Making a Soft Face Mallet from a Gas Meter Valve

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2 ай бұрын

I had a scrap 1" NPT gas meter valve someone gave me. I removed the brass valve components to melt down for future casting projects. As I looked at the cast iron body I realized it would make a great hammer/mallet!
So sorry about the inconsistent audio! Machining noises don't work well when video is compressed for time, and I have a LOT to learn about video editing.

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@GaisaSanktejo Ай бұрын

I learned something new! I had NO idea how to use a lathe to create a handle like that!

@glueandsparks Ай бұрын

It's really interesting, isn't it? If you look up offset turning you'll find more examples. Thanks for watching and commenting!

@HuskyMachining 2 ай бұрын

bad ass mallet! Now I feel the need to make myself one too

@glueandsparks 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Jesse! You definitely should!

@stonearches2883 Ай бұрын

Very nice hammer. I’m a jeweler and have made several smaller using brass pipe fittings. I usually fill them with lead shot. Thank you for posting this.

@glueandsparks Ай бұрын

Yeah, I need to make some more, especially some that I'm willing to actually use! Thank you for watching and commenting!

@NathanNostaw Ай бұрын

Love it. Now to put it to use. First ding will be the hardest, but the only wat to appreciate it is to use it. :)

@glueandsparks Ай бұрын

Yeah, about that... So far it's living on a bookshelf in the living room. 😂

@nerddub Ай бұрын

@@glueandsparks It really does look like an excellently functional mallet my soft face is my goto hammer for the machine shop or really anywhere I’m not trying to destroy something or drive nails

@NathanNostaw 26 күн бұрын

@@glueandsparks Noooo. It needs to be used. First ding or scratch will be the hardest, but it will get easier from there. I made a beautiful workbench from old reclaimed hardwood. Achieved a perfect surface finish with hardware and it ended up living in the lounge room for about 6 months. A very fancy side table. First main damage was when I buggered up and ran a circ saw into the edge. I'm no longer precious about it after that stuff up. :)

@vijayantgovender2045 Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing I would love to have a mallet like the one you made watching from South Africa

@glueandsparks Ай бұрын

Excellent! Isn't KZfaq amazing? Surely we would have never known of each other otherwise. I hope you will make some videos of things that you make!

@vijayantgovender2045 Ай бұрын

@@glueandsparkstrue words by any chance will you be able to please make me a hammer like your one and send it to me please thank you

@newklear2k Ай бұрын

What kind of feeds and speeds are you running on the machine?

@glueandsparks Ай бұрын

I mean...lots. The gray lathe has variable speed (Reeves drive, like a Continuously Variable Transmission). The green lathe has 6 belt positions. Different speeds for different materials and processes. I've found that very few people watch new channels with slow content, such as explaining numbers like that. (See my video on aluminum trim molding for an example. It has been dead to recommendations for almost 2 years.) When few people watch for very long, KZfaq stops showing the video to ANYONE. Have to do some like this where I cut rapidly and don't do much in the way of explanations that would bore mass market viewers to get some movement behind the channel before I can get into stuff like that with an established audience. I would much rather do a long video where I explain all of it, but at this stage KZfaq would just punish me for that.

@shedmanx3640 Ай бұрын

Love the mallet. Way, way too pretty to use though.

@glueandsparks Ай бұрын

I'm glad you like it! It can be difficult to (bring myself to) make ugly stuff when I have such great equipment and it's so enjoyable to make it beautiful. But yes, that also makes it difficult to put it to use.

@jimfiles3307 Ай бұрын

Nice project. You need to examine and adjust your rip fence on your table saw. Your blade is binding on the exit and burnishing the wood.

@glueandsparks Ай бұрын

I'm glad you liked it! The fence is actually quite accurate, but that blade was more dull than I realized. I just finished the cuts since I was turning everything down on the lathe anyway. Believe me, there was no mistaking the smell when I was done with those cuts!

@G57840 Ай бұрын

Mint should be in a custom made box with a glass door w/ copper trim

@glueandsparks Ай бұрын

I'm glad you like it! So far it's living on a bookshelf in the house. Can't bring myself to actually use it. 😁

@xBucket13x 13 күн бұрын

your etsy account link is???

@ronkellis769 Ай бұрын

👍👍👍 I've never worked with lead, how much heat did it take to liquidize?

@glueandsparks Ай бұрын

Great question, Ron! I was using a relatively low power hot plate ($18 on Amazon) for this. 1000 watts or so, and it was plenty. In the past I've used a propane camping stove. This was much easier!