in the last couple of weeks.
The mallet is oak and tigerwood, based on a previos thread I ran across a while back, though can't remember who started it. I have nothing to weigh it on, but I would guess around 24 oz. It does a great job of motivating the chisel for chopping out dovetails.
The maple handled saw holds the Tashiro Queen Dovetail blade which has been rather disappointing for me, as recounted in the dovetail thread of late. (The Adria should arrive tomorrow or Wed). I want to warm up the handle a bit, does anyone know how long I have to wait to shellac over Minwax wipe on poly?
The Walnut handle holds a Tashiro Joint blade. I like the shape of this one better, significantly beefier grip, no cramping of the hand with this one.
I did some initial shaping of these with a spokeshave, but after encountering some frightening tearout which was hard to avoid with the laminated handles, I went to the Rotex for the rest of the shaping. I'd rather go farther with a spokeshave, but I have a lot to learn about them, harder to keep track of grain direction than with planing, what with moving between the four "corners" to round out a piece.
Dan
The mallet is oak and tigerwood, based on a previos thread I ran across a while back, though can't remember who started it. I have nothing to weigh it on, but I would guess around 24 oz. It does a great job of motivating the chisel for chopping out dovetails.
The maple handled saw holds the Tashiro Queen Dovetail blade which has been rather disappointing for me, as recounted in the dovetail thread of late. (The Adria should arrive tomorrow or Wed). I want to warm up the handle a bit, does anyone know how long I have to wait to shellac over Minwax wipe on poly?
The Walnut handle holds a Tashiro Joint blade. I like the shape of this one better, significantly beefier grip, no cramping of the hand with this one.
I did some initial shaping of these with a spokeshave, but after encountering some frightening tearout which was hard to avoid with the laminated handles, I went to the Rotex for the rest of the shaping. I'd rather go farther with a spokeshave, but I have a lot to learn about them, harder to keep track of grain direction than with planing, what with moving between the four "corners" to round out a piece.
Dan