Holy crap, the auto feed drill press weight is genius. I'm hunting out that video next.

I love how you actually use (or at least present like you are going to use) the stuff you make in these videos, too many people make stuff in tutorial vids that just get thrown together quickly for the sake of having a video to post

Excellent. I used you example of a hose holder for dust collection and adjusted the design for my situation and it looks and works great. Now I have to make a Mallet. You are a Excellent inspiration for guys like me. Your projects make sense, look great, and are not to complicated to make. Thank you for sharing.

I gotta be honest, I was a little intrigued with your drill press handle weight, but the square peg in a round hole thing was an awesome finale! Well done and nice deadblow!

Had a blast watchin' this Jack. Nice build.

I just saw this video while looking for ways to build a mallet. As always, you do great work. I like the build and thanks for sharing your expertise and knowledge.

best mallet making technique I have seen so far! Well done!

Square Peg Round Hole! Perfect. You have given me some great ideas for a set of dead blow hammers. THanks

Thanks for posting Jack. Always like your videos!

Simple, easy, and brilliant like all of your projects. Thank you for sharing! Cheers!

The table saw portion of your video was scary. Nice mallet though

You have some very good ideas and you do things slightly differently to other wood workers i see on KZfaq thanks for sharing and have a good day

Jack nice deadblow, will go on my to do list. Had a commercial one and blew through the plastic casing from use. Thanks as always for sharing.

Another nicely designed, solid tool. This is going on my list of tools to make!

Great design, Jack! I really like it. Thanks for sharing it with us.

It's not only a mallet, but also a rattle. Genius ;-)

Love the design - pretty unique. I noticed you used Titebond 2. I probably walked around BusyBee tools for 15 minutes with TB 2 and TB 3, but stuck with 3 since that's what I'm used to. I think I could have settled for TB 2 if it's good enough for a mallet.

Clear simple directions, and every step shown! You have a winner here, I'm making my own, I have a pallet just crying out to become my new hammer. I'll be using lead shot as I have 15 pounds of it and might as well use what I have. What glue did you use? I am going to put a leather face on one side to give me a no-mar for setting finished pieces in place and keep the hard face for rough work.

Plywood layers look so cool. Nice mallet Jack.

Great build Jack! Seems like you might be the last person on KZfaq to make one of these! Love all of the jigs.

Cool stuff Jack

my grama had your hand issue and im glad to see you still doing what you love to do

Great creative video as usual , always a treat to watch. Any reason you left the handle square vs round?

That is really slick Jack. That should work very well.

Great Mallet, and thegrip seems very good to hold. Smart with the extra weight in the Mallet. Wish you a nice and good weekend. Jan from Norway

Nice mallet, Jack! Now I'll start saving those cut outs from my hole saw.

Nice work jack, keep up the great work.

Very nice Jack, as usual.

I like your videos Jack. I finally got a full shop going to make my videos in other than I still need a band saw and a planer. I plan on getting back to woodworking. You have awesome tips and ideas. Thanks for sharing.

I really like the feed on the handle mind if I use it?

Nice mallet! Any word on whether or not the varathane made a difference on the front? 🤓

Hi Jack! I'm your fan. I learning so much because You are incredible an handmade artist . Greetings from Chihuahua México

I always enjoy your videos.

Very nice Jack. I love the off the top of ur head sled.

Genius...!!! Just Great ideas for all of us..!!! Thanks and best wishes, from Copiapó, Chile.

Great video! Very clear explanation and lot's of good ideas. Thank you for posting.

just a comment on your clamp: i made a few of those to clamp things down on my workbench through the dogholes - but i did not detach the top part, i just removed the rivet on the bottom side of the rail - i just drilled it out - works fine and not as fiddly as removing the top part

your jig making...that's why I watch. thanks for sharing...you come up with some really great ideas!

thanks for the inspiration, that is why I keep coming to your channel, cheers

Very nice idea and design. I liked the double slotted wedges too! You always have some very practical jigs as well. All your jigs might make an interesting topic for a future video....

Good one Jack! I like the threaded rod clamping technique!

Great looking mallet Jack!!!

Great video and editing! Very entertaining and informative!

Nice mallet. I been watching your videos for sometime and been wanting to ask how do you rip long boards with little out feed space?

Love the "broken clamp" pillar drill clamp .... nice one :) I have a clamp exactly the same.

beautiful work done

Thanks Jack! You are sooo creative!

As usual a enjoyable project and video!

Thank you! Excellent job in many ways. You have encouraged me to take heart inspite of some recent health issues that I acquired. You and I seem to have similar desire to create (recreate, there o but one Creator) and build.

Another clever method, I like it. When I made mine dead blow, I lined the holes with epoxy and after putting the weight in, I poured some linseed oil in also, similar to the store bought oil filled dead blow hammers. Don't know if that helped or not but it seems like a good idea.

Love your videos. Thanks!

So many cool projects. Thank u for posting your vids.

Even though I don't need a wooden mallet, I still learned a lot of different tips.

Pleasure to view mate, I wish you had a bigger workshop & could post daily tips, always enjoy your builds 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

jack nice work cool mallet.

Jack, how are you doing with your hip? This mallet is really great! I need to make one to. I like your design! Keep up the great projects, Please! Thankz

Good idea on the lamination. I like your woodworking videos.

Another great project, thanks!

I really like the round style of mallets, but for some reason, it never occurred to me that I can make one with a hole-saw! thank you for this cool idea, I will try and make one myself soon. keep up the good work! also, I hope that you are feeling better. where I come from, we have a saying- "full and fast recovery to you", my friend.

Really liked the video!

Great work Jack, Thanks.

@Jack Houweling, it's been nearly a year, how has your hammer held up?

Great job sir. Quite nice!

Thank you for a very interesting video! Good luck!

Mr Incredible Jig ;-) What kind of saw blade You are using?

What a neat design Jack. Where did you get the weights, they look very versatile. Many thanks for your videos.

another great project

Smart idea for making the sled for squaring up the mallet on the table saw, you can't buy things like that at Canadian Tire.

Nice project. I've been telling myself for a long time that I should make one of those.

i love your channel.

Very nice dude!

Very enjoyable video. 👍

Good job Jack.

Jack: very very strong, I like it. Regards from Argentina

Really nice job. I le your clamping idea as well.

Great design :)

great mallet.. thanks for sharing

Good video, thanks. I'd make a suggestion, watching you use your belt sander was awkward, maybe think of making a tray to mount it on to slide out or locking casters to roll the table out, you have no wiggle room to work comfortably. I understand, I have three garages of tools and equipment in a one car garage LOL everything must be somewhat portable so it can be used safely. I wonder if a few coats of linseed oil would protect the hammer better than the varathane?

Cool tip! Great content!

Nice mallet. Clever design and use of tools. +1 point for the special jigs. You only get 10 fingers, 2 eyes, and one mistake in life. The only thing missing from this awesome video some safety gear. Cheers.

Very cool video, great mallet. I need to make one of them, now I know how to do it, not as well as yours I am sure but going to give it a try

Pretty cool to see how you made that hammer. I'd have done 2 things differently, though. I'd have used something for the weight that wasn't entirely solid - that could form to the inside of the mallet and fill it completely - so that it wouldn't rattle when I used it. And I would have Shaved down the handle a bit more. I'm not a fan of bulky handles. But then again, I don't have bulky hands either, so that one is more of a personal preference.

I like it Jack.

Nice!

You are a capricious guy! congrats!

Genial. muy buen trabajo. Saludos desde Barcelona, Catalunya.

Great idea, thanks for the video!

Wonder how it would work using old tuning pins for weights.

*_Nothing_* beats a good Persuader!

Liked it thanks Jack!

Nice mallet . Thank you

You sir, are a veritable genius!

Good... very... very good. Thanks for sharing. (Brazil)

Did you replace The threaded rod hole with a dowel?

You sounded like Matthias with your test of the hammer. Great video, keep it up.

nice build, thanks for sharing

nice job!! 👍

Jack, where did you find the round lead weights? How much clearance between the top of the weights to the underside of the next upper piece of stock?

Ha quedado perfecto!

The drill press weight is very smart. I wish I would have thought of that many years ago when I had to drill 1,600 1" holes in 1" thick aluminum and steel plates.