How to make a Joiners Mallet (part 1) | Paul Sellers

(Episode 1/3) Paul sellers shows you how to make a wooden mallet while practicing your mortice and tenons as well as shaping skills. After completing this project you will have a useful handmade tool for years to come.

In this episode, Paul discusses the features that make a good mallet, including choice of wood. The stock is then cut to shape using a few different methods including splitting with an axe, cutting the tapers with the bow saw and handsaw and creating reference faces with the smoothing plane.

[Goodnewsman]

I'm watching this from Texas. Imagine my joy when I hear your preference of a native wood. Time to go on a walk!

[JohnBeres-uf]

When I watch videos like this, what impresses me is the ease with which Mr. Sellers uses the various tools. I know this comes from experience and familiarity with the different tools and what can be done with them and how to do it. Thank you so much for sharing all of these videos.

[rafavidal]

I like the way of working and teaching of Paul Sellers, he is the best!!..

[salemswagger]

I love hearing experts like Paul talk about wood grain and all the things to consider when using hand tools.

[bobbrewer]

I have a mallet like this that you gave me I guess 15 or 20 years ago in Texas. I'm still using it and it really doesn't look any older than the day you gave it to me. Thanks again.

[russelmcarthur]

I've watched a lot of how-to videos on YouTube regarding the making of a wooden mallet and Mr. Sellars is far and away the best instructor. The same can be said for any of his videos I've had the good fortune to watch. Thank you sir!

[samboslc]

Had to watch E01 again to realize that my fear of making a mistake was holding me back from completing this project for myself for many months. I will be able to complete it now. Thanks Paul for your symplicity in explaining this beautiful project.

[beugzyham]

really appreciate how much detail you include in these videos, never leaves a question unanswered.

[davidtraugot]

Dear Paul, I do so much love watching your videos, not the least because you validate so many things I have discovered through being forced to use the tools available at any moment for whatever job I'm doing: planing across the grain; slicing at a skewed angle with the corner of a chisel; cutting with whatever power or hand saw was on site (scribing a wavy edge with a circular saw if I have no coping saw or block plane to hand) etc. Your most reliable tools are still your hands, eyes, and brain, working together. Bless you and thank you for all you teach us; what a marvellous gift!

[josiahross]

Mr. Sellers - You are simply wonderful!  I continually enjoy your wonderful perceptions, observations, reflections on the nature of the wood, the beauty of the medullary ray flecks, your chisel tips, and on-and-on.  I am surely your biggest and best fan.  Please keep up the wonderful work!

[MegaFlyinggoose]

hi Paul being disabled i cannot try some of the things you show but just hearing you describe the ins and outs of tools and joints is really good to hear, any young lad wanting to take up joinery would do well watching your videos and taking in your every word; keep making your videos and i will keep watching them.
regards mike

[slimjim]

One of the tips from my time as a joiner was to have a tennon saw and a panel saw with the same set on the teeth, so that you could start a deep cut more precisely with the tennon saw and finish it with the hand saw without any binding in the cut.
We also used the linseed oil pad that Paul is using to lubricate the plane bottom, except where the oil might spoil the surface for any clear finish that was to follow, then we’d use candle wax which didn’t sink into the surface.

[Peterh]

You are very correct Paul, when you say, "how do you put this into a book?". Your knowledge and experience is a valuable insight to the old school apprenticeship that people will never read about.

[IamtheActionman]

True craftsman!
Always a pleasure to watch Paul work

[sloanIrrigation]

You should put some mallets up for sale on eBay. Love your videos, sir. I truly believe you're the best tutorial on youtube. your love for your work is plainly evident and contagious.

[ianmills]

How I enjoyed watching and learning from your professional tutorial videos. I particularly like how you show that you don't need expensive Hi tech machines. Brilliant

[gwdavies]

It's so nice to see how I 'should have' done it.
A while ago I made a mallet from instructions on youtube that called for the head to be laminated from 3 pieces of wood with a void in the middle where you had to put 'lead' in to weight it, I used .22 air rifle pellets... probably worth more than the cost of a shop bought mallet!
Time to get my pellets back and make a real one... thank you, Paul.

[roamingrichy]

This guy is mesmerising!! I could watch and listen all day!

[Twilight_Charger]

Great Teacher, you are leaving life long impressions, even for a 61 year old. Thank you

[joergwiesmann]

Mr. Sellers !!! YOU are a soooo kind und top professonal Tipman !!! Thank YOU much !!! kinde regards from Switzerland !!!!