Originally Posted by
Mike Baker 2
BTW, is that Froe Wacker spalted maple? Beautiful, either way.
It is a piece of alder off the firewood pile. It grows like weeds around here.
If I could turn wood, I would probably build a couple of smaller ones
For some reason after reading this my mind was flooded with the thought of "how much wood could a wood turner turn if a wood turner could turn wood?"
I have made a few small turned mallets. They do not get used much. Mostly they are used for froe whacking. Here two turned and two carved whackers:
Froe Whackers.jpg
The big one is from my previous post after the handle was lengthened. The skinny white one is made of vine maple and is used on the mini froe in the picture. the other two are repurposed alder and cherry firewood.
jtk
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