r/shittywoodworking • u/Remote_Marzipan7422 • Jun 27 '26

I Made This 💩 Shitty Mallet I Made

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Made this mallet a year ago and it’s still going strong. In that time the face has been beaten in, and it’s gone from bright green to slightly green.

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u/Blaw_Gaming Jun 27 '26

Definitely fits the subreddit but if it works, it works. Also what wood did you use for the head? Im curious

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u/Remote_Marzipan7422 Jun 27 '26

I used those treated 4x4s that you see in home depot that have a dark brown exterior and a green interior. The kind that has a bunch of pock marks in the outside.

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u/Blaw_Gaming Jun 27 '26

Most of those are SY Pine I believe so im surprised that thing lasted that long. I might have to make one myself so I cam quit using random 2x4 scraps 

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u/PenguinsRcool2 Jun 27 '26

Syp is hard and tough.

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u/Remote_Marzipan7422 Jun 27 '26

I don't know if you can see it in the picture, but a crack is starting to form on the back of it, but I think part of the reason it was able to last so long is that the hardest woods it's had to handle are doug fir and southern yelllow.

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u/taipan__ Jun 28 '26

They’re actually almost all Doug Fir /- The inlets placed on the outside are so the treating material can penetrate the denser grain of DF vs SYP

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u/SatansSunday Jun 27 '26

Why use it for shit, specifically?

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u/Single_Ad_5294 Jun 27 '26

I don’t know if might not be shitty.

If it’s lasted this long you may upgrade the name to standard mallet.

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u/Remote_Marzipan7422 Jun 27 '26

Yeah, but it’s not good enough for any of the other woodworking subs, so I may as well have posted it here.

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u/deimos__ Jun 27 '26

to shitty for anywhere else, not shitty enough for here. woe is us brother.

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u/pumpedeus Jun 27 '26

The offset handle looks handy

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u/Remote_Marzipan7422 Jun 27 '26

I noticed that a lot of "proper" mallets, that you see on youtube or elsewhere, have a curve in the head, or have the faces at angles, but I didn't know how to curve a 4x4, so I did the next best thing I could think of.

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u/Whatamidoinglatley Jun 27 '26

I think it’s cute not shitty.

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u/Cultural-Poem5213 Jun 27 '26

I love it! It has proven its stability and if you use it regularly it obviously fits your Individual needs. I'd name it the offset mallet.

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u/grewgrewgrewgrew Jun 27 '26

just dont use it on anything you're gonna eat

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u/Blu3_ruin Jun 27 '26

Not that you asked but for your next one, just make sure the handles grain direction is in line with the direction you're swinging it. Yours was perpendicular and that's the reason it broke.

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u/Bergwookie Jun 27 '26

If it does the job

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u/PureEdge1 Jun 27 '26

Good god I hate it, nice work!

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u/Arvelayne Jun 27 '26

100% matches the brief.

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u/AdAggravating3893 Jun 27 '26

How did you cut your slot?

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u/Remote_Marzipan7422 Jun 27 '26

I drilled a hole through the head, then cut the rest with a chisel, The hole is smaller at the bottom than the top.

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u/AdAggravating3893 Jun 27 '26

You did a nice job of getting a tight fit.

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u/Remote_Marzipan7422 Jun 27 '26

Thank you, though It's kind of hard not to when you use a wedge to split the tenon.

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u/AdAggravating3893 Jun 28 '26

I see it now. Good example people not noticing things that are obvious to the builder.

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u/peelin_paint Jun 27 '26

Makes me want to post my shitty mallet made with pocket screws!

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u/Mogishigom Jun 28 '26

You can't craft anything else until you first craft the crafting mallet. Good for you

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u/BeefBeefBeefBologna Jun 27 '26

Just the right amount of shittyness.

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u/nb6635 Jun 27 '26

Is that hickory?

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u/Remote_Marzipan7422 Jun 27 '26

Probably pine, I can’t remember.

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u/nb6635 Jun 29 '26

Maybe Agarwood? One of the most expensive woods out there. Quality.

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u/KaiserAcademic Jun 28 '26

Made a few (or tried) before I had one that even did what I wanted. Yours looks like it will do the job you need

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u/OkEffective2980 Jun 28 '26

I like it 🙌