Made me a little wooden maul

[Tjurved]

Hello I am sure I will find many uses for this little wooden maul. For instance if I do fine carpentry and the pieces don't fit together on the first try, then I just use this. The head is made of pine quite dry, the handle of very dry birch and the wedge of very dry oak. The head weighs 11 kg. Swinging this all day long might make you strong! Originally it was intended to be a chopping block...



Here is how I made it:


Make sure that the wedge is in the right direction.


Then you just beat on the handle with the hammer while holding the maul by the handle with the head down.

 

[Mojoracinguk]

What can you say to that

I think we should have a comp to see who can wield the biggest!

Nice work and thanks for sharing

mojo

 

[MSkiba]

throw it in your rucksack will make a good peg hammer

 

[Retired Member southey]

Thats a beast, great work, now for that pegged timber bridge!

 

[Shewie]

I could do with borrowing that for the spiders in our house at the moment

 

[Tjurved]

Yep I will name it "The Beast". Now my neighbors are making a lot of noise.. I think I gonna go and knock on their door.

 

[Retired Member southey]

BY THE HAMMER OF Tjurved, you WILL be silent!

 

[Ph34r]

Will be good for the tent peg that never wants to go all the way in!

 

[drewdunnrespect]

brilliant mate like it a lot

 

[EddBamber]

Ohh my... I just Lol'd...

 

[echobelly]

Thor's Hammer!!!!

 

[spiritwalker]

stick it on backpackinglite on offer for a light weight tent mallet, personally id be straight down the arcades on one of those pop up gofer machines :-D

 

[Ray Britton]

It sure is a beast, and will last for years.......As long as you don't try to use it lol.

For comedy effect (and ignoring the split adjoining the handle, and the fact that pine is a poor wood for striking with lol) it is a stunner.....Top marks!

 

[Tjurved]

It sure is a beast, and will last for years.......As long as you don't try to use it lol.

For comedy effect (and ignoring the split adjoining the handle, and the fact that pine is a poor wood for striking with lol) it is a stunner.....Top marks!

You are right. I made it for fun and for training experiment. I got another one not that big with a head of rowan and handle of lilac which has lasted for years.

 

[Ray Britton]

Hi Tjurved.
That's the way I took it, which is why I awarded you top marks.

I do have to say that it reminded me of this clip, which you will need to watch at least until two minutes and nine seconds!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzBHB842lKM

 

[Ex Member - Sidney Bounty]

it never occurred to me to put a wedge in it and then drive it in I just presser fit them in the past will use this idea on the next battle maul I make thanks for the tip....

 

[dancan]

Nice job on the hammer !
Did you build it for this ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUy4U1n4REQ&feature=related