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CarverFromNoWhere ^Knife Junkie^ Registered: September 2008 Location: Middle Of No Where Minneasota. Uff Da! Posts: 2,683	I just finished this mallet, made it on my lathe, my last one is getting worn out. It is Ash made from leftovers of a baseball bat blank, made it to fit my hands. It's 8" in length total and the head is 2 3/4" diameter. Finished with beeswax It's stuck under my fingernails in the photos. tell me what ya think.
	· Date: Fri October 10, 2008 · Views: 3,292 · Filesize: 83.5kb, 151.0kb · Dimensions: 640 x 480 ·
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Sharon of the Dell
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Registered: December 2007
Location: nor cal,under the redwoods, near the Pacific
Posts: 6,496

Sat October 18, 2008 02:45

Rating: 10.00

I think you do really nice work on that lathe! great idea using a baseball blank. i like the beeswax finish also.nothing wrong with crud under the nails!LOL

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aulddiy
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Registered: April 2007
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Tue March 10, 2009 18:19

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Looks good to me. Bees wax, I've had a lot worse than that under my nails.

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