Man, this place is a ghost town…
Here are some pics of a few chunks of an oak tree we had taken down at Rocky Valley Estates:
After a knocking the pieces down to size with a bandsaw and getting a few passes on the planer:
Starting to come together as the pieces are getting fitted:
A large glued up blank:
After some more shaping on the bandsaw to pretty it up and remove some mass:
This thing turned out to be almost comically oversized:
It seemed like a good idea at the time, but after feeling the heft and balance, it was overkill to have such a large mallet size. The bandsaw helped in getting the the mallet head slimmed down.
Mallet head and handle after final shaping and a little boiled linseed oil:
