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Mallet from a Wagon-Wheel Felly and Spoke (Boy Mechanic, 1919)
A quick mallet from a broken wooden wagon wheel: one section of the rim (felly) still joined to its spoke. The rim piece becomes the head, the spoke the handle, already joined at the factory and pinned with two nails.
Beginner
An hour
Instructions
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Read the Boy Mechanic
Read the Boy Mechanic
"When in need of a mallet and if an old broken and discarded wagon wheel is at hand, one can be made quickly."
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2
Cut out the piece
Cut out the piece
Saw through the rim on each side of one spoke (A and B in the figure) and through that spoke at whatever handle length you want (C).
Materials for this step:
Cart Wheel1 pieceTools needed:
Hand Saw3
3
Shape the handle
Shape the handle
Dress the spoke into the shape of a handle and sandpaper it smooth.
Materials for this step:
Sandpaper1 pieceTools needed:
Drawknife4
4
Shape and fix the head
Shape and fix the head
Shape the felly section into a mallet head and fasten it to the handle with two nails.
Materials for this step:
Iron Nails1 pieceTools needed:
Hand Saw
Hammer5
5
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Felly mallet troubleshooting.
Flow
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History and honest limits
History and honest limits
From **The Boy Mechanic, Book 3** (Popular Mechanics, 1919), p. 157, contributed by Mark Gluckman (checked on the archive.org scan boymechanic0003unse). He gives no sizes; the tool list is ours.
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