Making Abe Lincoln's Mystery Mallet! // "IMPOSSIBLE" Woodworking Joinery
Vložit
- čas přidán 13. 12. 2019
- PLANS FOR THIS MALLET NOW AVAILABLE! www.thirdcoastcraftsman.com/p...
Making Abe Lincolns Impossible Mystery Puzzle Mallet using some pretty crazy woodworking joinery. Tapered Ramped Sliding Dovetails.
Designed was inspired by Roy Underhill's rendition of the fabled mallet that was made by Abraham Lincoln. I couldn't find any pictures of drawings of the original, just what Roy had put out and a guy named Stephen Shepherd. I used my dimensions but you can find plans for both Roys and Stephens with a quick google search. Best of luck if you try this yourself, its a super fun project!
"FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM" / thirdcoastcraftsman
"MY FAVORITE TOOLS" www.thirdcoastcraftsman.com/f...
"MERCHANDISE" www.thirdcoastcraftsman.com/shop
"MY WEBSITE" www.thirdcoastcraftsman.com
"SUPPORT ME ON PATREON!!!" / thirdcoastcraftsman
Facebook -- / thirdcoastcraftsman
DISCLAIMER: Woodworking and the use of power and hand tools can be extremely dangerous. You are responsible for understanding the safe use of your tools and techniques. Your safety is YOUR responsibility, I accept NO responsibility or liability for any injuries, accidents, death occurring to you or others if you attempt to do the things that I do or use advice that I give - Jak na to + styl
The reason I didn’t soak/boil the tenons or steam them is because that would have caused the wood to swell quite a bit and REALLY would have prevented me from assembling the mallet. Then if I trimmed down the tenons so they did fit major gaps would appear as the wood dried and shark. Plus major cracking and checking would likely occur in the end grain.
Will you sell the mallet?
Daft question time what is the significance of third coast as it something to do with the great lakes
Beautiful marking gauge. Where did you get that?
Ooh and if you dont mind what make of watch is that as it looks great and I'm looking for a chronograph myself and cant afford a Daytona
This was just absolutely superb. I love anything revolving Abraham Lincoln as I still consider him to be our greatest president. I didn't even know anything about his mallet. So this was totally new to me. I have one questions. Have you made anything using Japanese Style Twist Joinery?
Perhaps he used that when he was a vampire slayer.
Haha drove the wood stakes into the hearts with it
Exactly
Steve Mullins ... and imagine the upset face while he used a standard mallet and the head flew off... again... that's the reason for him to make this version of an mallet...
An astonishingly good book, with no reason to be good.
This is a valuable addition to my woodwork collection czcams.com/users/postUgkxbnOKZBE4evMO5V2vroHeCjq6d_MV6wJO I still will rate this woodwork plan as the best in my reference library. It always seem to stand out from the rest whenever you go through the library. This is a masterpiece.
22 years as a Union Cabinetmaker in Chicago...I am humbled! You, friend, have extraordinary skill and patience!!! Well done!!!
My jaw was dropped for most of the video hahahaha
Last week was horse shoeing, this week is woodworking. Quarantine is wild.
Same here, wonder what it will be next week.
Yep. 3 weeks ago I was all about computing and coding, then dirtbiking, now woodworking.
Have y'all seen Marble racing?
@@WitTwixt
Go Hazers
Currently on mountain biking. Cant wait for the next one
Half the fun with a mallet is the head flying off .
😂 I had a 10lb sledge I couldn't keep the head from flying off lol.
If not all the fun :-)
We heat with cord wood so I always check the handle of my splitting maul. Pretty exciting when it flies off with it over your head.
*Abe's head
isnt that sex ... when the head flies off ...
"thats it, i'm getting me mallet!" - Abraham Lincoln.
“Let’s make everyone pay for universal healthcare and college and tell them it’s free, maybe some idiots will believe us!” - Bernie Sanders
Why? I need this mallet like a bullet in my head.
Shilop Namreg yo don’t get suicided man
@@shilopnamreg6468 It's actually crazy how people are so selfish that they don't realize how good it would be for american society to do it that way.
I spent the last three days watching documentaries about the poverty in america and I was shocked to see that "the greatest country in the world" has people crying over someone scaling the tartar off of their teeth for free. And heck they even have been camping in a parking lot for two days just to make sure they'd be there early enough so the kids can go to the dentist too.
Americans should be ashamed of their healthcare system. Sorry but it's true.
Some of that shit is third world country condition.
Un Beatable “free healthcare” would only put more Americans in poverty, since healthcare is so ridiculously expensive here. Forcing people to pay for it would put even more of us into poverty, and is also some commie bullshit. What about people who never go to college or rarely need healthcare? You’re forcing two huge taxes on them that don’t benefit them in anyway, and they don’t have a choice. At least now college and healthcare only hurt people who chose it themselves. The real solution is to lower costs somehow. I don’t know how it could happen but it would be far better than the communist solution.
You know you've watched too much forged in fire when you expect there to be tests at the end of the video for strength, durability, and effectiveness. Awesome Mallet though!
"IT WILL KEAL!"
No such thing as to much Forged in Fire!
yeah, I want to know if this mallet will keal
It's to be used with chisels
This is the type of video that makes me want to sell all my tools and get into stamp collecting.
HA HA, well put!
Hahaha too funny
That, my friend shows you are a true craftsman! 40 years in the trade and I have never seen or even thought about pulling off a joint like that! I tip my hat to you Sir!
Because it is useless
Me: Doesn't watch woodworking videos
CZcams: M A L L E T
@LAFOLLETTER The point was not to make a practical modern mallet, but to meeting the challenge of making Lincoln'e Mallet.
LMAOOO
I waw guessing someone would ask how much to make them one...$135 popped into my mind off the bat...
?...then I got that 5 hrs labor, plus, say $10 materials, plus $10 for resharpening tools.
$135 ÷ 5hrs = $27/hr labor, highly skilled...NOPE! Not enough, because it's not on the "common skills" list.
$45 × 5 maybe...so $225 + $20 above, for a $245.00 day.
(I'm a contractor, so...)
Making a mallet. Sounds simple. Just the beginner's project I was looking for.
Nice to see someone who's actually keeping up the old-school wood craft skills and not relying on power tools to do everything for them... Huge props for that.
Rob Cosman "I agree!" "That's me, too!"
Power tools can make this easier to rough in, but without some kinda crazy 5-axis mill, I can't see doing the finish part of the joinery any other way than by hand... this is coming from a guy who has spent some serious time trying to figure out how to do exactly this to mass-produce a smaller version with a brass head.
Possible, but the set-up costs make it so I'd have to sell a half-million of them to break even. :/
Also, remember that Abraham Lincoln didn't have power tools then, so he'd have to make this all by hand
Here’s a challenge for you, make 2 more like this , one a 3rd smaller & one 2/3rds smaller !
There is nothing more satisfying than doing hand joinery.
It is just sickening how good some people are!
He gave me the flu. Now i want my own shop. Lol.
Look at his tool chest in the background. He had better be good
@VNMX50 What you suggest?
Haha. Thank goodness there I’ve got direction.
@@Adventure_fuel LOL
Good on you for wearing a face shield while turning. Some guys are too proud to wear safety gear. Going without is how you end up with summer teeth, sum'er over here, sum'er over there!
Summer teeth😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂,so true
A friend of mine does pewter casting. He recently posted to Facebook a photo of his face protection covered in pewter. I think some water got in and it exploded. Without the facemask, he'd probably have lost an eye.
Safety nazi work snitch has entered the chat
woodturning is relativly harmless depending on the turning speed and condition of the wood anybody with even some experience would be able to judge using a mask or not. then again im not a safty geek i weld without safty stuff sometimes coz bacon
Safety is incredibly important. The emergency off switch for the vertical spindle sander wasn't accessible with your foot or knee, so when I lost control of my piece I tried to shut it off, and almost got my neck taken out by the work. I ended up catching it in my hands before it hurt anyone else (was all that went through my head at the time), and my hand was torn in half as a result. The piece blew apart and put a hole in a plywood cabinet door. It doesn't take long for something relatively harmless to turn incredibly dangerous at that RPM.
Nice to see a youtuber doing joinery by hand! So many rely on $10,000 machines to mill every piece just by twiddling the dials, hand joinery is a much more interesting skill to watch.
"Don't believe everything you see on the Internet." -Abraham Lincoln
Hey guys it’s me peter griffin from the series “Family Guy”! I’m here to explain the joke! Abraham Lincoln wasn’t alive to see the internet, so he couldn’t have said that! Which means you shouldn’t believe that he said that, because it’s on the internet! Peter Griffin out!
Hah, I get it
@@papabonito310 I don't think tis is the real Peter Griffin
I remember when he said that!
@@papabonito310
Ray Comfort, is that you?
Spends hours making mallet; can't hit anything with it because it's too freakin' gorgeous!
matonmacs
But that's ok. It can and should be used. The whole point of making your own tools is so you can make them beautiful;. a family heirloom.
Totally should be used. It's the perfect tool for someone who teaches others. An example of quality workmanship, eligant design with the mind bending curiosity that comes from trying to work out how it was made.
@@custardavenger Should be used? It's made of one of the softest woods there is. Use it for a day and you'd be throwing it in the bin.
@@MikeAG333 Is walnut and hickory really all that soft?
@@snipa298 Hickory isn't. That's perfect for a handle, and is commonly used for hammer handles (I've got one that has done 40 years service for me). Walnut is really really soft. You can mark it easily with your thumbnail. It is just about the last wood you would choose for a mallet head. Fine if it is just for show, like this mallet. It's beautiful wood for cutting neat joints in, and for a CZcams clip it nicely shows up the quality of the joinery, so it serves its purpose well in this video. Just don't hit anything with it!!
The Mighty Thor himself would be proud of this mallet ... and so would Groot 😁
Thank you brother. 13 months ago I became inspired to do attempt woodworking. I built a workbench from 2x4s using only a claw hammer, a rusty handsaw, and a set of Stanley chisels i got from Lowes. All the joints were halflap and only a couple were loose. This was due to the hook on the tape measure being bent, creating an extra 1/8 and me not realizing it until too late. Shortly after I started purchasing power tools and such and stopped using hand tools. I recently bought a set of Narex chisels in the hope of rekindling that desire. Well, you sir, have done just that. For that I thank you sincerely.
I really appreciate the segments of the video with just the sounds of the work being done. Great job
"... my all-time favourite TV show, The Woodwright's Shop with Roy Underhill ..." -- aaaaand subscribed
Like squeezing a Turtle into his Shell !, once you get him in he ain’t coming out 👍🎩😎
Hahahaha exactly
@Max Paine LMAO... true and figuratively accurate :)
Thank you, you did a fine job explaining the hows and whys. I do construction and cabinet making and your video opened a new world for me. Thank you again.
The precision of cuts you make is just so admirable. Thank you for a wonderful video. Keep up the good work. 😊
I remember watching the Woodwright Shop as a kid. I actually made one of the impossible joints he showed on there in shop class in middle school.
He is the best! I watch his shows still on the PBS app on my TV
@@ThirdCoastCraftsman Love watching Roy, it looks almost like he's just kind of winging it when he works, but his final products are awesome.
All hand tools... Much respect. 👊
@sl33p for the fitment of the head. 🤦♂️ Who cares about the handle.
Truly!!
Simply amazing. I’ve been a wood worker and carpenter close 40 years and the level of Skill you have is nothing less than amazing. Probably the best video I’ve seen.
There's a man who loves his tools! And amazing skill, well done.
Hilariously enough, despite Abraham Lincoln having worked as a rail splitter, he despised physical labor . His father rented him out to neighbors for long hours and then took all his money (all the money one earned until age 18 went to one’s parents in those days) . It might be that this early experience eventually lead to Lincoln’s anti-slavery stance, and in turn, the emancipation of all the slaves .
Bonus: Lincoln was quite the inventor . He designed a sort of airbag that prevented ships from sinking in shallow water, he is the only American President with a patent for his invention.
Great work ! Beautiful mallet ! Thanks for the video !
Abraham lincoln did not really have a big problem with slavery. In many of his debates, he avoided saying negative things about slavery. Around the time the civil war started, he was much more concerned with keeping the states together than fighting slavery. He made the emancipation proclamation to help keep the states together because it only "freed" the slaves in confederate states that did not return to the union. Once the civil war ended, Lincoln had plans to ship former slaves to Africa, but he got shot of course.
Tyler Brown Lincoln’s views on slavery evolved over the course of the war, he saw the necessity of good soldiers in the war and the negro men who fought for the Union proved themselves to be formidable warriors. Lincoln initially said disparaging things about blacks during the campaign (particularly in southern or border states, he was a politician after all) but his view that slavery was an immoral and cruel system never changed. This modern view of Lincoln as just as racist as anyone else in that time is missing the point, he was a complex man, but a great man nonetheless. In his last speech he even spoke of negro suffrage and citizenship, the first president to even consider blacks as citizens. His views changed, the mark of a brilliant and admirable man .
@@EUSA1776 lincoln ruined America and opened the doors to communism.
@@michaelmoody3737 communism for the rich, but there's still capitalism for the poor! Paying 10,000 to corporations to have a baby is the ultimate form of neoliberalism - the exact opposite of communism. Just like your banks that take public money, your pharma companies that depend on public money, your captains of industry and presidents that depend on other peoples money. Theranos, Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump Goldman Sachs are amongst the biggest takers of other peoples money in the world.
America too. Your petrodollar system, for example, is the product of the largest crybaby bully in the playground.
The way Americans cry if tax goes up by a cent, then cheer as the cost of housing goes up by dollars shows how well owned they are by neoliberalism.
@Santina Murphy you mean historical myths written by a tyrant and his minions.
If Thor ever needed a wooden hammer.
Exactly what I was thinking! The wooden Mjolnir!
Good call
Thor needs to take a business flight
@SittingMoose Shaman this needs more likes
A metal hammer done this way would look amazing. Especially with two types of metal.
Thankyou brother beautiful work .my father was a carpenter who passed when I was 12 but watching you just reminded me of him ,how patient he was and how he always had sharpened chisels and absolutely loved working with wood 👊👏❤️
I really appreciated your shop supervisor. Kept an eye on you most of the time.
I watch the whole thing, I want to say “oh I see it all makes sense.” Nope still seems like an impossible joint lol. Good work!
Freeking amazing.....is all I could muster.
Same !
Yea lol
Think of those plastic buckles on a dog collar but with a wooden mallet.
True. 😆😆 i still can't figure it out
The sound of speeded-up chiseling is so soothing.
The human woodpecker
sped up
@@Gamefreak8112 Maybe if you're from Mississippi.
jbrisby I’ve been thinking of posting videos of carving just for people who want to relax. Would you put that on while you’re going to sleep?
Mitch Gingrich - ISPolitical hell no! I’d never get to sleep! Just watching this guy carve all damn night...
This is one of the most fascinating videos I've watched in a while. I respect your craftsmanship the finished product is amazing! Well done!
1.3K envious woodworkers... really cool stuff Third Coast Craftsman, really impressed! Thanks for sharing!
"If you're a touch too tight on your joinery, either your head will explode or the tenons will fly off".
I hate it when that happens!
Great Video- Thanks!
As much as I’ve enjoyed following the boat build, it’s nice to see some of this type project as well. Terrific craftsmanship!
thank you! I like to mix in some other stuff too!
My Dad passed away about 4 years ago now but we watched the Woodwrights Shop religiously together and this was well before the internet when we had to wait to catch it weekly on OPB. Amazing show and incredible work on the mallet. Its beautiful.
0.51 that walnut piece is a total dream. so many possibilities but so simple.
This was randomly recommended. It was worth it
It was nice to hear Roy Underhill mentioned , I never missed his program. Beautiful work.
That is just crazy intricate... im blown away at how beautiful that thing is... awesome job
This is one of the rare projects I will never attempt. Beautiful work, outstanding result. Well done, sir.
This brings back memories of my dad ( RIP dad ) he was a gunsmith. He did all of his carving with hand tools. Including metal filing on the actions etc. Burl to Birds Eye maple, hands of steel making shavings thinner than onion skin. I learned life lessons just watching him for hours. Respect your work piece, do not rush, when you do anything- do it right, and do it right the first time. Thanks.
That is fantastic. Even if it did not have “forever” assembly it is a beautiful mallet. Great job as always.
Thanks jay!
It does though it would be nearly impossible to take apart and if you wanted to be extra thorough you could cut slots in the faces and insert wedges to completely prevent it from coming out ever.
Man alive, a simple dowel through the head and handle at the top will keep the head from coming off. Will I get a lot of glory from my friends telling me how cool my mallet looks? No, but then my friends don’t go through my shop so I have to keep showing my mallet to my bulldog and try to see if she is impressed. She seems more impressed when I show her a treat. You need to have a son or daughter who hopefully will be interested in wood working so they can continue to show your mallet off to folks and tell em, my dad made this mallet in 2021. Then you’ll be proud, but be careful as pride has its downfalls. Nice mallet.
Your attention to detail is stunning
This is a mind blowing design for a mallet
Abe designed that mallet during his years as vampire hunter.
As a cabinet maker from the uk with 20 years experience I have one word..... stunning.
Well done on such a beautiful piece
Awesome job, what an incredible build honoring an incredible President.
A mallet Thor would be proud of 🔨
And groot
Ram Wrath how could I forget groot!
Your skill and patience are amazing, The contrast between the dark and light wood really highlight the "impossibility" of your Joinery.
What a masterpiece. I love it.
Abe Lincoln was born in a log cabin he built with his own hands.
Drew Lovelyhell it must be true because it’s on the Internet
That's a disturbing mental image!
Wait.....
baconsalad for it...
How did he find room to swing the ax? Another impossible Abe event!
The sped up handtooling was so satisfying to the eye and ear.
One of the best joiners by far, truly an artist
I like the way you kept the Hickory tenons proud of the head. The only thing that could possibly enhance that example of woodworker art is age! There's something about a fine old tool that only a craftsman can truly appreciate. You will either pass it down to family or it will find its way into the hands of a future Woodworker. You can bet that it will be a great find at an auction someday! *Sign Your Work!*
Wakodahatchee Chris
Who in there right mind would give this a thumbs down. Well maybe someone who lost their thumb trying to make this mallet.
People hit it by accident. I am convinced of this. I’ve seen too many awesome videos with hundreds of dislikes. There are not that many shitheads in the world.
@@alphazuluz I agree that could happen. But by the looks of your name you don't live in the U.S.A. so I'm going to have to disagree with you on the not to many SHIT HEADS PART. I think lately as a country we have that covered. LOL.
Yeah it's bizarre. Six-hundred thumbs down for such a pleasant and uncontroversial video. Who are those people?
I found myself holding my breath several times during the chiseling and the initial clamping. Thanks for showing us how the impossible is sometimes possible.
Love your hound ! They make the BEST friends.
That was great the reason I really liked it was no bench saws no router all real craft hand tools and skill great work
Reminds me of the guy that used to be on PBS that only used hand tools.
The Woodwrights Shop with Roy Underhill
I watch him every weekend
@@SamuraiWreck well apparently thats where he got the idea for this mallet , lol. What a coincidence.
Mr. Rogers? 🤪jk
Oh, you mean the guy he mentioned 40 times or so during the video? That guy?
@@judsonkr lol yeah that guy. Obviously if i knew they were the same guy i wouldn't have made the comment. And if you would have read my reply to Lawrence lake ( who had all ready informed me that they were the same person ) you wouldn't have made your comment. Unless you are of course a douchey a-hole. So which one is it ?
I’m here to read “Nicole’s” comments about woodworkers that I saw on IG. But not scrolling through 600+ comments. Starting my welding apprenticeship tomorrow lol
Buy a good helmet and respirator.
I already watched the vid but came back to see this insane Nicole M, I like watching crazy
Good luck may see u on here sometimes making your own video!
_ NEGAN _ not actually starting my welding apprenticeship. I’m a carpenter but if you read what “Nicole” wrote on Chris’s IG you would understand the joke of going into welding or metal fabrication lol
@@pluggergaming7195 That 4 page comment was off the charts.
Just when i start thinking im a pretty good carpenter...............you start showing off!
Love the art work and the fantastic tools, thank you for sharing this with everyone.
Brother, that is the coolest mallet I’ve ever seen. Amazing work. You’re the best
Thanks so much man. Its definitely pretty cool!
Really good job, I love the look of the walnut after it has been oiled
I've been working with my hands for awhile and watching guys like him blows my mind. The precision.
Nice to see an American using hand tools for a change. Clever piece of work. OK, so now take it apart...
The mallet head spinning around when it was on the lathe looked like it would have completely demolished a finger/hand if you slipped into it's path of rotation.
Why u scerd?
@@EwePeople You got that right ! Nah man I wouldn't be scared but I would be extra cautious. I would hate to only have one functioning hand for the rest of my life.
It probably has security mechanism like at the part where he held the handle and it stopped. So if you did accidentally put your hand on the mallet it would stop automatically
@@sethj6483 NOPE!
@@sethj6483 it stopped because he turned it off.
Wood carving looks so satisfying
it's both incredibly satisfying and totally heart wrenching... satisfying when you make something awesome like this hammer, heart wrenching when you get 50+hours into a piece and realize something screwed/is going to screw up.
SOMETIMES you can adjust and fix the issue, but far more often you have scrap anywhere from 20 minutes (annoying) to a few days' (devastating, but not the end of the world ) work to correct the mistake.
Patience, a keen eye for detail, and understand your materials and tools mitigate a lot of it, but things still go south.
That is an insanely difficult project to contemplate, never mind to realise! Abraham Lincoln was an amazing genius to have thought up such a complex joint. May he rest in peace.
Just saw video....absolutely beautiful!!!!
Words dont desribe the craftsmanship!!!!
Great job...abe would be proud!
As Mark Novak from C&Rsenal would say "a ridiculously sharp chisel makes it a lot easier"
Been waiting for this ever since u teased it on Instagram
haha sorry for the wait and hope it lived up
Same here!
I actually watched all of this in normal speed. It was definitely fascinating, thank you for sharing your skills with the world.
Amazing job - there are some real incredible masters of woodwork in the world! Thanks for sharing this!
How tf did the dog get on the table? Why is he so uninterested in getting down? He seems kinda depressed. Tell the dog he’s a good boy or something
lol Dog Whisperer over here...
anthropomorphism
He has no response lmao
The dog is like "I nailed it the first 4 takes. I'll stand here but I'm not going to play happy puppy while you try to get your part right human".
Probably just tired
"The Biggest Challenge of This Project".... is Freaking Everything 😎
I love how you doing that using traditional instrument that makes that more masterpiece👍👍
Great work. Thanks for the nod to Roy, I loved the Wwodwright Shop. As I recall, his classic pun from that episode was something like “goodwill to all, and mallets towards none “. Roy’s the best.
Always admired the use of hand tools. I don't have the patience to do everything by hand though. I will break out the hand saw every now and again.
I love the sight and sound of sped up chiseling.
I think it would make a great asmr video
So precise. So satisfying to watch.
Jeez this guy's got skill and a LOT of patience!!
I am a professional woodworker of 30 years and considered extremely talented by my peers. This mallet exceeds my ability. Absolutely amazing work.
It's very good.. but I've seen advanced apprentices produce this quality on project work. This really shouldn't be beyond a professional if they put the time into it. If you can't do this after 30 years then I don't think you found your "thing" no offence.
For some reason makes me want a mallet, and, actually makes me want to rethink my life choices.
That was great! I do love seeing a master craftsman at work.
Wow that is the most beautiful piece I’ve ever seen. Thank you!
Must have been a little cold in the shop that day as Utz looks pretty comfortable by the heater😁❤️🐕
Oh that high speed chipping is so satisfying ...
Ikr
Nice job. Great to see a craftsman at work with hand tools. Love it
That sure was fun to watch!
Never would have thought I'd like wood porno.
😆
Who wood of thought
For hard core wood porn, check out The Samurai Carpenter, or Young Je..
Both make incredibly beautiful pieces..
Complete with phrases like "head explodes"
Why do you think they call it "wood"?
Dude, you're freaking me out with that shirt sleeve so close to that lathe
I loved watching the Woodwright show when I was little! Great job on this mallet-so cool!
You’re so young and I don’t mean that in a negative way at all but in a way in which it means there’s potentially decades to hone and perfect this craft. All the woodworkers I’ve known are older in age and started it late in their lives or really started focusing on it once they were retired. Really hope this continues for years to come. Love it.