"mongo" mallet

I made this today for a gift for a secret santa exchange on another forum - (the giftee is a hand-tool ww'er so I very much doubt he'll see this) - I call it "mongo mallet" and it's definitely a "persuader" and only for the heaviest of tasks like chopping mortises.

I turned it in mesquite from right at the root ball so it is very heavy and has none of mesquite's normal tendencies to spletch/split. The end initials were made on my Carvewright in a piece of quilted maple. I did the initials and cut it out on the CW and then used a 2 inch colt maxicut drill bit to make a cavity for the disk. It fit like a glove... I love the accuracy we can get with our machines!

Thanks for looking,

Lawrence

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Beautiful job Lawrence. Is that another wood for inlet or metal.

Impressive mallet! As usual your work is top notch!

That's awesome Lawrence! You do beautiful work.

Nic one lawrence you always do nice work
Henry

Awesome work man. So funny, I was just in the colonels office yesterday hanging something up and noticed that our intermediate guys made a Thor hammer for him out of metal. I think I will try to make one out of wood...

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Came out great in mesquite! None of that around here, just in the SW. Great idea on the initials!

Lawrence, Great job , Nice job on the photo's as well.


Capt Barry

Thanks all- I was amazed how nicely the disk fit in- it added an extra personalization that I was really looking for.

Now if I can ever get my round jig up and running (lack of effort on my part) maybe I can come up with something similar that is entirely carved and has personalization all over it.

Lawrence